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Mary Towneley Loop
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The info:
The Mary Towneley Loop takes in some of the best
scenery & off-road riding the south Pennines has to offer.
Traversing the hillsides and crossing the valleys between
Rossendale, Burnley, Hebden Bridge, Todmorden & Rochdale.
The entire route is marked & the riding surfaces are good
..!. The Pennine Challenge followed the route in a clockwise
direction, the route crossed high exposed moorland which can
be made even harder by the wetness of the terrain. It is a
strenuous and demanding day out. |
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~ Bicyclemania Ride ~
Normally riding
around the Mary Towneley Loop you will have to open & shut about
47 odd gates, but when your in a mass challenge it will drop
considerably, I only opened & shut 6 gates & it make a big
differences. The weather was brilliant, hot, dry, & very sunny,
great for the beautiful views but it's down-side was making sure
you kept on taking on the liquids. Each rider was given a
laminated number to attach to their bike & told to slow down or
stop at each marshalled check-point so their number could be
logged. Their was a maximum cut-off time of 12 hr's allowed, &
the organisers laid on transport back to the start venue at the
halfway point if you had to quit.
~ Pit Stops ~
The food & drink
stations all had a good supply of stuff to re-energise you and
sent you on your way again following the fully waymarked Mary
Towneley Loop. That said you had to keep your eye out for the 'Pbw'
small blue and white acorn discs, and take care not to follow
the other signs. Some off the signs had gone missing and the
organisers and placed route markers for you to follow so in some
areas it got a bit confusing. The last section of the route was
well marked with arrows. |
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RIDER |
CATEGORY |
NUMBER |
FIELD |
RANKED |
TIME |
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Chiefy |
Full Enduro |
87 |
284 |
259th |
09:06:30 |
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