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Stage 1: Lyme Regis to Shaftesbury — The Old Chalk Way

Difficult

09:42

68.8 mi

7.1 mph

6,050 ft

5,375 ft

Expert gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Some portions of the Tour may require you to push your bike.

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

You may need to dismount and push your bike.

0.36 mi in total

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Tour Overview

Starting Point

38.6 mi

Steep, loose lime climb

Bike Touring Highlight (Segment)

66.8 mi

Gold Hill

Bike Touring Highlight (Segment)

68.8 mi

Destination

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Tour Profile

Waytypes

Singletrack: 4.23 mi

Path: 9.94 mi

Cycleway: 15.3 mi

Street: 3.65 mi

Road: 35.0 mi

State Road: 0.54 mi

Surfaces

Unpaved: 25.0 mi

Cobblestones: 174 yd

Paved: 23.6 mi

Asphalt: 19.0 mi

Unknown: 1.01 mi

Weather Forecast

Ben Wormald planned a gravel ride.

October 5, 2021

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Comments

Ben Wormald
Stage one though Dorset is the hardest section of The Old Chalk Way, characterised by relentless steep hills and few resupply options en-route.

You will be rewarded with beautiful views, a few field crossings, Iron Age forts, prime gravel tracks though woodland, and a disused railway line.

The famous Gold…
October 7, 2021