Spent the day doing several errands (mowing the lawn etc) but was ready to go out for a cycle at 3:30pm. Went onto www.mapmyride.com and started planning a route. Decided it would be good to go and do the off road cycle route from Penshurst to Tonbridge. Using map my ride I selected fairly far apart waypoints and let it fill in the gaps, synced it with my Garmin Edge 205 and then rode off.
It took me up the back roads to Pembury and Tunbridge Wells, but then took quite main roads through Southborough. After leaving Southborough it was great cycling along Bidborough ridge and on to Penshurst Place.
Although I have done the cycle through from Penshurst to Tonbridge it was sufficiently long ago that I didn’t remember it. It is a lovely scenic cycle, but and you knew there had to be a but! While it would be fine for mountain bikes / commuter bikes I found the ground a bit too bumpy and stony for my Giant OCR 4 road bike. I was worried that with my tyres at such a high pressure (100 PSI) compared to a typical mountain bike (40 PSI approx) that I may pierce one. But it was all fine,
Enjoyed cycling the route and past Tonbridge Castle, mapmyride then took me through the centre of Tonbridge and out onto one of the major A roads, from here I took the road towards Five Oak Green, and through to Capel, and up the huge hill into Matfield.
All in all a really good ride,
Stats
Distance
25.48 miles (over 500 miles total now Woohoo!)
Time 1 Hour 56 mins
Average Speed 13.1
Average Pace 4.34 mins per mile
Max Speed 37.9 mph
Calories burnt 1793
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Hi,
Are you a Barsley from the big shop in PW! I found your blog as I ws looking at cycling routes via Foxhole Lane to Tunbridge Wells.
I have never been down that way cycling but I was guessing it had to link up with the great big hills on the way to Pembury. I have cycled those before but from romford Road.
Well, looks like you have not cycled since may 08!
Or maybe you just bored with blogging!?
L
Hi Lynda, Thanks for taking the time to comment. Yes my father and uncle run Barsleys Department store in Paddock wood. My father and I cycled to Paris in September 08 for the Royal British Legion, if you click on the word cycling across the top of my blog (the categories) it will show all my cycling posts in date descending order. Since the cycle to Paris I still cycle (though not as much as I should) but I just haven’t written about it so much.
Do you cycle a lot? I have found the website http://www.mapmyride.com/ a very good site for finding or planning routes.
All the best
Charles