The Great Tour, a 64-day, 6,700 kilometre awareness and fundraising cycle ride around the British coast – which started and will finish in Ryde – has reached Day 40.
2 cyclists – Hugh Roberts and Robin Young – are aiming to ride around the entire coastline of Great Britain, having got underway from the Isle of Wight on Saturday 4th July. The Island was chosen as it was recently announced that the Tour of Britain will be held locally in 2022.
Inspired by The Great Tour event that took place in 2010 and 2015, SweetSpot Founder and Managing Director Hugh and long-time friend Robin are using the ride to fill the gap between when the Women’s Tour and Tour of Britain professional cycle races should have taken place, had they not been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Day 40 of The Great Tour sees the pair cycling 70 kilometres from Morecambe to Lytham St Annes in Lancashire, with 4,225 kilometres already completed and the equivalent of four times up Everest completed in ascent.
Commenting on The Great Tour so far, Hugh Roberts said;
“Having completed over half of our circumnavigation I’m reminded of the sense of absolute freedom and satisfaction that you get from riding along our unsurpassable richly varied coastlines.
“It’s been brought home to me even more because following a minor crash I missed a few days riding as was incapable of holding the handle bars securely due to my injury so I’ve had to follow the riders in the support vehicles and lend my support to Robin.
Article continues below this advertisement “I am pleased to say I’m now back on the bike and re-joined my friends to complete the rest of this cycling odyssey which I hope thousands more people will be able to enjoy in years to come.”
The coming week sees The Great Tour head to Liverpool (Friday 14th August) and then on along the north Wales coast. The intention is to finish back at Ryde on Saturday 5th September.
Following the coastline as closely as possible by bike, and never losing the sight, the sound, the smell of the sea or sense of the sea, The Great Tour route takes in 6,700 kilometres of roads, cycle paths and green lanes around the country in a celebration of Britain’s coastline.
More information about The Great Tour can be found at www.thegreattour.co.uk.
