Full Description
Gravel Rides South West England features 24 cycling routes, ranging from 16 to 180 kilometres, showcasing the extensive gravel trails of the West Country.
Gravel enthusiast and experienced route creator Katherine Moore has taken her love of the South West and extensive local knowledge to put these routes together - each one is a delight and shows off the highlights of this diverse region of England. Ride mining trails and coastal gravel in Cornwall, remote trails on Dartmoor, a tour of Exmoor tea rooms in North Devon and Somerset, flint and chalk tracks on the Old Chalk Way in Dorset, fast-rolling gravel roads on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, and trails past the remains of old tramways and collieries in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. The featured routes include both classic routes in well-known areas as well as some lesser-known gravel riding gems - there is something to discover for both new and experienced gravel cyclists.
Each route includes all the information you need to help you plan your ride, interesting background information about the local area, types of terrain covered and refreshment recommendations in addition to detailed route descriptions, stunning photography and overview mapping. Downloadable GPX files of the routes are also available.
This book is full of practical tips and advice on all aspects of gravel riding, including the bike itself, essential kit to carry when out on a ride, and bikepacking if you want to extend your adventures.
Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Gravel riding in the South West
Gravel bikes
How to use this book
Weather
Safety and responsibility
Kit list
Bikepacking
Cornwall
1 A lap of Land's End
2 The Lizard and The Loe
3 Cornish mining trails from Penryn
4 Lostwithiel and Fowey
Devon
5 Lee Moor gravel chonk
6 Princetown Eylesbarrow classic
7 North Devon coastal gold
8 Fisherman's gravel at Fingle Bridge
9 East Devon Trail
Somerset
10 The Exmoor tea room tour
11 Combes of the Quantock Hills
12 Staple Fitzpaine Herepath
13 A chunk of Cheddar and the Mendip Hills
14 Bristol triple Brunel
Dorset
15 The 'Woods Cyclery WTF' tour of Purbeck
16 Wareham Forest
17 Old Chalk Way from Sherbourne
18 The Woods Rat Run mini on Cranborne Chase
Wiltshire
19 Bath and the South Cotswolds
20 Frome, Longleat Forest and Great Ridge
21 Salisbury Plain and the North Wessex Downs
Gloucestershire
22 Ride the Roman Fosse Way
23 Forest of Dean grit
24 Stroud valleys
