"And the peace which I always found in the silence and
emptiness of the moors filled me utterly" James Herriot 

Overview

​TransEngland normally occurs on the first full weekend in April​​ each year, but due to COVID-19 this has been rescheduled for May in 2021 as per below. 

#transengland21 details:
  • As some restrictions are still in place, please follow our COVID-19 guidance.
  • Start: Fri 28 May 2021, anytime from 8pm to midnight on Morecambe Pier [originally due to start at 11pm, due to COVID-19 restrictions we do not want a large group of cyclists at the start so please start anytime from 8pm on Friday night; elapsed time will be taken from the timestamp of your starting photo]
  • End: The Diving Belle statue in Scarborough

​​Key points:
  • The route is from Morecambe to Scarborough: ~280km long with ~4,800m of ascent taking in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors.
  • The trial consists of a start point, 5 checkpoints, and an end point.  You chose the route passing through these checkpoints.
  • Tweet a timestamped photo at the start, at each checkpoint, and at the finish.

Checkpoints

Chose your own route passing through the following points:
  • Start: Morecambe Pier: 54.074624, -2.878268
  • CP1: St. Hubert's RC Church: 53.947132, -2.528510
  • CP2: "Cam Houses Only" road sign: 54.257454, -2.215651
  • CP3: Tan Hill Inn: 54.455404, -2.160408 [no talking outside the Inn at 3am please]
  • CP4: St Nicholas Church (Bransdale): 54.377823, -1.046540
  • CP5: Robin Hood's Bay beach: 54.430319, -0.532116
  • End: The Diving Belle (Scarborough): 54.281799, -0.389991

Entry

Step 1​ - book travel/accommodation as per below (most TRC riders will follow this itinerary but by all means do your own thing):
  1. Book train with bike reservation to Morecambe to arrive on Friday evening
  2. Book train with bike reservation from Scarborough early Saturday evening or Sunday morning
  3. If staying the night on Saturday, book a bed in YHA Scarborough
  4. Some crazies may ride back to Morecambe via the Way of the Roses route
​Step 2 - ​enter the trial:
  1. Fill in the 2021 Trials Contact Form (same form for all standard TRC trials)
  2. ​Join our club on Strava if not already a member and sign-up to the event on Strava - here
  3. Invite your mates and share on social media using #transengland21

Results

Rider CP1 CP2 CP3 CP4 CP5 END
  • TransEngland20 title holder: COVID-19
  • TransEngland19 title holder: Chris Pitblado (13h43m) - full results
  • TransEngland18 title holder: Luke Allen (11h49) - full results [see Mistakes riders made at #transengland18]
  • #TER17: 5-6 May 2017 - 'winner' completed in ​18h03m
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