Day 1. Petchfield Farm to Clun
Cycle to Clun, along one of our favourite routes, following the Rivers Teme and Redlake. A wonderful route along idyllic valley lanes past a string of picturesque villages, gradually leading you up through a cleft in the hills. Plenty of inns & teashops, on your route. Total 20 miles (32 km)
Day 2. Clun to Church Stretton
Today’s tour takes you to the border market town of Bishop's Castle then over the heather covered grouse moors of the Long Mynd hills (the easy way)to the spa town of Church Stretton. If you want to make this day more of a challenge you can also visit Montgomery with its spectacular castle and the dramatic Stiperstones. Total 26 miles (42 km)
Day 3. Church Stretton to Ironbridge
From Church Stretton you follow Apedale to the River Severn. You can visit the ruins of Wroxeter Roman city & Buildwas Abbey en-route.
Ironbridge is situated on the River Severn in a quiet, deeply wooded gorge - very different to the atmosphere 200 years ago - when it became the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. The town and its museums are a World Heritage site. You can cycle or walk to all the museums in the gorge – Blists Hill Victorian village is the most popular - but the others are fascinating too, from the Ironmasters houses to the Tar Tunnel & Jackfield Tile Museum. Total 32 miles (52 km)
Day 4. Ironbridge to Ludlow
Cycle through the Corvedale to Ludlow. Visit Broseley’s Pipeworks museum, National Trust’s Benthall Hall and Much Wenlock - home to the medieval Wenlock Priory. Under the Clee you will find quiet hamlets, Norman churches, superb cycling and the longest ford in the UK. Ludlow is a medieval fortified town with a magnificent Norman castle. There are lots of very good inns and restaurants in Ludlow. Total 32 miles (52 km)
Day 5. Ludlow to Petchfield Farm
Your last cycling day - either 5 miles (8 km) through Mortimer Forest, 10 miles (16 km) via Richards Castle, one of the first Norman castles built in this country before 1066! Or 20 miles (32 km) via the River Teme and Tenbury Wells. Finishing any time in the afternoon, back at Petchfield Farm. Total 5 - 20 miles (16 - 32 km)
