C2C in a day – what you get
GETTING THERE
We will pick up from various points in the north east. I would think these will be ‘on route’ as far
as we can make them. Suggestions are:
Sunderland, Chester le Street, Houghton, Durham City,
Neville’s Cross then onto Whitehaven, to arrive mid / late afternoon.
This is a ‘first draft’ of route so it can be tweaked to
accommodate riders if there is enough call.
Once in Whitehaven, support vans and transport will be
unloaded at the B&B near to the start of the C2C.
These B&B’s are to checked out before the event, more
detailed information on them will come soon.
We intend to start at 6.00am on Sunday the 11 June so all
riders need to be prepared for this. If
you intend to make your own way there we will be using the ‘overnight stay’
riders as the leads in the start.
One of the support vehicles will take in your personal bag
(one only please).
There will be basic food and drink with us but if you like
to have your own, we are happy to take them for you in addition to our bag
We will provide basic feed station items: bananas, energy
bars, water but we advise to bring your own as your body is used to them.
ON ROUTE
We will have one support vehicle ‘going ahead’ to set up the
feed station and one to the back to help with any breakdown / issues riders
have along route.
On this, we would advise that you bring your own cycle
repair equipment. Again we will have basics but you know what you may need.
We expect the route to take around 12 hours complete, rest
stops will be scouted beforehand to break up the ride to make it as comfortable
as possible.
LAST PART OF THE
ROUTE
The last part – Consett / Stanley area, we will be joined by
other riders who will be offering support and companionship for the final
stretch.
There will also be other ‘supporters’ around the Chester –
le -Street area and a final group (of disabled riders) meeting us at the
national Glass Centre.
We expect to stop at the NGC and re-group to have a
‘peloton’ to cruise the last couple of miles to the official end of the C2C at
Roker.
If there are some of the ‘140 milers’ wanting to beat the 12
hours / or last years’ time, more than happy for them to go off and we can meet
up on the top road to travel down to the Marriott Hotel on the Seaburn front.
THE FINISH
As we write, we are still in negotiations with sport
massages to offer a service FOC to you at the end of the ride. This will be in the Marriott Hotel
Along with that, there will be a quality commemorative shirt
for all the 140 milers as well as other goodies.
FOR YOUR SUPPORTERS
As some of you will be from out of town, We are arranging
that when your supporters come to collect you from Sunderland, that they come
down to the sea front a little earlier and enjoy the area.
To that end, we are hoping to get a voucher list for them
that will give discount in some of the eateries and pubs along the Seafront –
from Roker to Seaburn.
There is ample parking down Seaburn and we would expect that
we would be all finished by 7.pm
THE PRICE
Travel to Whitehaven on the Saturday – with cycles £35Accommodation Place TBC approx. £35
Support / commemorative shirts / end food etc. £75
TOTAL cost £145
* Please note
All of this
information is subject to change but we will ensure that we do all we can to
make this as easy as we can for the riders
What you need to
do now
If you are ready to commit to the day please send an email saying
that you would like to put down a deposit of £50 to
info@durhambigride.co.uk - please do not comment on this blog
This will send you an invoice for £50 that you can pay via
PayPal
Well, what are you
waiting for?
