Pan Celtic 2024 - Long Route to My Route
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Join me as I tackle the Pan Celtic, an ultra-distance cycling event, in its 5th and final edition in 2024. Starting on the Isle of Man, this epic route spans Northern England, the Lake District, and the stunning landscapes of Scotland and its islands. Despite a challenging run-up to the event, I decided to take my place at the start line, ready for what promised to be 2200 kilometres of riding with 28,000 meters of elevation.
This video shows a week-long journey broken into various segments, showcasing some of my favourite places to ride, from the rugged beauty of the Lake District to the breathtaking vistas of Western Scotland. While I didn't complete the full Pan Celtic route, I enjoyed my own version, skipping sections due to illness, but adding in a few extra bonus sections, including the Isle of Arran, and the Ardnamurchan Lighthouse.
Congratulations to everyone who started, especially those who completed short, long and hybrid versions such as mine.
The full week of riding, cut up into various chunks, / strava
Event link & info: pancelticrace....
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Chapters:
01:43 - Day 2 (Heysham to Maryport)
04:55 - Day 3 (Maryport to Lochranza)
07:51 - Day 4 (Lochranza to Tobermory)
10:14: - Day 5 (Tobermory to Arisaig)
12:40 - Day 6 (Arisaig to Broadford
15:23 - Day 7 (Broadford to Kyle of Lochalsh)
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Track: Happy Place - Declan DP [Audio Library Release]
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Track: Santa Cruz - Land of Fire [Audio Library Release]
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Track: Wonders - WOMA [Audio Library Release]
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Track: Daydream - Land of Fire [Audio Library Release]
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Track: Loop - KV [Audio Library Release]
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Well done, I think there's a lot of value in re-imagining an adventure when things don't go to plan...
Thank you
Although it didn't go to plan, another epic ride with great scenery. Great editing as per usual and a cracking video.
Thanks Gareth.
Some great scenery and an awesome route. Just did the 5 ferries route starting on Arran and absolutely loved it. Not quite as adventurous as your route though!
Epic. 🙌
what does magnum opus mean
I don't exactly know. I think they did extra distance to get to the start, or something similar.
Biggest, Best, Most impressive...
Riders who completed 2 of the first 4 in the series of 5 races (2019,2021,2022,2023), or who were a winner of any of the events in these years, were eligible to do the Magnus Opus element. They got to choose a Celtic nation to start from (Breton, Kernow, Cymru, Alba, Eire) and had to plot a route that passed through 3 mandatory parcours in order. All of the additional routes ended in Douglas, IOM (after at least an additional 1000km) where they could start the main routes with the rest of us mere mortals😁
Why did you not do the long route race.
If you watch it you'd see why.