Those that have been and gone; left out in the cold hibernating until their next calendar event excursion.
In order of last appearance.
Moonrakers & Sunseekers 300
2024 Fri 15th Nov
22:00 - Sat 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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 308km
CLIMB: 2295m
AAA: 0.00
Wells, Mells & Old Rail Trail 100
2024 Sat 12th Oct
08:00 - 18:30
Taking in the sights south of Bristol. Expect a few #wills_hills including King Alfred’s Tower and some beautiful countryside including a lovely gradual descent on a traffic free old rail trail
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 105km
CLIMB: 1610m
AAA: 1.5
Wells, Mells & Broader! 200
2024 Sat 12th Oct
07:00 - 20:30
Go broader afield for some more #wills_hills. A cathedral city, Stourhead Gardens, broad gauge transfer shed and an old rail trail are a few of the delights.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 202km
CLIMB: 2784m
AAA: 2.75
George’s Delightful Abbeys & Roads 200
2024 Sat 14th Sep
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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 206km
CLIMB: 2500m
AAA: 0.00
George’s Delightful Roads 160
2024 Sat 14th Sep
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.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 162km
CLIMB: 1697m
AAA: 0.00
Abbeys & Roads 100
2024 Sat 14th Sep
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.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 103km
CLIMB: 1007m
AAA: 0.00
Steaming On! 600
2024 Sat 31st Aug
06:00 - Sun 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 Kingdom Brunel himself, may be more than once!
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 609km
CLIMB: 8016m
AAA: 8
Exe Barnstaple Branch 400
2024 Sat 13th Jul
04:00 - Sun 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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 407km
CLIMB: 6698m
AAA: 6.75
Down & Black 200
2024 Sat 13th Jul
07:00 - 21:04
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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 211km
CLIMB: 2900m
AAA: 3.00
Bristol Glasgow Bristol 1600
2024 Sun 16th Jun
04:00 - Sun 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 voilĂ , one Big Gert Brevet!
TYPE: RM
DISTANCE: 1640km
CLIMB: 26288m
AAA: 26.25
Big Gert Brevet 1600
2024 Sun 9th Jun
06:00 - Sat 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 voilĂ , one Big Gert Brevet!
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 1639km
CLIMB: 26288m
AAA: 26.25
Bill’s Easton Connection 300
2024 Sat 8th Jun
06:00 - Sun 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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 308km
CLIMB: 4950m
AAA: 5.00
Missed Connection 160
2024 Sat 8th Jun
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.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 165km
CLIMB: 2200m
AAA: 2.00
Slaughtered in the Cotswolds 200
2024 Sat 13th Apr
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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 209km
CLIMB: 2971m
AAA: 3.00
Granny’s Cotswolds Telegram 160
2024 Sat 13th Apr
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.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 163km
CLIMB: 2269m
AAA: 2.25
Chalke & Cheese 200
2024 Sat 13th Jan
07:00 - 20:56
Day and night, fast and slow! Beautiful valleys including the Chalke with the odd hill thrown in; plus Cheddar Gorge, maybe in the dark with its looming walls. Stunning views en route, you may just see The Needles…
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 209km
CLIMB: 2450m
AAA: 0.00
Full Fat Festive 500 Pint 2
2023 Fri 29th Dec
06:00 - Sat 30th 17:36
Work that Xmas fat off & complete the Festive 500 in one! Be prepared for anything; from freezing cold to winter sun & blue skies to hurricane winds & rain.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 509km
CLIMB: 3450m
AAA: 0.00
Full Fat Festive 500 Pint 1
2023 Wed 27th Dec
16:00 - Fri 29th 03:44
Work that Xmas fat off & complete the Festive 500 in 1 (pint)! Be prepared for anything; from freezing cold to winter sun & blue skies to hurricane winds & rain.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 511km
CLIMB: 4930m
AAA: 0.00
Double Creamed 1000
2023 Wed 27th Dec
16:00 - Sat 30th 20:26
The Festive 500 challenge came about after Rapha’s Graeme Raeburn’s double creamed 1000km over the festive period. He decided 500km was enough for the challenge, the extra 500 being pointless; well in Audax that isn’t quite true…
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 1020km
CLIMB: 8379m
AAA: 0.00
Levels, Lumps & Lions 200
2023 Sat 9th Dec
07:00 - 20:48
An easy winter ride with just a few #wills_hills. Cross the Somerset Levels and into Dorset. Back through Longleat and finish through the 2Tunnels & along Bristol & Bath Railway Paths.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 205km
CLIMB: 2060m
AAA: 0.00
The Wookies & Chewie 100
2023 Sat 9th Dec
07:30 - 17:36
An easy winter ride with just a few #wills_hills. Onto the Somerset Levels, pass through Wookey & Wookey Hole before climbing over The Mendips to Chew Lake & Magna. Finish on the Whitchurch Way Railway Path into Bristol.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 106km
CLIMB: 1190m
AAA: 0.00
Moonrakers & Sunseekers 300
2023 Fri 24th Nov
22:00 - Sat 25th 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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 308km
CLIMB: 2295m
AAA: 0.00
Plains, Trains & no more Automobiles 200
2023 Sat 14th Oct
07:00 - 20:52
Salisbury Plain, steam trains, & neolithic Avebury, Woodhenge & Stonehenge; approach on the byway with the best views and leave on the old closed main road. A rolling route with a few #wills_hills at the end for good measure!
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 208km
CLIMB: 2153m
AAA: 0.00
Gravel before the Romans! 200
2023 Sun 17th Sep
07:00 - 21:46
Head off over the Severn Bridge into the Wye Valley and use the Tidenham Tunnel and old railway line north to Biblins. Cross back over the Severn and into The Cotswolds for some Roman Fosse Way. Easy gravel included!
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 211km
CLIMB: 2708m
AAA: 2.25
Wye Gravel? 120
2023 Sun 17th Sep
07:30 - 22:45
Head off over the Severn Bridge into the Wye Valley and use the Tidenham Tunnel, the old railway line & bridleways north to Biblins. Back down the valley scaling its sides for forest tracks. Gravel included!
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 122km
CLIMB: 2019m
AAA: 2.00
Summit ’bout Titterstone Clee 300
2023 Sat 16th Sep
06:00 - Sun 17th 02:52
A fast ride with a handful of hills; one being Titterstone Clee, its trig point and radar stations.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 313km
CLIMB: 3620m
AAA: 1.75
Sherston Shuffle 75
2023 Sat 16th Sep
09:00 - 16:54
Shuffle your way to Sherston and the Court Yard Cafe on the Cotswolds. One big #wills_hills to climb, one big descent.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 77km
CLIMB: 787m
AAA: 0.00
End of the Lines 130
2023 Sat 16th Sep
08:00 - 18:48
End of the Lines visits four defunct local terminus towns; Calne, Malmesbury, Tetbury and Thornbury. Use some old railways, pass an old engine shed, eat cake at a goods shed, roll across the Cotswolds and into the Severn Valley.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 135km
CLIMB: 1379m
AAA: 0.00
Sunseekers & Moonrakers 300
2023 Sat 8th Jul
06:00 - Sun 9th 02:36
For the Sunseekers! Head to the Isle of Purbeck and Lulworth Cove. Get the ferry across Poole Harbour’s mouth. Chase the afternoon sun across Cranborne Chase. As evening draws in the Moonrakers come out. Rolling with some cracking #wills_hills. Some gravel thrown in for added fun!
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 310km
CLIMB: 3594m
AAA: 0.00
A Mere Century 160
2023 Sat 8th Jul
08:00 - 21:07
Head to Radstock and use The Colliers Way making your way through Mere to Shaftesbury & Zig-Zag Hill. Pass through Tisbury to the Wylye Valley and back to Bristol using The 2Tunnels.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 164km
CLIMB: 2103m
AAA: 0.00
I Rode the Road to Rode 80
2023 Sat 8th Jul
09:00 - 18:36
Head to Radstock and use The Colliers Way to Nunney. Cut through Frome and across to Rode. Then back to Bristol using The 2Tunnels.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 80km
CLIMB: 1033m
AAA: 0.00
B Shifty 600
2023 Tue 20th Jun
06:00 - Wed 21st 22:00
A mid week X-rated BRM event with basic controls for proof of passage and my floor for a sleep stop. Aimed at those working shifts & weekends who want a crack at PBP.
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 608km
CLIMB: 7090m
AAA: 7.00
Bristol Glasgow Bristol 1600
2023 Sun 18th Jun
04:00 - Sun 25th 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 voilĂ , one Big Gert Brevet!
TYPE: RM
DISTANCE: 1640km
CLIMB: 26288m
AAA: 26.25
B Shifty 400
2023 Tue 6th Jun
23:00 - Thu 8th 02:00
A mid week X-rated BRM event with basic controls for proof of passage. Aimed at those working shifts & weekends who want a crack at PBP.
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 410km
CLIMB: 3461m
AAA: 0.00
Wells, Mells & Broader! 200
2023 Sat 3rd Jun
07:00 - 20:30
Go broader afield for some more #wills_hills. A cathedral city, Stourhead Gardens, broad gauge transfer shed and an old rail trail are a few of the delights.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 202km
CLIMB: 2784m
AAA: 2.75
Wells, Mells & Old Rail Trail 100
2023 Sat 3rd Jun
09:00 - 19:30
Taking in the sights south of Bristol. Expect a few #wills_hills including King Alfred’s Tower and some beautiful countryside including a lovely gradual descent on a traffic free old rail trail
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 105km
CLIMB: 1610m
AAA: 1.5
Wells, Mells with Bells & Whistles 400
2023 Sat 3rd Jun
06:00 - Sun 4th 09:00
Over The Mendips to Wells, on to Stourhead via King Alfred’s Tower. Blackmoor Vale to Yeovil then change tracks from the Broader! as you head over The Quantocks to Watchet. Back across Exmoor and The Blackdown Hills to pick up the 200 route back through Mells. #wills_hills aplenty!
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 404km
CLIMB: 5975m
AAA: 6.00
A Shifty 400
2023 Tue 23rd May
23:00 - Thu 25th 02:00
A mid week X-rated BRM event with basic controls for proof of passage. Aimed at those working shifts & weekends who want a crack at PBP.
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 410km
CLIMB: 3461m
AAA: 0.00
B Shifty 300
2023 Wed 17th May
06:00 - Thu 18th 02:00
A mid week X-rated BRM event with basic controls for proof of passage. Aimed at those working shifts & weekends who want a crack at PBP.
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 310km
CLIMB: 3303m
AAA: 0.00
A Shifty 600
2023 Tue 9th May
06:00 - Wed 10th 22:00
A mid week X-rated BRM event with basic controls for proof of passage and my floor for a sleep stop. Aimed at those working shifts & weekends who want a crack at PBP.
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 605km
CLIMB: 7285m
AAA: 7.25
B Shifty 200
2023 Wed 26th Apr
07:00 - 20:30
A mid week X-rated BRM event with basic controls for proof of passage. Aimed at those working shifts & weekends who want a crack at PBP.
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 209km
CLIMB: 2066m
AAA: 0.00
Paddington Express 400
2023 Sat 22nd Apr
15:00 - Sun 23rd 18:00
A great qualifier for Paris Brest Paris. With a late start to mimic PBP and get you used to riding through the first night. You’ll get to Paddington in the early hours.
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 409km
CLIMB: 2955m
AAA: 0.00
A Shifty 300
2023 Wed 12th Apr
06:00 - Thu 13th 02:00
A mid week X-rated BRM event with basic controls for proof of passage. Aimed at those working shifts & weekends who want a crack at PBP.
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 310km
CLIMB: 3303m
AAA: 0.00
A Shifty 200
2023 Wed 15th Mar
07:00 - 20:30
A mid week X-rated BRM event with basic controls for proof of passage. Aimed at those working shifts & weekends who want a crack at PBP.
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 209km
CLIMB: 2066m
AAA: 0.00
Railway Connections 300
2023 Sat 11th Mar
06:00 - Sun 12th 02:00
An easy PBP qualifier head to Didcot Railway Centre. Then link up with Toddington Station and Coleford’s GWR Museum in the Forest of Dean.
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 312km
CLIMB: 3084m
AAA: 0.00
Air Mail 200
2023 Sat 11th Feb
07:00 - 20:30
Head into The Cotswolds and fly along its border with the Thames Plain to Chadlington & pick up the post. Return through the Thames Water Park. Easy ride with one major #wills_hills!
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 202km
CLIMB: 1903m
AAA: 0.00
Thames Tickler 120
2023 Sat 11th Feb
08:00 - 19:36
Head into The Cotswolds to Tickle the Thames in the Thames Water Park and lunch. Only one #wills_hills!
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 119km
CLIMB: 917m
AAA: 0.00
Chalke & Cheese 200
2023 Sat 14th Jan
07:00 - 20:30
Day and night, fast and slow! Beautiful valleys including the Chalke with the odd hill thrown in; plus Cheddar Gorge, maybe in the dark with its looming walls. Stunning views en route, you may just see The Needles…
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 209km
CLIMB: 2450m
AAA: 0.00
Full Fat Festive 500
2022 Thu 29th Dec
06:00 - Fri 30th 17:36
Work that Xmas fat off & complete the Festive 500 in one! Be prepared for anything; from freezing cold to winter sun & blue skies to hurricane winds & rain.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 509km
CLIMB: 3450m
AAA: 0.00
Levels, Lumps & Lions 200
2022 Sat 10th Dec
07:00 - 20:48
An easy winter ride with just a few #wills_hills. Cross the Somerset Levels and into Dorset. Back through Longleat and finish through the 2Tunnels & along Bristol & Bath Railway Paths.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 205km
CLIMB: 2060m
AAA: 0.00
The Wookies & Chewie 100
2022 Sat 10th Dec
07:30 - 17:36
An easy winter ride with just a few #wills_hills. Onto the Somerset Levels, pass through Wookey & Wookey Hole before climbing over The Mendips to Chew Lake & Magna. Finish on the Whitchurch Way Railway Path into Bristol.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 106km
CLIMB: 1190m
AAA: 0.00
Moonrakers & Sunseekers 300
2022 Fri 11th Nov
22:00 - Sat 12th 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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 308km
CLIMB: 2295m
AAA: 0.00
Slaughtered in the Cotswolds 200
2022 Sat 10th Sep
07:00 - 20:24
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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 205km
CLIMB: 2728m
AAA: 2.75
Granny’s Cotswolds Telegram 160
2022 Sat 10th Sep
07:30 - 20:37
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.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 164km
CLIMB: 2191m
AAA: 2.00
The Giant’s Tooth 500
2022 Fri 26th Aug
21:00 - Sun 28th 09:07
Head to the Welsh coast & Llangrannog; home of Bica the Giant’s tooth! Fast valleys, remote Welsh mountains, old mining towns; it’s all there! Descend the Devil’s Staircase and climb his Elbow #wills_hills galore! Updated route for 2022.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 516km
CLIMB: 8250m
AAA: 8.25
Plains, Trains & no more Automobiles 200
2022 Sat 9th Jul
07:00 - 20:44
Salisbury Plain, steam trains, & neolithic Avebury, Woodhenge & Stonehenge; approach on the byway with the best views and leave on the old closed main road. A rolling route with a few #wills_hills at the end for good measure!
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 206km
CLIMB: 2153m
AAA: 0.00
Sunseekers & Moonrakers 300
2022 Sat 11th Jun
06:00 - Sun 12th 02:00
For the Sunseekers! Head to the Isle of Purbeck and Lulworth Cove. Get the ferry across Poole Harbour’s mouth. Chase the afternoon sun across Cranborne Chase. As evening draws in the Moonrakers come out. Rolling with some cracking #wills_hills. Some gravel thrown in for added fun!
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 310km
CLIMB: 3594m
AAA: 0.00
A Mere Century 160
2022 Sat 11th Jun
08:00 - 21:07
Head to Radstock and use The Colliers Way making your way through Mere to Shaftesbury & Zig-Zag Hill. Pass through Tisbury to the Wylye Valley and back to Bristol using The 2Tunnels.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 164km
CLIMB: 2103m
AAA: 0.00
I Rode the Road to Rode 80
2022 Sat 11th Jun
09:00 - 18:36
Head to Radstock and use The Colliers Way to Nunney. Cut through Frome and across to Rode. Then back to Bristol using The 2Tunnels.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 80km
CLIMB: 1033m
AAA: 0.00
Bristol Glasgow Bristol 1600
2022 Sun 29th May
04:00 - Sun 5th 06:25
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 voilĂ , one Big Gert Brevet!
TYPE: RM
DISTANCE: 1639km
CLIMB: 26288m
AAA: 26.25
Big Gert Brevet 1600
2022 Sun 22nd May
06:00 - Sat 4th 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 voilĂ , one Big Gert Brevet!
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 1639km
CLIMB: 26288m
AAA: 26.25
Gravel before the Romans! 200
2022 Sun 8th May
07:00 - 21:46
Head off over the Severn Bridge into the Wye Valley and use the Tidenham Tunnel and old railway line north to Biblins. Cross back over the Severn and into The Cotswolds for some Roman Fosse Way. Easy gravel included!
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 211km
CLIMB: 2708m
AAA: 2.25
Wye Gravel? 120
2022 Sun 8th May
07:30 - 22:45
Head off over the Severn Bridge into the Wye Valley and use the Tidenham Tunnel, the old railway line & bridleways north to Biblins. Back down the valley scaling its sides for forest tracks. Gravel included!
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 122km
CLIMB: 2019m
AAA: 2.00
Devilishly Elegant 600
2022 Sat 7th May
04:00 - Sun 8th 22:34
The inaugural 600 #wills_hills fest! Journeying up through England and back through Wales. It’ll test your legs and your mental fortitude but the scenery will pay dividends. Do you accept the devilishly elegant challenge?
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 608km
CLIMB: 10263m
AAA: 10.25
Down & Black 200
2022 Sat 9th Apr
07:00 - 20:44
An inaugral Great Western RandonnĂ©es’ AAA 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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 206km
CLIMB: 2900m
AAA: 3.00
Exe Barnstaple Branch 400
2022 Sat 9th Apr
04:00 - Sun 10th 08:25
The inaugral Great Western RandonnĂ©es’ AAA 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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 407km
CLIMB: 6698m
AAA: 6.75
Missed Connection 160
2022 Sat 12th Mar
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.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 165km
CLIMB: 2200m
AAA: 2.00
Bill’s Easton Connection 300
2022 Sat 12th Mar
06:00 - Sun 13th 02:24
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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 306km
CLIMB: 4950m
AAA: 5.00
Wells, Mells & Broader! 200
2022 Sat 12th Feb
07:00 - 20:28
Go broader afield for some more #wills_hills. A cathedral city, Stourhead Gardens, broad gauge transfer shed and an old rail trail are a few of the delights.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 202km
CLIMB: 2784m
AAA: 2.75
Wells, Mells & Old Rail Trail 100
2022 Sat 12th Feb
09:00 - 17:24
Taking in the sights south of Bristol. Expect a few #wills_hills including King Alfred’s Tower and some beautiful countryside including a lovely gradual descent on a traffic free old rail trail
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 105km
CLIMB: 1610m
AAA: 1.5
Chalke & Cheese 200
2022 Sat 15th Jan
07:00 - 20:56
Day and night, fast and slow! Beautiful valleys including the Chalke with the odd hill thrown in; plus Cheddar Gorge, maybe in the dark with its looming walls. Stunning views en route, you may just see The Needles…
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 209km
CLIMB: 2450m
AAA: 0.00
Full Fat Festive 500 Pint 2
2021 Wed 29th Dec
06:00 - Thu 30th 17:31
Work that Xmas fat off & complete the Festive 500 in one! Be prepared for anything; from freezing cold to winter sun & blue skies to hurricane winds & rain.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 508km
CLIMB: 3450m
AAA: 0.00
Full Fat Festive 500
2021 Mon 27th Dec
16:00 - Wed 29th 03:44
Work that Xmas fat off & complete the Festive 500 in 1 (pint)! Be prepared for anything; from freezing cold to winter sun & blue skies to hurricane winds & rain.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 511km
CLIMB: 4930m
AAA: 0.00
Double Creamed 1000
2021 Mon 27th Dec
16:00 - Thu 30th 20:30
The Festive 500 challenge came about after Rapha’s Graeme Raeburn’s double creamed 1000km over the festive period. He decided 500km was enough for the challenge, the extra 500 being pointless; well in Audax that isn’t quite true…
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 1020km
CLIMB: 8379m
AAA: 0.00
George’s Delightful Abbeys & Roads 200
2021 Sat 11th Dec
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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 206km
CLIMB: 2500m
AAA: 0.00
George’s Delightful Roads 160
2021 Sat 11th Dec
07:45 - 20:43
Head 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.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 162km
CLIMB: 1697m
AAA: 0.00
Abbeys & Roads 100
2021 Sat 11th Dec
08:30 - 16:44
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.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 103km
CLIMB: 1007m
AAA: 0.00
Moonrakers & Sunseekers 300 2021
2021 Fri 19th Nov
22:00 - Sat 20th 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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 308km
CLIMB: 2295m
AAA: 0.00
Chalke & hAAArd Cheese 200
2021 Sat 11th Sep
07:00 - 20:32
The wonderful Chalke Valley and Cheddar Gorge set the scene for stunning views en route, if it’s clear you can just see The Needles! This hAAArd cheese summer variant incorporates more #wills_hills and secluded country lanes.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 203km
CLIMB: 2947m
AAA: 3.00
hAAArd Cheese 100
2021 Sat 11th Sep
08:00 - 16:19
Enjoy the Somerset countryside with a good sprinkling of #wills_hills as you make your way past Cranmore Station before along The Mendips and down to Cheddar and Gorge, on some cheese?
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 106km
CLIMB: 1550m
AAA: 1.50
Bristol Glasgow Bristol 1600 2021
2021 Sun 22nd Aug
05:00 - Sun 29th 00:30
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 voilĂ , one Big Gert Brevet!
TYPE: RM
DISTANCE: 1635km
CLIMB: 25243m
AAA: 25.25
Big Gert Brevet 1600 2021
2021 Sat 21st Aug
10:00 - Mon 30th 22:00
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 voilĂ , one Big Gert Brevet!
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 1635km
CLIMB: 25243m
AAA: 25.25
I Rode the Road to Rode 80
2021 Sat 10th Jul
09:00 - 17:00
Head to Radstock and use The Colliers Way to Nunney. Cut through Frome and across to Rode. Then back to Bristol using The 2Tunnels.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 80km
CLIMB: 1033m
AAA: 0.00
A Mere Century 160
2021 Sat 10th Jul
08:00 - 21:07
Head to Radstock and use The Colliers Way making your way through Mere to Shaftesbury & Zig-Zag Hill. Pass through Tisbury to the Wylye Valley and back to Bristol using The 2Tunnels.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 164km
CLIMB: 23:59m
AAA: 0.00
Sunseekers & Moonrakers 300
2021 Sat 10th Jul
06:00 - Sun 11th 02:36
For the Sunseekers! Head to the Isle of Purbeck and Lulworth Cove. Get the ferry across Poole Harbour’s mouth. Chase the afternoon sun across Cranborne Chase. As evening draws in the Moonrakers come out. Rolling with some cracking #wills_hills. Some gravel thrown in for added fun!
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 310km
CLIMB: 3633m
AAA: 0.00
Sherston Shuffle 75
2021 Sat 12th Jun
09:00 - 16:30
Shuffle your way to Sherston and the Court Yard Cafe on the Cotswolds. One big #wills_hills to climb, one big descent.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 77km
CLIMB: 787m
AAA: 0.00
Plains, Trains & no more Automobiles 200
2021 Sat 12th Jun
07:00 - 21:04
Salisbury Plain, steam trains, & neolithic Avebury, Woodhenge & Stonehenge. A few #wills_hills at the end for good measure! NEW route for a quieter finish.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 211km
CLIMB: 2189m
AAA: 0.00
Summit ’bout Titterstone Clee 300
2021 Sat 8th May
06:00 - Sun 9th 02:52
A fast ride with a handful of hills; one being Titterstone Clee, its trig point and radar stations.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 313km
CLIMB: 3620m
AAA: 1.75
End of the Lines 130
2021 Sat 8th May
08:00 - 18:48
End of the Lines visits four defunct local terminus towns; Calne, Malmesbury, Tetbury and Thornbury. Use some old railways, pass an old engine shed, eat cake at a goods shed, roll across the Cotswolds and into the Severn Valley.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 135km
CLIMB: 1379m
AAA: 0.00
Thames Tickler 120
2021 Sat 10th Apr
08:00 - 17:31
Head into The Cotswolds to Tickle the Thames in the Thames Water Park and lunch. Easy BST version with only one #wills_hills and more lanes.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 119km
CLIMB: 917m
AAA: 0.00
Air Mail 200
2021 Sat 10th Apr
07:00 - 20:52
Head into The Cotswolds and fly along country lanes on this BST version to Chadlington to pick up the post. Return through the Thames Water Park. Easy ride with one major #wills_hills!
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 208km
CLIMB: 1903m
AAA: 0.00
Moon Night Sonata #5 100
2020 Mon 8th Jun
19:00 - Tue 9th 02:00
Monday, named after the Moon. Night ride around the full moon. Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata comes in three parts with different forms; adigio, allegretto, presto! Expect the same with the route; pace vs terrain.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 105km
CLIMB: 1467m
AAA: 0.00
Moon Night Sonata #4 100
2020 Mon 4th May
19:00 - Tue 5th 01:52
Monday, named after the Moon. Night ride around the full moon. Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata comes in three parts with different forms; adigio, allegretto, presto! Expect the same with the route; pace vs terrain.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 103km
CLIMB: 1220m
AAA: 0.00
Moon Night Sonata #3 100
2020 Mon 6th Apr
19:00 - Tue 7th 01:48
Monday, named after the Moon. Night ride around the full moon. Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata comes in three parts with different forms; adigio, allegretto, presto! Expect the same with the route; pace vs terrain.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 102km
CLIMB: 862m
AAA: 0.00
Moon Night Sonata #2 100
2020 Mon 9th Mar
19:00 - Tue 10th 01:52
Monday, named after the Moon. Night ride around the full moon. Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata comes in three parts with different forms; adigio, allegretto, presto! Expect the same with the route; pace vs terrain.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 103km
CLIMB: 1144m
AAA: 0.00
Moon Night Sonata #1 100
2019 Mon 11th Nov
19:00 - Tue 12th 02:00
Monday, named after the Moon. Night ride around the full moon. Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata comes in three parts with different forms; adigio, allegretto, presto! Expect the same with the route; pace vs terrain.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 105km
CLIMB: 1052m
AAA: 0.00
The Giant’s Tooth 500
2019 Fri 30th Aug
21:00 - Sun 1st 08:50
Head to the Welsh coast & Llangrannog; home of the Bica the Giant’s tooth! Fast valleys, remote Welsh mountains, old mining towns; it’s all there! Descend the Devil’s Staircase and climb his Elbow #wills_hills galore!
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 512km
CLIMB: 8133m
AAA: 8.25
Summit ’bout Titterstone Clee 300
2019 Sat 13th Jul
06:00 - Sun 14th 02:52
A fast ride with a handful of hills; one being Titterstone Clee, its trig point and radar stations.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 313km
CLIMB: 3620m
AAA: 1.75
Steam Express 600
2019 Sat 1st Jun
06:00 - Sun 2nd 22:00
Part of the Brunel’s Billiard Table Series. It’ll still have some #wills_hills to keep you on your toes! A great BRM qualifier for Paris Brest Paris.
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 610km
CLIMB: 6110m
AAA: 1.50
Paddington Express 400
2019 Sat 18th May
15:00 - Sun 19th 18:00
Part of the Brunel’s Billiard Table Series and great qualifier for Paris Brest Paris. With a late start to mimic PBP and get you used to riding through the first night you’ll get to Paddington in the early hours.
TYPE: BRM
DISTANCE: 407km
CLIMB: 2955m
AAA: 0.00
Slaughtered in the Cotswolds 200
2018 Sat 22nd Sep
07:00 - 20:24
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.
TYPE: BR
DISTANCE: 201km
CLIMB: 2810m
AAA: 2.75
Granny’s Cotswolds Telegram 160
2018 Sat 22nd Sep
07:45 - 20:52
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.
TYPE: BP
DISTANCE: 165km
CLIMB: 2202m
AAA: 2.25