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Re: Winter Routes
« Thread Started on Jan 16, 2012, 10:57pm »
Saturday Route - 21st January
This is the fourth of our longer club runs this winter and we will be heading towards New Galloway via Dalbeattie and Castle Douglas as follows:

Dumfries - New Abbey - Caulkerbush - Aucheninnes - Dalbeattie - Castle Douglas - Laurieston - New Galloway - A762 (Ayr) – A713 (CD) - St John’s Town of Dalry - Cafι Stop - A702 - Corriedoo - Moniaive -Kirkland - Dunscore - Newbridge - Lochside Rd - Dumfries

This route covers 78.6 miles with 2329 feet of climbing. Note that from New Galloway, we head up the A762 towards Ayr for about three miles before turning back down the A713 to Dalry. A slight change of plan in that we will be pedalling up the West shore of Loch Ken and stopping at the Smithy Cafe in New Galloway. Change of food stop: we will be stopping at the Clachan Inn in St John's Town of Dalry.

The start time will be 0900 from Halfords car park in Dumfries.

The route is mapped at http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/64671974.

Alternative Standard Length Route
For anyone not planning the full run please come along at 0900 and ride with us as far as Castle Douglas. You can then follow the Military Road back to Dumfries. This route covers 44.6 miles and climbs 1430 feet. This route is mapped at http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/64675530/
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #1 on Jan 19, 2012, 9:17pm »
For this Saturday's longer run, we will be stopping off at the Clachan Inn in St John's Town of Dalry. This is a change of plan due to winter closing of all of the local tea rooms.
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #2 on Jan 21, 2012, 5:02pm »
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #3 on Jan 26, 2012, 10:59pm »
Saturday Route 28th January
This Saturday's club run will head out through Annan, Kirtlebridge and Ecclefechan. This will cover 50 miles with 932 feet of MapMyRide climbing. The full route details are as follows:

Dumfries - Bankend – Low Road - Annan - B722 - Kirtlebridge - Ecclefechan - B725 - Hoddom Hill - Dalton - Carrutherstown - Clarencefield – Bankend - Glencaple - Dumfries

Start times from Halfords are as usual, that is 09:10 for the social group, 09:20 for the 17mph medium group and 09:30 for the training group.

The route is mapped at http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/66099046
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #4 on Feb 2, 2012, 6:59pm »
Saturday Route 4th February

Dumfries – New Abbey – Beeswing – Milton – Crocketford – Corsock – Milton (Dunscore) – Speddoch – Irongray Church – Newbridge - Dumfries

45.7 miles and 1168 feet of climbing. The route can be found on MapMyRide as follows: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/67126438

Start Times are 09:10 for social group, 09:20 for 17mph group and 09:30 for the 17mph+ training group. Meet at Halfords car park.

Next week will be the next of our longer winter runs. At present, the plans are to head out towards Longtown and Langholm with a cafe stop somewhere between.
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #5 on Feb 7, 2012, 9:19pm »
Saturday Route 11th February
This is the fifth in our series of long winter runs and we will be heading to Langholm before crossing the border to Penton and Longtown and returning to town via Gretna Green and Annan. The exact route is as follows:

Dumfries – Bankend – Clarencefield – Dalton – Hoddom Hill – Ecclefechan – Eaglesfield – Waterbeck – Langholm – Cafι Stop – A7 – B6318 – Penton – Longtown (turn right at Bridge Inn in Penton) – Springfield – Gretna Green – Kirkpatrick Fleming – Annan –Bankend - Dumfries

That's 81.9 miles and 1946 feet of climbing. The route is mapped at http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/67976278, but please note this runs in reverse of the direction we'll be going.

This is one of our longer winter runs and the start time from Halfords will be 0900. We'll be stopping at the Whitshiels Cafe in Langholm. This is on the outskirts of the town in the direction of Hawick.

Standard Length Route
A standard length route with a cut-off at Ecclefechan will be posted on the forum later this week. If you intend to ride this route, please turn up at 0900 and we can ride the first half as a group. The standard length route goes as follows

Dumfries - Bankend - Dalton - Ecclefechan - B7076 - B722 - Annan - Bankend - Glencaple - Dumfries

this is 50 miles and 919feet of MapMyRide ascent.
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #6 on Feb 8, 2012, 5:57pm »
"dumfriescyclingclub has made this route private"

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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #7 on Feb 8, 2012, 7:12pm »
Dumfries cycling club has made the route public. One click too many that's all it takes! Don't forget that this route is marked up in the opposite direction to the one that we are taking.

We'll be stopping at the Whitshiels Cafe in Langholm. This is on the outskirts of the town in the direction of Hawick.
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #8 on Feb 10, 2012, 8:08pm »
Have added the details to this weeks standard length route. See above.
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #9 on Feb 11, 2012, 7:22pm »
Here is the picture of us at the border just after Penton on today's run. Alex and John: sorry for missing you from the photo.


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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #10 on Feb 12, 2012, 6:35pm »
Top marks to the route planner for this one. I thought I had reached the stage where there were no new routes from Dumfries for me, but this one managed to find a whole load of very pleasant cycling roads that appeared to be new to many of us. :D
And the cafe did a great black pudding roll as well.
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #11 on Feb 14, 2012, 12:28pm »

Feb 12, 2012, 6:35pm, cyclecoach wrote:
Top marks to the route planner for this one. I thought I had reached the stage where there were no new routes from Dumfries for me, but this one managed to find a whole load of very pleasant cycling roads that appeared to be new to many of us. :D
And the cafe did a great black pudding roll as well.


Agreed - well done Andrew ;)
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #12 on Feb 15, 2012, 8:19pm »
Saturday Route 18th February
This week's club run goes through Palnackie and CD via the Coast Road and Aucheninnes, returning via Clarebrand, KPD and the Statues as follows:

Dumfries - New Abbey - Caulkerbush - Aucheninnes - Dalbeattie Palnackie - Castle Douglas - Clarebrand - Kirkpatrick Durham - Statues - Shawhead - Terregles - Dumfries

The route covers 53.66 miles and 1650 feet of "MMR" climbing. The route is mapped at http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/22075812

Start Times are 09:10 for social group, 09:20 for 17mph group and 09:30 for the 17mph+ training group. Meet at Halfords car park.

Sunday Rides If you cannot make this run, and fancy a pedal with the club on a Sunday morning, look at the Rutas Domingo post on this forum for details of the Sunday runs that we have started for 2012.
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #13 on Feb 22, 2012, 8:58pm »
Saturday Route 25th February
The Saturday route goes up to the Haugh of Urr via the Military Road and on to Corsock, returning via Corsock Moor and Irongray Church. The exact route is as follows:

Dumfries – Cargenbridge – Military Rd – Haugh of Urr – Kilquanity – Corsock – Milton – Irongray Church – Hardthorn Rd - Dumfries

This covers 42 miles and 1217 feet of climbing. The last time we did this route was the 26th November in an anti-clockwise direction.

Start Times are 09:10 for social group, 09:20 for 17mph group and 09:30 for the 17mph+ training group. Meet at Halfords car park.

Next week will be the 6th of our longer winter runs and this time we will be heading out to Moniaive to cover the Wild Hills race course. We'll be stopping off at the Clachan Inn in Dalry before the big hill back to Moniaive.
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #14 on Feb 23, 2012, 7:59am »
Anyone for going round Bankend / Glencaple this Saturday before the Club run? Is it 8.10am at St. Michaels?
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #15 on Feb 24, 2012, 7:49pm »
08:10 at corner of Brooms Road, St Michael Street, outside church. 17/18 miles, Glencaple, Caerlaverock, Bankend.

Might not be there tomorrow, but will in weeks to come. Hopefully some others will!
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #16 on Feb 29, 2012, 9:05pm »
Saturday Route 3rd March
The route takes us to Moniaive where we will follow the route of the Wild Hills Race, stopping off midway for a feed at the Clachan Inn in Dalry. This is our sixth long run of the winter and the details are as follows:

Dumfries – Hardthorn Rd – Irongray Church (nearly) – Mare Hill – Dunscore – Kirkland – Moniaive – Carsphairn (nearly) – A713 – St John’s Town of Dalry – Clachan Inn Feed Stop – A702 – Moniaive – Kirkland – Dunscore - Dumfries

73 miles and 2402 feet of climbing. This will be the last long run of the 2011/12 winter season as it is just three weeks on Saturday to the Wild Hills Race. The route is mapped at http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/71894160

The start time for all riders is 09:00 from Halfords car park.


Standard Length Route
For riders not planning to cover the full route, a standard length route diverging at Moniaive will be added to this forum post later in the week. If you plan to cover the standard length route, please turn up at 09:00 so we can ride as a group to Moniaive.

Here's the route:

Dumfries – Hardthorn Rd – Irongray Church (nearly) – Mare Hill – Dunscore – Kirkland - Moniaive – Corsock – Crocketford – Shawhead – Terregles - Dumfries

this is 46.8 miles long and climbs 1270 feet.
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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #17 on Mar 3, 2012, 7:21pm »
That's the last of the winter runs complete. Thanks to everyone who came out for the ride whether you did the standard, or the longer run. Here's a photo to commemorate our second feeding of the season in the Clachan Inn. Theres a few more on on flickr - see the images page of the DCC site for the link to the group if you are interested.

Watch out! The longer runs have been so popular that we are looking to continue with something once a month through the summer.


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Re: Winter Routes
« Reply #18 on Sept 7, 2012, 7:44am »

Jan 19, 2012, 9:17pm, Speccy Git wrote:
For this Saturday's longer run, we will be stopping off at the Clachan Inn in St John's Town of Dalry. This is a change of plan due to winter closing of all of the local tea rooms.


We are disappointed that you didn't check with The Stag Tea Room in Carsphairn, 9 miles North of the Clachan as we are the only Tea Room to remain open all year round, closing only on Christmas Day. Please feel free to telephone us on 01644 460211 or message us on Facebook if you are ever in our area. Chris & Linda
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