From Exeter Wheelers Cycling Club
January - April 2012 Sunday Club Run Schedule
The following rides all start outside the Odeon at 9.00am. More detail about the Sunday club runs ride format can found here.
Ride Calendar
| Date
| Route
| Distance (miles)
|
| 15th January
| Whiddon Down
| 47.44
|
| 22nd January
| Copplestone Sticklepath
| 49.63
|
| 29th January
| Sidmouth Honiton
| 50.42
|
| 5th February
| Dunkeswell (reverse)
| 49.31
|
| 12th February
| Eggesford(long)
| 50.0
|
| 19th February
| Bampton Lanes
| 53.68
|
| 26th February
| Clay Pits (long)
| 57.14
|
| 4th March
| Black Cat
| 55.44
|
| 11th March
| Milverton
| 63.59
|
| 18th March
| Henbury Fort(long) (reverse)
| 51.12
|
| 25th March
| Nomansland
| 56.17
|
| 1st April
| Haytor (lanes)
| 66.46
|
Sunday Club Run - Route Details
All of the clubs routes are now available on Garmin Connect. You can create a free account and check out the routes or download them to a garmin device.
Standard Sunday Club Runs
| Route Name
| Difficulty
| Distance (miles)
| Hills
| Notes
|
| Black Cat
| Moderate
| 55.44
| 6
| Fast decents, long climb at Oakfordbridge, narrow in places along the Exe - beware of large groups and traffic on the narrow bits.
|
| Black Cat (long)
| Moderate
| 61.95
| 6
| Fast decents, long climb at Oakfordbridge, narrow in places along the Exe - beware of large groups and traffic on the narrow bits.
|
| Clay Pits
| Easy
| 42.18
| 4
| Narrow busy road along the Teign, single out. Choice of routes from Clay Pits - for a longer ride, you can progress to Bovey Travey and continue to Whiddon Down and back on the old A30. Mostly flat with hilly bits between Dawlish and Teignmouth and back over Longdown
|
| Clay Pits (long)
| Moderate
| 57.14
| 4
| Narrow busy road along the Teign, single out. Choice of routes from Clay Pits. Mostly flat with hilly bits between Dawlish and Teignmouth and rolling after Bovey Tracey
|
| Whiddon Down
| Easy/Moderate
| 47.44
| 4
| Fast route - one good climb at the end over Longdown
|
| Nomansland
| Moderate
| 56.17
| 7
| Single file might be required on busy Crediton road - can swap some lanes in there. Watch the decents - dangerous drain cover at bend on decent in road around nomansland - careful when wet. Fast decent Longdrag Hill ends at T junction at Tiverton.
|
| Big Triangle
| Easy
| 41.51
| 2
| We usually ride a short stretch on the A361 between Sampford Peverell and the A38 roundabout near Uffculme. Easy miles but care on the dual carriageway
|
| Little Triangle
| Easy
| 36.26
| 2
| Thursday night ride - some narrow bits to single out on before Cullompton and between Halberton and Tiverton on the Turnpike
|
| Milverton
| Hard
| 63.59
| 7
| It’s quite a long ride with a lot of rolling hills
|
| Dunkeswell
| Moderate
| 49.31
| 5
| Good decents either way
|
| Copplestone Sticklepath
| Easy/Moderate
| 49.63
| 4
| Good all year ride
|
| Sidmouth Honiton
| Moderate
| 50.42
| 4
| You can cut out Sidmouth - it's fairly hilly
|
| Henbury Fort
| Easy
| 39.73
| 4
| It's a fairly long hill up to Henbury Fort. Good if it’s horrible weather and you want a short sharp ride
|
| Henbury Fort (long)
| Moderate
| 51.12
| 4
| More a fully featured ride, it's a fairly long hill up to Henbury Fort. Good if it’s horrible weather and you want a short sharp ride
|
| Bampton Lanes
| Easy/Moderate
| 53.68
| 3
| Choice of routes at the end of the lanes
|
| Bampton Lanes (long)
| Moderate/Hard
| 62.16
| 6
| Narrow roads around Bampton
|
| Sticklepath
| Easy
| 43.59
| 3
| Flattish rolling ride easy all year rounder
|
| Eggesford
| Easy
| 44.3
| 3
| Flattish rolling ride easy all year rounder
|
| Eggesford (long)
| Moderate
| 50.0
| 5
| Good all rounder - stiff climb out of Eggesford
|
| Haytor
| Moderate
| 54.81
| 7
| Long climb up from Bovey Tracey to Haytor
|
| Haytor (lanes)
| Moderate/Hard
| 66.46
| 7
| Long climb up from Bovey Tracey to Haytor and fast windy decent down from Manaton Cross
|
