![]() ![]() ![]() The route’s also been in The Times, Health and Fitness magazine and Cycling Active, and there’s more to come. The Saturday Guardian then featured the route in its 24th July Travel supplement, and the Yorkshire Post magazine recently published their piece. The new Way of the Roses map is now available.īack in June, Sustrans organised a ride for journalists. More of the permanent Way of the Roses signs will be appearing in the coming weeks. Between Clapham and Winterburn National Route 68 signs (part of the Pennine Cycleway), between Winterburn and Appletreewick Yorkshire Dales Cycleway signs are there to follow. While the rest are being installed there are some temporary signs where no previous National (or Regional) cycle route has existed. Some neat route signs are up along the Lancaster / Lancashire section of the route and in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He even caught up with the group riding from York to Bridlington just before the promenade finish - helmeted Martyn is standing under the Way of the Roses sign next to the Mayor of Bridlington, who’d just been presented with some red Lancashire roses. Martyn Bolt, the CTC’s Cycling Development Officer for North Yorkshire, sprinted (rather like his Jamaican namesake) the whole route in 12 hours, which sets the record for the fastest crossing so far. The route comes right through this World Heritage Site. Sustrans patron and local lad Wayne Hemmingway rode the 35 miles from Morecambe to Settle with the sustainable transport charity’s National Cycle Network Development Manager Martin Brunt and nearly 50 other cyclists, after a send-off from the Mayor of Lancaster.įurther along the route, other cyclists called in at The National Trust’s Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal property to present the new Way of the Roses Cycle Route Map. To mark the opening of the route, and help celebrate the 15th anniversary of the National Cycle Network, the whole 170 miles of the Way of the Roses route was ridden on Saturday 11th September. Sustrans supporters’ team will offer advice and resources on how to raise money through sponsorship, events and more.įind out more about the ride at or by contacting (0191) 265 1110 - opening Participants will also be expected to make a minimum donation of £150 for Sustrans. The trip costs £345 per person – including three nights’ accommodation, all breakfasts, lunch, evening meals and snacks on the way, plus luggage transfer, a support vehicle, return transfer to York or Bridlington stations, free Sustrans t-shirt and experienced ride leaders. ![]() Organised by cycling holiday specialists Saddle Skedaddle, this first fully supported ride of the Way of the Roses route is Friday 20 May to Monday 23 May this year. Sustrans is looking for 30 people to take part in an exclusive three-day ride along the full 170-mile route to raise money to support walking and cycling in the UK. ![]()
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