Dales Camp Out: a bikepacking adventure
Info: New entries for this event closed on Sunday 29th September 2024 at 19:00.
| Age 25 and Under* | £50.00 | |
| Adult* | £75.00 | |
| * All fees relative to Event Date (05/10/2024) | ||
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The Dales Camp Out is a two day bikepacking adventure covering 135km on old drovers lanes, bridleways, moorland singletrack and country lanes in the stunning landscape of the Yorkshire Dales.
The cost of entry to the 'Dales Camp Out' includes:
- GPX file - Sent to your email address on the Monday prior to the event (30th September). This will be in two parts. An 'outward' leg and a 'return' leg.
- GPS tracker - A tracker is a large part of the sign on cost but we have found they are essential in enabling friends, family and event officials to see your progress across the trail. Issued at the event hub.
- Breakfast - In the 3 Peaks Cycles Cafe riders can enjoy a meat or veggie sausage bap and tea/coffee from 7.30am-9.30am.
- Luggage Transfer - Bikepacking in early October means winter kit that is bulky and heavy. So we're providing a 'mini - luggage transfer' option. Stuff a few bulky items like winter sleeping bag and camp shoes into a single sports holdall or rucksack that's between 20 and 35 litres, drop it off at the 3 Peaks Cafe and we'll take it to the campsite and return it to Settle on Sunday. You might event get your tent in the sports holdall / kit bag. But you are expected to carry the remainder of your gear in your bikepacking bags on your bike.
- Campsite - On a working farm located below Ilkley Moor. It has basic facilities such as loos and hot showers (x3) plus a covered kitchen washing up area and even a hose pipe to wash your bike.
- Pie and peas supper - hot food served at 7pm with tables/ benches to eat at (meat, veggie, vegan & GF diets)
- Camp fire - a bonus in October!
- Landmarks - On the Saturday riders can take part in a 'checkpoint quiz' where you find clues and answer questions about seven places on the route. Its not about the Latin names of plants more the everyday things that are easy to miss, eg, what is the date on the way stone at 25km? Answers recorded on a brevet card and we'll go through the answers at the camp fire at 7pm on Saturday night. Prizes for all 7 correct answers!
- Group social ride - There is an option to join a small group of up to 8 riders as we explore the route together. Its a steady pace and we take turns opening the many gates!. No entry criteria but you need to get a Rider Number by emailing 'Group Ride' to Adrian at yorkshiredivide@gmail.com. NB: As of 10/09/2024 four places left.
- Tea / coffee - On arrival at the campsite there'll be hot water urns and tea / coffee.
- Sunday hot drink station - The friendly staff at the ALPKIT store in Ilkley will be hosting a hot drinks station for us between 9am-12 noon. The route goes past the shop with the tea / coffee etc located inside the large foyer.
- An adventure - The event is not a race and as such we will NOT be recording riders times.
- Refunds - full refunds issued up to Monday 16th September 2024 but after that date no refunds are possible as we start to pay the many bills and the 'pot' is soon empty. The option of transfer to the event in 2025 is available.
- There is a 5 minute film about the trail and event at https://youtu.be/R4JfJCbJJzM
- Maps and elevation profiles - www.yorkshiredivide.co.uk
The Landmarks challenge is entirely optional. The basic idea is to slow down and observe the landscape we ride through but riders are welcome to tackle the route in one go or take the two days and enjoy the route in their own way.
Sunday is a straightforward 70km ride back to Settle via Ilkley where the friendly staff at the ALPKIT store are hosting a hot drinks station for us between 9am-12 noon. Skyreholme Bank and Appletreewick are just two of the other highlights of Sunday's route.
The starting line is the 3 Peaks Cycle Cafe on Market Street in Settle. Riders can enjoy a meat or veggie sausage bap and tea/coffee from the excellent cafe and then depart between 7.30am - 9.30am on the Saturday and return the next day having ridden across several moors, along the River Wharf and through small Dales villages like Appletreewick and Grassington.
There are toilet facilities at several sites along the route. The GPX will pinpoint their location either in public facilities such as the info center behind Malham Tarn house or at cafes and pubs along the route.
65km into the route there is a campsite on a working Dales farm with facilities such as loos, running water, showers and of course a large grass field where riders pitch up for the night having carried all the equipment they need, eg, tent/bivy, sleeping bag and mat.
Riders can drop off a 25 litre bag or rucksack at the 3 Peaks Cafe in Settle and this will be transported to the campsite and back to Settle.
NB: This is a self supported ride using the gpx to navigate the route. The routes are not signed posted / flagged, there are no manned feed stations because the route passes through Dales villages and the route crosses long sections of isolated moorland so riders should be able to fix basic mechanical faults and be able to judge their own fuel / hydration needs. There is no rescue vehicle!
The organisers do not provide insurance. Being insured through either British Cycling or Cycling UK would help cover for bike loss or injury. Personal insurance is advisable but not mandatory. The group social ride is NOT led by a qualified instructor.
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