London Ditchling Devil (London-Brighton-London), 24th July 2011

This Audax UK event is a 203km round trip from London to the South Coast via Ditchling Beacon and The Devils Dyke.

The event starts at the Windmill Tearooms, Wimbledon Common between 7-8am and finishes at the Cafe near Roehampton Gate, Richmond Park. The Online entry Entry fee is £11 for AUK/CTC/BC members, £13 others and includes refreshments at Ardingly (50km) and Upper Beeding (110km). Low cost refreshments will be available at the third major control at Chiddingfold, courtesy of the ladies of the Chiddingfold village church group.

This is a great route through rolling countryside with the odd bump including of course Ditchling Beacon but entirely fixable. Something around 70" is fine (works for me!).

For more details see www.paudax.com/ditchlingdevil or http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/11-888/ or PM me directly as you like.

A trip to the south coast and home under your own steam is always a blast.

It's a London thing.

Hmm. Think I'll have to wait and see how I feel on Monday.

I did this yesterday and can definitely recommend it. I think it'll be a regular event. Took me about ten hours to get round.

Audax events like these offer very good value for money. £10 got me a route card (& GPS tracks), two controls with a huge quantity of food & drinks laid on. Cheerful company of about 65 riders and the challenge of riding a little further than I'm used to in a day. And the bonus of waking up this morning as a bonafide Randonneur. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randonneuring