Downs link ...

[elyob]

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 ...

 

[David Martin]

elyob wrote:
> 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.

...d

 

[elyob]

"David Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> elyob wrote:
>> 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.