Welcome to the Route Library

This is the Ride Database and it's in beta, which is a techy term for saying it's good to use but not quite perfected yet!

The idea is that we build up a list of rides based on club rides or ones you've done yourself that you think others might fancy giving a go either as a club ride or solo.

What would be great is if we can categorise the rides in a consistent format which means we could then use the forum search (which is actually pretty powerful) to find rides of a certain criteria - eg length, town/village visited, hills. It may take us a while to get this spot on and I'm keen not to make this complicated, but as a starter I'm suggesting posts follow this format:

<Ride name>
<Towns and villages passed through>

Miles: <actual mileage>
Distance: Short|Medium|Long 
Gradient: Flat|Undulating|Hilly

Stop(s): <Coffee stop>

<Link to route or attach GPS file>

Short being <30 miles, medium being <60 miles, long being 60+

I'll give it a go with a couple and would be keen to see what you think - please feedback and make suggestions!

Please note that many of the routes contained within this library will have been deleted, changed by there authors. But still some good ideas though.

For my routes I update, remove etc so the Garmin links will not work, so if you have any problems, need one then just drop me a message with your intended destination and I'll sort one and include the .gpx file for other appliances.

For you Garmin users there is a new version of Garmin Express now (2023) and is only useable on a PC not a tablet etc, Connect is your only option for routing on a these.