July 2013: The Big Lancashire Rides

England · Lancashire · Cheshire · Midlands

Four of the longest rides in the English archive, in one hot July week.

July 2013 was the biggest stretch of riding in the English archive: eight rides in eleven days around Lancashire, ending with a farewell to the Garmin 705. These four are the long ones. No ride notes survive for any of them, so this page stays numbers and maps rather than inventing detail.

10 July — Notts to Redditch

Route data (from Strava): 142.7km, 1,396m of climbing — the longest ride anywhere in the UK archive, a long haul down into the Midlands.

The route, from Kevin's own GPS track

Real GPS route map of the 10 July 2013 Notts to Redditch ride — The actual recorded route, plotted from Kevin's own ride data onto a real OpenStreetMap base.

13 July — Eccleston

Route data (from Strava): 101.6km, 1,089m of climbing out of the Lancashire plain.

The route, from Kevin's own GPS track

Real GPS route map of the 13 July 2013 Eccleston ride — The actual recorded route, plotted from Kevin's own ride data onto a real OpenStreetMap base.

18 July — Southport

Route data (from Strava): 110.2km, 800m of climbing — out to the coast.

The route, from Kevin's own GPS track

Real GPS route map of the 18 July 2013 Southport ride — The actual recorded route, plotted from Kevin's own ride data onto a real OpenStreetMap base.

20 July — Kirkby Lonsdale

Route data (from Strava): 66.5km, 1,106m of climbing — the hilliest of the four for its length, on the edge of the Dales.

The route, from Kevin's own GPS track

Real GPS route map of the 20 July 2013 Kirkby Lonsdale ride — The actual recorded route, plotted from Kevin's own ride data onto a real OpenStreetMap base.

📝 Kevin — needs your input

Any memories of this week — was it a training block for something?
Who was the 142km ride to Redditch for?