I rode the first half of the untaggable %~)'s route today. Nice steady climb out of Macclesfield to warm the legs up followed by some pretty sharp ups and downs. There's a general store and a couple of tea rooms at Longnor 25km in should anyone need to refuel. The B6049 between Tideswell and Bradwell is fast, busy and not particularly interesting so I suggest we go up through Hucklow and Abney to Hathersage where there is a good deli.
Also note that some of the roads are quite narrow so we will have to be fairly disciplined when riding as a group.
I didn't go that way in the end as I had an appointment to keep in Sheffield. I'll most likely be up that way again before the real thing so will check it out.
I rode the first half of the untaggable %~)'s route today. Nice steady climb out of Macclesfield to warm the legs up followed by some pretty sharp ups and downs. There's a general store and a couple of tea rooms at Longnor 25km in should anyone need to refuel. The B6049 between Tideswell and Bradwell is fast, busy and not particularly interesting so I suggest we go up through Hucklow and Abney to Hathersage where there is a good deli.
Also note that some of the roads are quite narrow so we will have to be fairly disciplined when riding as a group.