Zepnat do the Iron Tour! - A six-day cycle tour from Meldon Viaduct in Devon to Bennerley Viaduct in Derbyshire, a total distance of 625km (388miles), taking in some spectacular bridges and fine countryside along the route. The tour is based on a similar route 'The Iron-to-Iron Tour' devised and undertaken by Kieran Lee and Kajsa of the Friends of Bennerley Viaduct (FoBV) in September 2021, and credit is given to them for the concept.
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Images taken on a medium format Holga 120 film camera during the tour
Developed and printed November 2022 by Dan Alexander © 2022 Heraldo
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Welcome to The Iron Cycle Tour 2022
Tour information and route details
A six-day cycle tour of iron bridges, and a few fords!
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Travel Day Saturday 11th June
Saturday 11th June 07:00am - Oker Travel coach departing Matlock Train Station Car Park taking us to Okehampton, Devon.
Staying at Okehampton YHA B&B on Saturday night.
Most likely dinner options include The White Hart Hotel - JD Wetherspoons
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Day 1 Route Sunday 12th June
‘A hilly ride east through the Devon countryside, starting with a visit to Meldon Viaduct on the Granite Way, and including a section of the Great Western Canal en-route, followed by a gentle run-in to Taunton’
OKEHAMPTON - TAUNTON (Premier Inn)
ESSENTIALS: 100km (21km gravel rough), 835m ascent, 7 ‘Garmin cat’ climbs, cafe stop ETA 1pm at The Canal Tearooms in Tiverton (57km).
NB: All climb gradients listed throughout are ‘average’ over length of climb
Gravel Sector Granite Way to Meldon Viaduct, Meldon Viaduct (4km), back to Okehampton (7km), B3217 along River Okement, Climb 1 3% 1km (14km), Climb 2 3% Forest climb 2km (19km), North Tawton (20km), Climb 3 Kelland Hill 5% 0.8km (27km), Climb 4 Hall Lane 3% 2.2km (30km), Morchard Bishop (33km), Puddington (41km), Climb 5 Greenland Head 6% 1km (43km), Climb 6 B3137 Withleigh 3% 3.5km (49km) !CAUTION BUSY ROAD for 2km!, Hensleigh Road (52km), Tiverton (55km), CAFE The Canal Tearooms 1pm table booked (57km), Gravel Sector Great Western Canal (57km), Aqueduct (61km), Halberton (63km), Climb 7 Langford Budville 7% 1km (80km), Hillfarrance (89km), Taunton (96km), River Tone river bank path (98km), Taunton East Premier Inn, 81 Bridgewater Road, TA1 2DU, (100km).
19:30 table for dinner Royal Taste Indian restaurant
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Some highlights of Day 1
Meldon Viaduct on the The Granite Way, Tiverton Canal and Tearooms, Great Western Canal Aqueduct - all very quaint.
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Day 2 Route Monday 13th June
‘A flat first half across the Somerset Levels, followed by a heave up the Cheddar Gorge and over the Mendip Hills, and a lumpy ride into Bristol, ending with the mighty Clifton Suspension Bridge and Bristol docks’.
TAUNTON - BRISTOL (Premier Inn Finzels Reach)
ESSENTIALS: 103km (19km gravel rough), 738m ascent, 4 ‘Garmin Cat’ climbs, cafe stop Cheddar Gorge (55km).
Gravel Sector Bridgewater & Taunton Canal - long sector taking in the Somerset Space Walk (2-18km), View of Saturn Bridge (6.5km), North Newton (11.5km), NCN 3 into Bridgewater (19km), NCN3 Rugg’s Drove (21km), King Sedgemoor Drain (26km), Cossington (30km), NCN33 Drove Roads Huntspill River National Reserve (34km), Crickham (46km), Nyland Drove (49km), Gravel Sector Cheddar Moor Drove (51km), Cheddar (55km), CAFE option on The Cliffs Road (56km), Climb 1 Cheddar Gorge 5% 3.6km (56km), Mendip Hills summit (63km), NCN3 Chew Valley Lake (70km), Climb 2 Chew Stoke Scot Lane 4% 1.3km (73km), Climb 3 Old Hill 4% 1km (76km), NCN410 Felton (79km), Climb 4 Backwell Hill 2km (80km), NCN 33 along railway, Long Ashton (94km), Climb 5 Long Ashton Court Estate 5% 1.5km (95km), Clifton Suspension Bridge (98km), Bristol Docks and view of SS Great Britain (100km), Hannover Quays, Queen Square, Bristol Premier Inn Finzels Reach, Counterslip, BS1 6BX (103km).
19:30 table for dinner at Ciao Amici Italian restaurant.
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Some highlights of Day 2
Bridgewater & Taunton Canal, Cheddar Gorge, Clifton Suspension Bridge, SS Great Britain (my own copy of the Official Guidebook).
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Day 3 Route Tuesday 14th June
‘A day of variety and interest, crossing the Severn Estuary and continuing through the Forest of Dean, with six noteworthy bridges on-route’
BRISTOL - ROSS-ON-WYE (Premier Inn)
ESSENTIALS: 95km (16km gravel rough), 922m ascent, No ‘Garmin Cat’ climbs (but 4 ‘unofficial’ climbs), cafe stop Forest of Dean Cycle Centre (69km)
Bathurst Basin Swing Bridge (1.5km), NCN Cumberland Road, Ashton Avenue Bridge (3.5km), NCN Gravel Sector River Avon Trail (4km), Pill (12km), NCN41 Avonmouth Bridge (14km), Lawrence Weston (17km), Avonmouth trading and industrial area NCN41 (19km), Severn Way Estuary (24km), Severn Beach (27km), NCN4 New Passage (28km), Old Passage (34km), NCN4 Severn Road Bridge Cycleway (35km), Chepstow (41km), Old Wye Bridge (43km), Climb 1 Tidenham - Boughspring 5km (46km), St. Briavels (56km), Parkhead (64km), NCN42 Gravel Sector Forest of Dean Cycle Trail including Climb 2 Forest of Dean 7km (65km), CAFE Forest of Dean Cycle Centre (69km), Wysis Way track (72km), Climb 3 English Bicknor 0.5km (74km), Offa’s Dyke ridge, Gravel Sector over Stowfield Bridge (78km), Climb 4 Welsh Bicknor 2km (79km), B4229 over River Wye (82km), Hom Green (86km), Ross-on-Wye (89km), detour to hotel avoiding A40, Ross-on-Wye Premier Inn, Ledbury Road, HR9 7QJ (95km).
19:30 Table for dinner at Beefeater
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Some highlights of Day 3
View of Clifton Suspension Bridge from the River Avon, Avonmouth Bridge, The Severn Road Bridge and Cycleway (M48), Chepstow Old Wye Bridge, Stowfield Bridge (aka The Black Bridge!)
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Day 4 Route Weds 15th June
‘A challenging route through Hereford and Shropshire lanes, getting lumpier from half distance onwards, and a nasty sting in the Long Mynd to finish’
ROSS-ON-WYE - RATLINGHOPE (Bridges YHA)
ESSENTIALS: 116km (7km gravel rough), 1436m ascent, 11 ‘Garmin Cat’ climbs, Cafe stops Leominster (44km) & Ludlow (74km)
Hole in the Wall (River Wye) 6km, Climb 1 River Wye Bank 3% 1km (7.5km), Climb 2 Totnor Bank 6% 1.3km (9.5km), Fownhope (13km), Rivers Wye, Lugg and Frome valley, Withington (24km), Climb 3 Bowley Lane 5% 1km (33.5km), Leominster CAFE options The Flying Dutchman (44km), !A49 CAUTION MAIN ROAD for 2.5km! - with cycle path, Middleton on the Hill (52km), Brimfield (58km), Climb 4 Mortimer Forest 3% 6km (61km), Gravel Sector Mortimer Forest Trail (65km), Climb 5 Killhorse Lane 3% 1km (68km), Ludlow (73km) - Ludford Bridge, Ludlow Castle, Dinham Bridge, CAFE options Castle Lodge Buttery or CSONS riverside cafe (74km), Gravel Sector Halton Lane (75km), join NCN44 (76km), Climb 6 Norton 4% 1km (83km), Climb 7 Dinchope 10% 0.7km (86km), Bridge over River Onny off-road path (91km), Climb 8 Long Lane 4% 3.8km (92km), Climb 9 Basford Bank 7% 0.7km (96km), Climb 10 Plowden 4% 2.2km (101km), Asterton (106km), Climb 11 The Portway 6% (GRADIENTS >20%) 3.8km (106km), Long Mynd summit (109km), Ratlinghope Moor (113km), Bridges YHA, Ratlinghope, SY5 0SP (116km).
20:00 table for dinner at The Bridges Inn pub
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Some highlights of Day 4
River Wye and Lugg valley, Mortimer Forest, Ludlow Castle, The Long Mynd, Ratlinghope and YHA Bridges.
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Day 5 Route Thursday 16th June
‘An undulating easterly route through Shropshire and Staffordshire. The longest distance day of the tour, which gets the big climb ticked off in the first 4km’
RATLINGHOPE (Bridges YHA) - BURTON UPON TRENT (Premier Inn)
ESSENTIALS: 120km, (12km gravel rough), 854km ascent, 5 ‘Garmin Cat’ climbs, Cafe stop options at Ironbridge (39km), Albrighton & bike shop (56km) and Springslade Lodge Cafe, Cannock Chase (87km).
Climb 1 Ratlinghope Moor 6% 3.5km (from the YHA front door), !CAUTION ON DESCENT! Church Stretton (8km), Roman Road (12km), Ford (15km), Acton Burnell (21km), Bullhill Brook ford and bridge (24km), Cressage (28km), Climb 2 B4380 Leighton 4% 1km (32km), Ironbridge & CAFE options (39km), Gravel sector NCN45 to Coalport (39km), Coalport Bridge (42km), Climb 3 Brockton Road 6% 1.5km (42.5km), Albrighton bike shop and CAFE options Latte Da & Peckish (56km), Chillington Hall private road (66km), Brewood (70km), Penkridge (77km), Gravel Sector Pillaton Hall Farm (79km), Pottal Pool Road !CAUTION BUSY MAIN ROAD!, Cannock Chase Gravel Sector starts (85km), CAFE Springslade Lodge (86km), Climb 4 Cannock Chase 3% 1km (87km), Climb 5 Marquis Drive 4% 1.5km (91km), Gravel Sector Trent & Mersey Canal Path (97km), Footpath tunnel and River Trent footbridge (*Two-person team-building bike lifts mandatory) (99km), Gravel Sector Hamstall Ridware & Rough Park (105km), Dunstall (114km), NCN54 Tatenhill (116km), Branston tunnel (118km), Burton Upon Trent - Premier Inn, Wellington Road, DE14 2DQ (120km).
19:30 table for dinner at Pascal at The Old Vicarage
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Some highlights of Day 5
Bullhill Brook ford, Roman Road ford, Ironbridge, Coalport Bridge, Chillington Hall Upper Avenue, Trent & Mersey Canal at Armitage.
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Day 6 Route Friday 17th June
‘A relatively flat westerly loop to visit Derbyshire’s only suspension bridge at Doveridge, before returning east to the finish line at Bennerley Viaduct. A route with eight noteworthy bridges, a ford and a stream crossing.’
BURTON UPON TRENT - BENNERLEY VIADUCT, ILKESTON
ESSENTIALS: 91km (15km gravel rough), 437m ascent, No ‘Garmin Cat’ climbs, cafe stop at The Secret Dinner 11:30am
Stapenhill Ferry Bridge (4km), Rolleston-on-Dove ford and footbridge (13km), Gravel Sector Green Lane (25km), Uttoxeter (33km), Doveridge suspension Bridge (37km), CAFE The Secret Diner (43km), Church Broughton (51km), Sutton on the Hill (54km), Gravel Sector Mickleover Greenway (59km), NCN54 Mackworth (65km), Derby Friargate Bridge (69km), Silk Mill Swing Bridge (70km), St. Mary’s Bridge (71km), Little Chester Green Bridge (72km), Gravel Sector NCN672 Great Northern Greenway (74km), Gravel Sector Stanley Brook stream crossing (80km), West Hallam (83km), Mapperley village (86km), Gravel Sector Coronation Road/Shipley Park (90km), Gravel Sector Erewash Canal (90km), Bennerley Viaduct (91km).
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Some highlights of Day 6
Stapenhill Ferry Bridge, Rollaston-on-Dove ford and footbridge, Doveridge Suspension Bridge, Friargate Bridge, St. Mary’s Bridge, Little Chester Green Bridge, The Great Northern Greenway, Stanley Brook Ford Crossing, Bennerley Viaduct - The Iron Giant!
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Iron-to-Iron Tour Poster
By kind permission of the Friends of Bennerley Viaduct (FoBV)
https://www.bennerleyviaduct.org.uk
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