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This route has been meticulously planned by fresh-air heads and master route builders Outdoor Provisions. There’s nothing new under the sun and this route builds upon their DIY bike-packing trail Second City Divide.

The final leg into Manchester, section five, is through lumpy Lancashire. It's tough; a real sting in the tail after four days on the road. From the Coal Road outside of Gisburn, the sublime singletrack of selected parts of the Pennine Bridleway to the rough Rooley Moor cobbles, it can really catch you

Day 4 sees a lot of transition between on and off-road climbing and gradients begin to get serious. Some see this as the Queens stage, with 3 headline climbs packed into 100km.



Pick your way through Swaledale via the glorious Swale Trail before encountering the frankly awful Oxnop Scar, a road climb that

This is considered the “rest day” of the rally, with a smooth start, backloaded with climbs.



Once you roll out of Kielder you’re finally into the heart of the Pennines and resupply becomes much easier. It is here that the climbs begin to get long, as the North Pennines AONB tilts subtly, and sometimes

This is the most remote section of the route, the 100km of Nothing. Be prepared for there to be very few options for resupply.



At 127 km, the infamous Cut Through at Craik. Trust the GPX, you will need to walk. The path is off to the right and leads you through a forest. Do not ride down through the

Leaving Edinburgh the route gets into some great gravel after about 14 km at the Pentland hills.

Thus begins a 10km gradual climb up and over West kip, before descending. Drovers roads to Peebles.



Your resupply for the day is at Peebles, 57km. We recommend stocking up here on food to take with you as