CTC Winged Wheel

Cyclists’ Touring Club

Cheltenham Section

CHELTENHAM FLYER 200Km BREVET
Saturday 16th March 2002

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Incredible value at only £ 5:00 for up to 14 hours of amusement

How to enter
Fill out an entry form and send it to Ron Carlton 19 Halland Road Cheltenham GL53 0DJ
Enclose with a cheque of £ 5:00 made payable to Ron Carlton
Also enclose two stamped addressed envelopes for the return a route sheet and your Brevet card on completion of the event.


Mudguards are not required for this event


START: 08.00 hrs from Car park of EAGLE STAR, BISHOPS CLEEVE
on A435 north of Cheltenham (GR SO953270 OS 163)
1.

TR out of gate and proceed northwards on A435.
SO at 1st rbt, At 2nd rbt. TR, SP Bishops Cleeve.
At mini rbt, keep left, SP Woodmancote.
TL into Gotherington Lane, SP Gotherington.

TR at TJ (by war memorial), SP Gretton.
TL at TJ, SP Alderton.
At B4077 TR, SP Stow.

Continue on B4077 to STOW-ON-THE-WOLD.
TR onto A424 and at Tr. lights TR on A429, SP
Cirencester. SO next Tr. lights to:
CONTROL ON RHS AT LITTLE CHEF
OPEN 9.08 CLOSE 10.16 21miles / 34 km

Leaving control, TR onto A429.
Down hill & keep right at Tr. lights on A429, SP Cirencester.
Continue, passing 1st turning to Bourton-on-the-Water
and take next left (just before river bridge) into Lansdowne and BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER.

At red tel. box TR into Sherbourne Street.
At fork (by The Warren Restaurant) keep right.
Continue following signs to SHERBOURNE where SO X rds., SP Northleach, to A40.

2.

SO X rds, no SP. In approx. 2ml TL, SP Aldsworth.
Continue to ALDSWORTH. TR at X rds., SP Bibury, to CONTROL.
OPEN 9.46 CLOSE 11.32 33 miles / 53 km.

Continue to TJ and TR on B4425, SP Cirencester.
Continue on B4425 to X rds. at A429 where TL, SP Lechlade (A417).
At A417 TR, sp Cirencester, cross bridge over by-pass, and take next TL, SP South Cerney.
At junction with main A419, TR. At rbt lst TL to
CONTROL AT GREASY JOE‘S 24 HOUR CAFE, CIRENCESTER
OPEN 10.24 CLOSE 12.48 45 miles / 72 km

Leaving control, return to rbt and TL, SP A429.
TL at next rbt, SP Siddington, Industrial Estate.
SO mini rbt (Love Lane), TL at 2nd Mini rbt. (Love Lane) and TR at 3rd Mini-rbt. SP Somerford Keynes.
Continue for approx. 3m, then TR, sp Somerford Keynes and continue through SOMERFORD KEYNES.
At Xrds SO, SP Minety.
In approx. 1 mile at bridge over Swill Brook -
INFORMATION CONTROL (see Brevet card).

At TJ in MINETY TL, SP Cricklade.
At X rds with B4040 SO, SP Wootton Bassett.

3.

At X rds., TR on B4696, SP Wootton Bassett.
At TJ with B4042 TL, SP Wootton Bassett and at rbt.
TR into WOOTTON BASSETT.
In town, TL, SP Broad Hinton.
Continue to BROAD TOWN &
CONTROL at VILLAGE HALL on left at end of village. OPEN 11.22 CLOSE 14.44 63 miles / 101 km.

Leaving control TR and immediately TL into Pye Lane, SP Thornhill.
In ½ mile, keep right, at next junction TL, no SP and at TJ TL, no SP.
Continue to BUSHTON where, at X rds. TR, SP Tockenham.
TL, SP Lyneham 2½, to LYNEHAM.
At mini rbt.
TR, SP Wootton Bassett.
At rbt TL on B4069, SP Chippenham.
Continue to KINGTON LANGLEY, where TR, SP Kington Langley.
At Tr. lights on A350 TR and immediately TL, SP Kington St. Michael.
At X rds. TL, SP Yatton Keynall.
At B4039, SO X rds, no SP.
At A420, TR, SP Bristol.
TL, SP Marshfield, into MARSHFIELD.
SO to CONTROL at SWEETAPPLES TEA SHOP on left.
OPEN 12.38 CLOSE 17.16 87 miles / 139 km.

4.

From café TR (retrace) along main street round LH bend and at RH bend, bear left into Tormarton Road.
At X rds. on A420 SO, SP Tormarton.
At X rds. TR, SP Burton.
TL on B4039 to ACTON TURVILLE.
TR (opposite Fox & Hounds PH), SP Malmesbury B4040 and TR again, SP Malmesbury, B4040.
Continue to SHERSTON. At end of village TL at X rds., SP Westonbirt.
At A433 TR SP Tetbury to TETBURY.
Continue on A433 to CIRENCESTER
At 2nd rbt TL, sp Town Centre.
Continue following signs to Town Centre and then 'Through Traffic' to Tr. lights on A417.
TL, SP Gloucester/Cheltenham.
In ½ mile TR on A435, SP Cheltenham.
INFORMATION CONTROL at junction A417/435 (see Brevet Card)
114 miles / 183 km

Continue to CHELTENHAM and junction with A40.
Continue towards Cheltenham centre to:
CONTROL & FINISH, 100 yards on RHS - BEAUFORT PH.
OPEN 14.52 CLOSE 21.30 l28 miles / 206 km.