B.I.G Rendezvous
Lake District 2010 – U.K.
Inscriptions actuelles / Current subscriptions (28)
GREAT BRITAIN = Kevin Speed (GB-1950-bigs 502) - Johanna Kovacs (GB-1962-bigs 1-- from Sat 15) and her husband Alan Kovacs – Michael Busby (GB- 1959 – from Sat 15 - not yet member )
BELGIUM = Marc Desender (B-1961-bigs156) - Daniel Gobert (B-1958-bigs 338) - Dominique Vanstiphout (B-1964-bigs 185) - Dominique Jacquemin (B-1954- bigs 559) - Gilles Jacquemin (B-1993-bigs 252) - Bernard Frogneux (B-1957-bigs 101) -- Steven Feys (B-1976- bigs 49)
NEDERLANDS = Peter Notten (NL-1954- bigs 353) - Jean-Pierre Notten (NL-1962- bigs 341), - Helmuth Dekkers (NL-1964- bigs 109) - Patricia Donders (NL-1963- bigs 30) - Wim Van Els (NL-1954- bigs 523) - Tineke Verkuijlen (NL-1951- bigs 190)
DEUTSCHLAND = Jurgen Reckhaus (D-1962- bigs 148) - Claudia Sommer (D-1957-bigs 343) & Karl Brenner (D-1943-bigs 554 - no rooms)
FRANCE = Daniel Briollet (F-1947- bigs 210) (+ sa femme) - François Candau (F-1959- bigs 279) - Christian Le Corre (F-1957- bigs 100)
SPAIN = Claudio Montefusco (E-1964-bigs 168) --- Angel Lopez (E-1971-bigs 55)
ITALY = Luciano Cattaneo (I-1966- bigs 183) - Mauro Repetti (I-1963- bigs 92) - Alessandro Repetti (I-1986- photograph - from Sat 15 may)
Wed 12.05.2010
Day 0: Arrive in Ambleside, Lake District.
Stay at Britain's biggest youth hostel outside of London on the shore of Lake Windermere at Ambleside.
Thu 13.05.2010 - Day 1. The Lake District BIG's
7.30-8.00 : Breakfast/Déjeûner - 9.00 : Start with the bike
General Programm 90km - 5 BIGs - 1st part : 56 km - 3 BIGs
km 0 : Windermere -Flat area/zone de plat --> km6 : Ambleside - km11 :
BIG 83 Kirkstone Pass- km 16: back to/Retour vers Ambleside - Flat area/zone de plat --> km 25 : Pied/Foot Wrynose - km 28 :
Notes for Kirkstone = From Ambleside, left from YHA for our first climb of the tour, follow signs for Keswick. Go through town and at far end having just passed quaint grey stone National Trust property on bridge reach mini roundabout and take a sharp right indicated Kirkstone and climb starts immediately on narrow road through upper Ambleside, to white Kirstone pub at the top. BIG sticker past the pub on the right.
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BIG 82 Wrynose Pass - Downhill/Descente - km 31 : Pied/Foot Hard Knott - km33 :
Notes for Wrynose = Second pass of the tour, take left fork at traffic lights after leaving Ambleside YHA, left out of gates. Follow head of Lake Windermere for easy ride to Skelwith Bridge then at a left turn a sudden rise at a 25% marker and steep to Wrynose then very steep to the top, especially when stone walls are left behind and in open country. BIG sticker at top on right on wood footpath marker.
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BIG 81 Hard Knott Pass- Back/Retour Downhill/Descente - km 35 : Pied Wrynose (versant ouest-plus facile: western side , easier) - km 38 : Wrynose Pass - Downhill/Descente to km 41 : Pied/Foot Wrynose - Flat area/zone de plat --> km 50 : Ambleside – km 56 Windermere.
Notes for Hard Knott = Very, very steep. Here is your challenge – can you stay on your bike – I can’t! Reached over the Wrynose Pass and follows a stream for some distance.
Alternative tours : 1.1.A : to avoid Kirkstone and to climb Wrynose and Hard Knott : 40km, 2 BIGs
1.1.B : to avoid Wrynose and Hard Knott and to climb Kirkstone : 16km, 1 BIG
13.00 : Break - 14.00 : Start with the car - Car to Keswick (35km) - 15.00 : Start with the bike
Thu 13.05.2010 - 2nd part : 34 km - 2 BIG - 15.00 : Start with the bike
km 0 : Keswick - Flat area/zone de Plat - km5 : Pied du Honister - km 10 :
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BIG 80 Honister- Back Downhill/Retour descente - km15 : Pied du Honister - Flat area/zone de plat - km 20 Keswick - km 23 : Pied du Whinlatter - km 27 :
Notes for Honister = From Keswick take signs for Borrowdale, following lake. Easy going to Seatoller. Car park here but cycling from Keswick is interesting along lake. From Seatoller suddenly steeply up, less steep on later stage to YHA at top of Honister on left – and BIG sticker on post there on left
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BIG 79 Whinlatter- Back downhill/Retour descente - km 31 : Pied Whinlatter - km 34 : Keswick
Notes for Whinlatter = From Keswick take signs for A66 Cockermouth as in April there were road divesions. Dual carriageway some distance, take brown sign to the left indicated Whinlatter and also Braithwaite. Park in front of houses on right in Braithwaite. Cycle and take left fork for Whinlatter NOT Cockermouth to the right. Steep road 4km to large metal silver bird, café and visitor centre at the top on the right. Great views from café.
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Alternative tours : 1.2.A : to avoid Honister and to climb Whinlatter : 14km, 1 BIG - 1.2.B : to avoid Whinlatter and to climb Honister : 20km, 1 BIG
17.00 : Back with the car - 18.00 : Youth Hostel
19.00 : Dinner - 21.00 : President's speech
Night (half-pension at Ambleside)
Fri 14.05.2010
Day 2. To Yorkshire's BIGs
7.00-7.30 : Breakfast/Déjeûner
8.00 : Start with the car - Car to Penrith (50km) - Millburn (15km)
9.30 : Start with the bike
General Programm 114km - 4 BIGs - 1st part : 100 km - 3 BIGs
km 0 : Millburn - km10 :
BIG 76 Great Dun Fell- Back Downhill / Retour Descente - km 20 Millburn - Flat area/zone de plat - km 30 : Melmerby = Pied/foot Hartside Cross - km 39 :
Notes for Great Dun Fell = From Penrith head south on the A66 signpost Brough. Enter Kirkby Thore village. Just past sign take left turn for Knock, go to end of road, take a left then immediate right for Knock. Take a left after a row of house in Knock, brown sign for Knock Christian Centre. As you turn there is a large car park on the right for approx 20 cars. Park and bike up to the Great Dun Fell globe. At 2km from the top the road was blocked by snow for a short distance so placed BIG sticker on post to right. I’m sure the snow will be cleared in May.
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BIG 78 Hartside Cross- Downhill/Descente vers/to - km 48 : Alston - Flat area/zone de plat - km 68 Westgate - km 74 :
Notes for Hartside Cross = From Knock head north along lanes to Melberby. Good pub for meals here on right. Comes to main road, Penrith to Alston.
Take a right and go up to Hartside Cross. Highest café in England at the top, a favourite hang out for motor cyclists – and
annoyingly on the way up too. Meals in café.
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BIG 77 Westernhope Moor - km 80 : Newbiggin - Flat area/zone de plat - km 100 : Millburn
Notes for Westernhope Moor = Over Hartside Cross and enter Alston – there is a petrol station here on the left – no more for many miles! Take a left in Alston for Nenthead and over pass and down to St John’s Chapel and enter Daddry Shield. Here look out for a row of stone cottages with a white railing in front and take a left here, indicated ‘Brotherlee’. Glass telephone kiosk and toilets on corner. Go along here for ½ kilometre only, DO NOT go straight on but take first right by a bungalow on the right and immediately the narrow road climbs steeply up to Westernhope Moor. BIG sticker on post at left of road at the top.
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Alternative tours :
2.1..A : to avoid Great Dun Fell and to ride the tour with the 2 other ones : 80km, 2 BIGs - 2.1..B : to avoid the great tour and to climb simply the Great Dun Fell : 20km, 1 BIG
2.1.C : to climb each big with the bike and to link with the car : 52km, 3 BIGs - 2.1..D : to climb Great Dun Fell and to go with the car to Scotland, to climb Lowther Hill and Carter Bar, 3 BIGs (attention, impossible here to reach the 2nd part of the day)
14.30 : Break
Fri 14.05.2010
15.00 : Start with the car - Car to Hawes (50km)
16.30 : Start with the bike
2nd part : 14 km - 1 BIG
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km 0 : Hawes - km 7 : BIG 84 Fleet Moss- km 14 : Hawes
Notes for Fleet Moss = Hawes is a distance from Ambleside so may be better to incorporate this climb on the drive south from Ambleside on the 3rd day. Motorists drop cyclists off. In Hawes take turn to right indicated Kettlewell, pass through Gayle village and past Wensleydale Creamery – cheese making factory of Wallace & Grommit fame! (You have to be British to understand!) Climb to Fleet Moss begins among stone cottages. BIG sticker on post to the right at the top.
This coming weekend I’m motoring /cycling from Hawes to Castleton. Cycling from Hawes to top of Fleet Moss then driving to Ilkley for Cow&Calf and Oxenhope Moor, staying in Edale near Castleton as Castleton YHA is full. On Sunday I will cycle Holme Moss, Snake Pass and Mam Tor circuit. I will do some fact finding at Castleton YHA If anyone has any questions please mail me by Friday 23rd April
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18.00 : Back with the car to Windermere (60 km)
19.00 : Youth Hostel - 20.00 : Dinner
21.00 : Quizz B.I.G Game
Night (half-pension at Ambleside)
Sat 15.05.2010
Day 3: From Lake district to Peak District
7.30-8.00 : Breakfast/Déjeûner
8.30 : Start with the car - Car to Ilkley (100km)
10.30 : Start with the bike
General Programm 40 km - 2 BIGs
1st part : 40 km - 2 BIGs
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km 0 : Ilkley - km 2 : BIG 86 Cow & Calf, Downhill to/Descente vers - km 10 Keighley - km 15 : Haworth - km 20
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BIG 87 Oxenhope Moor - Back to Haworth, Keighley, km 40 : Ilkley.
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Alternative tours : 3.1..A : to avoid Cow & Calf and to climb Oxenhope : 8km, 1 BIG
3.1..B : to avoid Oxenhope and to climb Cow & Calf : 4km, 1 BIG
3.1.C : to climb Cow & Calf (or/and Oxenhope) and to go with the car to Hutton-le-Hole (90km) , to climb Rosedale Abbey 2-3 BIGs (attention, back from Hutton to Castleton with the car 140km)
13.30 : Break
Sat 15.05.2010
15.00 : Start with the car to Castleton - Car to Castleton (90km)
17.00 : Arrival at the YH - 19.00 : Dinner
21.00 : Debate about the challenge B.I.G
Sun 16.05.2010
Day 4: Peak District's BIG
8.00-8.30 : Breakfast/Déjeûner - 9.00 : Start with the bike
General Programm 100 km - 3 BIGs
1st part : 90 km - 2 BIGs
km 0 : Castleton - Flat area/zone de plat - km 10 : Ashopton - km 20 : Langsett - km 40 : Holmfirth - km 48
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BIG 88 Holme Moss- Downhill/Descente - km 60 : Glossop - km 70 :
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BIG 89 Snake Pass- km 80 : Ashopton - km 90 : Castleton
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Alternative tours : 4.1..A : to take the car to Holmfirth and to climb Holme Moss : 16km, 1 BIG
4.1..B : to take the car to Glossop and to climb Snake Pass : 20km, 1 BIG
4.1.C : to leave the other members and to climb Welsh or Cornwall's BIGs on our way back, from 3 to 5 BIGs
14.00 : Break
Sun 16.05.2010
15.00 : Start with the bike
2nd part : 10 km – 1 BIG
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km 0 : Castleton - km 5 : BIG 90 Mam Tor- km 10 : Castleton
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Alternative tours :
4.2..A : to ride to Edale (20km) for climbing the steepest side of Mam Tor and go down to Castleton (total 30km) 17.00 : back to YH
19.00 : Dinner
21.00 : Drink to say good-bye
Night (half-pension at Castleton)Day 6: Homeward bound