Part of the Audax UK calendar these audax events are held on a specific day. They are open to all riders; decide what is right for you and challenge your limits! Unless otherwise stated they are suitable for any type of bicycle (and variants).
Apr 2024
Slaughtered in the Cotswolds 200
Saturday 13th: 07:00 - 20:56
Time to get ‘slaughtered’ in The Cotswolds! Big hills, little hills and more #wills_hills with chocolate box villages interspersed leading you to The Slaughters. You may use my name in vain.
Gary Harris Cycles, Common Mead Ln, Hambrook [nr Frenchay], BS16 1QQ
TYPE: BR
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 200
Actual: 209km
CLIMB: 2971m
AAA: 3.00
Silver Grimpeur
Granny’s Cotswolds Telegram 160
Saturday 13th: 07:30 - 20:32
Remember your granny, you are going to need it! An outing into the Cotswolds; big hills, little hills and more #wills_hills with chocolate box villages interspersed. You may use my name in vain.
Gary Harris Cycles, Common Mead Ln, Hambrook [nr Frenchay], BS16 1QQ
TYPE: BP
Speed: 12.5-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 150
Actual: 163km
CLIMB: 2269m
AAA: 2.25
Silver Grimpeur
Jun 2024
Bill’s Easton Connection 300
Saturday 8th: 06:00 - Sunday 9th: 02:32
Head to the coast for the Easton connection & Portland Bill. Return along the Jurassic Coast & via Gold Hill in Shaftesbury. #wills_hills & views in good supply, 3 different railway paths included.
Felix Road Adventure Playground, Felix Road, Easton, BS5 0JW
TYPE: BR
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 300
Actual: 308km
CLIMB: 4950m
AAA: 5.00
Apex Grimpeur
Missed Connection 160
Saturday 8th: 08:00 - 21:12
Head to the coast… Fiddlesticks you’ve missed your connection! Head to Gold Hill in Shaftesbury before returning through Longleat Estate. #wills_hills & views, 3 different railway paths include.
Felix Road Adventure Playground, Felix Road, Easton, BS5 0JW
TYPE: BP
Speed: 12.5-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 150
Actual: 165km
CLIMB: 2200m
AAA: 2.00
Silver Grimpeur
Big Gert Brevet 1600
Sunday 9th: 06:00 - Saturday 22nd: 21:48
PBP 2015: touring back with ACB talking about LEL the idea of Bristol Glasgow Bristol was born.
Back home I set about its backbone. Fettling ensued, then a test ride et voilà, one Big Gert Brevet!
Bristol Cathedral, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5UY
TYPE: BP
Speed: 5-15kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 0 Pointless
Actual: 1639km
CLIMB: 26288m
AAA: 26.25
Apex Grimpeur
Bristol Glasgow Bristol 1600
Sunday 16th: 04:00 - Sunday 23rd: 06:50
PBP 2015: touring back with ACB talking about LEL the idea of Bristol Glasgow Bristol was born.
Back home I set about its backbone. Fettling ensued, then a test ride et voilà, one Big Gert Brevet!
Bristol Cathedral, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5UY
TYPE: RM
Speed: 9.6-20kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 1600
Actual: 1640km
CLIMB: 26288m
AAA: 26.25
Apex Grimpeur
Jul 2024
Exe Barnstaple Branch 400
Saturday 13th: 04:00 - Sunday 14th: 08:25
2nd running of Exe Barnstaple Branch 400. All aboard to Bishop’s Lydeard Station before traversing the northern coastline of Exmoor. Use the old Barnstaple branch-line and head home via The Blackdown Hills.
Benjamin Perry Scout Hut, Pheonix Wharf, Redcliffe, BS1 6SR
TYPE: BR
Speed: 14.3-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 400
Actual: 407km
CLIMB: 6698m
AAA: 6.75
Apex Grimpeur
Down & Black 200
Saturday 13th: 07:00 - 20:44
Down & Black 200 – All aboard to Bishop’s Lydeard Station over The Mendips & Quantocks. Head south into The Black Down Hills to Winsham Jubilee Hall before home over The Mendips once more.
Benjamin Perry Scout Hut, Pheonix Wharf, Redcliffe, BS1 6SR
TYPE: BR
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 200
Actual: 206km
CLIMB: 2900m
AAA: 3.00
Silver Grimpeur
Aug 2024
Steaming On! 600
Saturday 31st: 06:00 - Sunday 1st: 22:00
Steaming On! 600 is an excursion to the heart of GWR’s Engine Yard then back across the West Country including the chance to say hi to Isambard Brunel himself!
Felix Road Adventure Playground, Felix Road, Easton, BS5 0JW
TYPE: BRM
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 600
Actual: 609km
CLIMB: 8016m
AAA: 8
Platinum Grimpeur
Sep 2024
George’s Delightful Abbeys & Roads 200
Saturday 14th: 07:00 - 20:44
Pass three abbeys in various states, crossing the old Calne branchline and pass through Gloucester to Taynton. Follow roads around the Forest of Dean before up George’s Delight then back across the Severn Bridge.
Gary Harris Cycles, Common Mead Ln, Hambrook [nr Frenchay], BS16 1QQ
TYPE: BR
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 200
Actual: 206km
CLIMB: 2500m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
George’s Delightful Roads 160
Saturday 14th: 07:30 - 20:28
George’s Delightful Roads heads north from Bristol nestled between the Severn & the Cotswolds, through Gloucester to Taynton. Follow roads around the Forest of Dean before up George’s Delight then back across the Severn Bridge.
Gary Harris Cycles, Common Mead Ln, Hambrook [nr Frenchay], BS16 1QQ
TYPE: BP
Speed: 12.5-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 150
Actual: 162km
CLIMB: 1697m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Abbeys & Roads 100
Saturday 14th: 08:00 - 18:18
Heading east you make your way to Lacock Bakery & Abbey. Turn north passing the site of Stanley Abbey & the old Calne branchline before Malmesbury Abbey. Follow some minor roads back to Bristol across The Cotswolds.
Gary Harris Cycles, Common Mead Ln, Hambrook [nr Frenchay], BS16 1QQ
TYPE: BP
Speed: 10-25kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 100
Actual: 103km
CLIMB: 1007m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Nov 2024
Moonrakers & Sunseekers 300
Friday 15th: 22:00 - Saturday 16th: 18:32
Moonrakers become Sunseekers! Ride through the night under a full moon to the coast. Return via a few Dorset hills passing Glastonbury Tor, use the Strawberry Line to Bristol.
Felix Road Adventure Playground, Felix Road, Easton, BS5 0JW
TYPE: BR
Speed: 15-30kph
DISTANCE:
Award: 300
Actual: 308km
CLIMB: 2295m
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat