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LEMMING
TRAIL EVENT Brought to you by Trail Break Welcome to the world of class long distance endurance challenges, for 2006 Trail Break, which we all know organise such fantastic events such as the Navigator events and Evans Bike Shop rides, are organising two class long distance enduro challenges called the Lemming Trail Series... What is a Lemming trail event you ask? LEMMING TRAILS are the original UK mountain bike endurance challenges. The first one ran in 1996 and the two day Lemming format is still unique and gives the events a much more epic feel than one day rides. The Lemming format offers so much more than a single day enduro event. You get a full weekend of top class riding with an overnight stop that has camping and hostel accommodation right on the trail. You get a big evening meal and a Sunday morning cooked breakfast all in with the price of the event, you can book a packed lunch for the second days riding. All you need to pack is a bit of lunch for the first days ride. There are extra food and drink supplies available at the support stations on route. The two events for 2006 are two day fully supported mountain bike endurance weekends, one being on the South Downs Way and the other being on The RIDGEWAY - you can obviously guess which one were interested in... The 1-2nd July 2006 sees the 80mile/5000ft climbing endurance event come to the Ridgeway - from Princes Risborough to Avebury. The event is based
on 2 days riding on the following format The two day event costs
between £65 and £80 depending on what package you sign up for. Youth
Hostel Accommodation is available in an overall price of £80, or camping
included at a price of £70 or a 'book you own bed' package is available at
£65. A return bus journey is an extra £20, and a packed lunch is £4 per
day. The Ridgeway is
an ideal introduction to long distance trails. The route offers enough
climbs and descents to challenge and entertain you, interspersed with
sections of high ridge cruising that offer spectacular views of the
surrounding countryside. The Ridgeway is
Europe’s oldest continuously used trail and there are a wealth of ancient
monuments and landmarks along its length. The ride finishes at the village
of Avebury, with it’s spectacular standing stones (believed to be even
older than Stonehenge). The Bull, Goring is a welcome and sociable place for lunch, and there is time to relax with a drink and a bite to eat before taking on the big climb back up to the ridge. Once you reach the higher ground you'll be treated to a series of breath taking views of the Oxfordshire countryside all the way to the overnight stop close to Wantage, 50 miles into your route. the Ridgeway Youth Hostel is one of the best hostels in the country. Constructed from five disused barns around a central courtyard and positioned right up on the ridge, it is a fantastic spot to relax and enjoy a barbeque dinner at the end of the first day. Day two takes you to the Wiltshire section of the Ridgeway, where the rolling downs throw in a few more ups and downs than day one. You only have 30 miles to do though, so you can afford to take time and enjoy the scenery. The ride finishes with long, smile-inducing descent and cruise along Avebury's spectacular avenue of stones. All in all, the
Ridgeway Lemming is a great weekend of summer riding. To enter this event
or find out more information click over onto
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