Downs link ...

elyob said:

Here's a real map of the actual cycle ....

http://fishpluschips.com/GPS/gpsmap.php (20050904DownsLink)

Boy was it hard trying to get a map of it the day before.... So I decided to
make my own ...

Was it mostly off road? the GPS track and the roads rarely coincide.

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elyob said:

Here's a real map of the actual cycle ....

http://fishpluschips.com/GPS/gpsmap.php (20050904DownsLink)

Boy was it hard trying to get a map of it the day before.... So I decided
to
make my own ...

Was it mostly off road? the GPS track and the roads rarely coincide.

Basically it is all off road. Mostly it is on the path of an old railway
line and it's cool coming across abandoned stations ...
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/34748271-M.jpg

Some of the stations are in better condition than any live station I have
come across ... http://www.smugmug.com/photos/34748295-M.jpg

Some more photos to give an idea of the ride ...
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/34748306-M.jpg
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/34748317-M.jpg
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/34748343-M.jpg
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/34748369-M.jpg
http://www.smugmug.com/photos/34748378-M.jpg

It's only 40 miles, but seemed a lot harder especially as the wind was
brewing up into a reasonable headwind on the last 10-15 miles. 🙂

All in all, we were all smiles at the end, although there were a couple
suffering. In fact, one of the regulars was suffering early on. I ended up
donating my alpen bars which he reckoned worked really quickly.