These pages are for readers of Bikepacking: mountain bike camping adventures on the wild trails of Britain by Laurence McJannet.
If you do not own the book please buy a copy here!
Ride Information
START: White Horse Inn, The Square, Clun, Shropshire SY7 8JA, 52.421266, -3.029831
FINISH: Offa’s Dyke marker, Sedbury, 500m southeast of NP16 7HD, 51.632523, -2.648501
DISTANCE: Day one 49.6 miles/79.7km. Day two 61.8m/99.5km
ASCENT: Day one 6686ft/2038m. Day two 7211ft/2198m
OFF-ROAD: 55%
TERRAIN: Rough, grassy slopes, stony bridle paths and dirt tracks, and quiet road segments. Very hilly with more than 4,000m of climbing.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT: If the trans-Wales route (Offa North and South) is ridden as a whole, there are train stations at both ends. If done separately, Broome station is 11km from Clun, the start point of this particular ride.
NAVIGATION: Fairly straightforward. The length of this ride can make navigation an arduous task, though bridleways are easy to spot and the Jack Mytton Way is waymarked. Hay Bluff and Harley Dingle are the most difficult to negotiate. GPS navigation is recommended for those without strong map-reading skills. OS Landranger 161, 171, 148 and 137 would make very useful companions.
Maps
Ordnance Survey Map Part 1
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Ordnance Survey Map Part 2
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Open Street Map with information markers and elevation Part 1
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Open Street Map with information markers and elevation Part 2
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Book Map
Downloadables
Download first .GPX file and download second .GPX file (right click to download)
Download first map.pdf, second map.pdf, third map.pdf and fourth map.pdf from the book (right click to download)
How to navigate using .GPX files
Eat & Drink
Hunters Moon Inn, Llangattock Lingoed, Abergavenny, Gwent NP7 8RR, 01873 821499, www.hunters-moon-inn.co.uk
The Harp Inn, Glasbury-on-Wye, Powys HR3 5NR, 01497 847373, www.theharpinn.co.uk
Sleep
Black Mountain Lodge, Glasbury-on-Wye, Powys HR3 5PT, 01497 847779, www.blackmountainlodge.co.uk
Bivvy: on the edge of the wood near Moity
Provisions
The Maltings Tea Rooms, 12 High Street, Clun SY7 8JQ, 01588 640539, www.caryscakes.com
Drover Cycles, Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5EH, 01497 822419, www.drovercycles.co.uk