ROUTE BEER® RAMBLE
Our weekend bikepacking pilgrimage from London-Bristol, to taste, launch and brew the years’ batch of Pannier Route Beer®. Includes Overnight, Brewery Tour and Taproom Tasting…
Tour Difficulty Rating
Location
London-Bristol
# Nights
1
Distance
230KM
Terrain
ROAD / BRIDLEWAY
Join
£59
Tourers! Iron your finest merino and flannel shirts, and join our annual pilgrimage to taste and launch our years’ batch of Route Beer®. The Ramble is 230km-ish mixed trad-touring/bridleway/gravel route from Richmond Park to Tapestry Brewery, via the North Wessex Downs AONB…
*UPDATE Jan 20* The 2020 Route Beer Ramble is now at capacity, so we’ve had to pause bookings. Please do email us – basecamp@pannier.cc – to go on the reserve list. We’d love to have you along, and are working on options for upping the numbers…
Expect a couple of ace lengthy days riding, Pannier Checkpoints, a Pannier Camp Overnigher, evening pub meal, cafe and tearoom stops en-route, and the big finale taproom session on Sunday afternoon…
Following the success of the first edition (2019) we’ve slightly changed the format, to open up The Ramble to more tourers and make the experience flow a bit better for everyone. We will hand out the GPX one-week before (for the majority of you that are happy reaching checkpoints independently), and have a ‘pacer’ guide on the route for anyone that would prefer to ride in a bunch. Around 15KPH, obviously. Everyone then meets up along the route at checkpoints, and at the Overnight Pub and Camp…
28 March – 29 March 2020
MEET – 08.00 (RICHMOND PARK)
Join us for #coffeeoutside before rolling out at 08.15 on a 150KM ride to North Wessex Downs AONB…
Accommodation: Pannier Basecamp / Campground. You need your own shelter – tent / bivvy for this evening, unless you choose to hire a tent from us or choose a tipi place…
After an early camp breakfast, we’ll set off on the last 80KM to Bristol, Business As Usual coffee stop, and the Brewery. Arrive at Tapestry Brewery early afternoon for a short tour, tasting, food and the Route Beer® launch…
The tour will end at Tapestry Brewery (very near the train station), anytime from around 16.00. You are welcome to stay into the evening, the brewery shuts at 21.30/22.00…
>> One night camping
>> Route Beer® Ramble woven patch
>> Mixed terrain (tarmac/bridleway/gravel) ride from London to Bristol with Pannier.cc group and checkpoints
>> Brewery Tour and Taproom Drink
>> 1 x Breakfast
>> Travel to London and from Bristol
>> Lunches & Saturday Dinner
>> Bike / Camp kit hire – available on booking
