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2025	From	Events	km	AAA
Sun 06 Apr	Bijou	AGM / Riding in Styal / Over the Rainow
Sat 12 Apr	Poynton	3 Plains	310
Sun 13 Apr	Longridge	2 Candy Floss and Icecream	208	2
〃〃	〃〃	1 A Bit of Candy Floss Reprise	110
Sat 19 Apr	Bramhall	Cycling UK social ride
Wed 23 Apr	Marple	1 An Icecream Wensdae	109
〃〃	〃〃	1 East Peak & Winnats	108	2¼
Sat 26 Apr	Caton	2 Stumped and Dented	202	3¼
〃〃	〃〃	1 Barely Dented	103

Sat 10 May	Whalley	2 It's Grim up North	207	4¼
〃〃	〃〃	1 It's a Bit Grim up North	100	1¾
Sat 17 May	Irlam	Cycling UK social ride
Sun 18 May	Bijou	2 Eccleshall	206
Sat 24 May	Poynton	4 Llanfair PG	407

Sat 07 Jun	Guide Bridge	Cycling UK social ride
〃〃	〃〃	3 The Tour of the Co-ops	310	5¼
Sun 22 Jun	Marple	2 Summer Solstice	206
〃〃	〃〃	½ Planes and Park	65
Sat 28 Jun	Whalley	3 A Trip to the Beach	300	5
〃〃	〃〃	2 Quick Trip to Beach	200	3¼

Sat 05 Jul	Poynton	6 A Pair of Kirtons	605
Sun 06 Jul	Denshaw	2 Bowland	200
〃〃	〃〃	2 Widdop	200
Sat 19 Jul	Horwich	4 The Cottonopolis 400	421	7
Sat 19 Jul	Hazel Grove	Cycling UK social ride
Wed 23 Jul tbc	Marple	1 Dark Peak	106	2
Wed 30 Jul tbc	Marple	1 Mid Peak	106	2¼

Sun 03 Aug	London	London Edinburgh London	1540
Wed 13 Aug tbc	Marple	1 West Peak	103	2¼
Sat 16 Aug	Altrincham	Cycling UK social ride
Sat 16 Aug	Caton	2 The Bowland Double Cross	202	3½
〃〃	〃〃	1 The Bowland Single Cross	108	1¾
Wed 20 Aug tbc	Marple	1 White Peak	103	2¼
Wed 27 Aug	Marple	1 Staffs Peak	110	2¾

Sat 13 Sep	Lancaster	2 The Pendle Witch Trial	200	4
〃〃	〃〃	1 A Bit of a Trial	100	2
Sat 20 Sep tbc	Poynton	2 Mountains and Moelhills	210
Sat 27 Sep	Irlam	Cycling UK social ride

Sun 12 Oct	Diggle	Beard Cup Hill Climb
Sat 18 Oct	Rose Hill	Cycling UK social ride
Sun 19 Oct tbc	Horton near Leek	2 Horseshoe Pass	200

Sun 09 Nov	Cheadle	2 Eureka!	213
Sat 15 Nov	Guide Bridge	Cycling UK social ride

Sat 20 Dec	Glossop	Cycling UK social ride

2025 sees the next edition of London-Edinburgh-London. If you are not planning to ride, join us at Hessle control where Peak Audax will be concentrating its efforts. Click on this link and make sure you tick the Hessle box.

Our rides are open to all cyclists, and you do not have to be a member of Peak Audax in order to take part in the rides. Members of Audax UK and Cycling UK enter these events at the Members' Rate. Non-members are also very welcome too but there is a supplement to the Entry Fee of £3.00 which gives you temporary membership of Audax UK for the duration of the event, which means that if you are a UK resident, you will have 3rd party insurance for the duration of the event.

We've been putting Peak Audax events for over 30 years, see the list below although we only have computer records from 1999. There is a hugh variety of ride, from short 50km introductory rides to a full Super Randonneur series of 200km, 300, 400 and 600km. They can be relatively flat, or extremely lumpy, extending into the Peak District or over the Cheshire Plain, even reaching Wales in opccasion.

At Peak Audax, we challenge you to earn three special badges for completing our rides:

* If you can complete the 5 Wednesday 100s from Marple in the same season you are entitled to claim inclusion in the Peak Audax Marple Grimpeur award .

* Anyone who has successfully completed a Peak Audax 200, 300, 400 and 600, all in the same season, is similarly included in the Peak Audax SR award .

* Once you have completed 12 Peak Audax rides (Calendar events or Perms), one in each of 12 consecutive calendar months, you qualify for inclusion in the PARTY award .

An autumn ride

Time for a quick brew before the ride

	Numbers of Riders at every Peak Audax Events since 1999 ¹

	Super Randonnees (300s, 400s, 500s, 600s)																												PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	non-PBP years ²
600s/500s ³																													600s/500s ³

400s ⁵																													400s ⁵

300s ⁷																													300s ⁷

Totals	143	49	65	47	105	48	53	61	171	66	80	52	158	73	165	95	212	189	128	58	157			141	188	161

	Solstice, Christmas and the New Year																												PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	non-PBP years ²
Winter Solstice ⁸																													Winter Solstice ⁸
Summer Solstice ⁸																													Summer Solstice ⁸
Audlem/Whitegate/Budworths ⁹																													Audlem/Whitegate/Budworths ⁹
Hopey New Year ¹⁰																													Hopey New Year ¹⁰
Christmas Dinner ¹¹																													Christmas Dinner ¹¹
Boxing Day ¹¹																													Boxing Day ¹¹
Totals	9	8	18	61	75	106	105	165	192	162	112	29	91	140	168	196	164	209	199	168	213	162	14	65	132	183	50

	Early Season Rides																												PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	non-PBP years ²
Newport 200																													Newport 200
Scouting Mam Tor																													Scouting Mam Tor
Chirk 200																													Chirk 200
Eccleshall																													Eccleshall
Eureka																													Eureka
A Mere 200 ¹²																													A Mere 200 ¹²
Merely a Century ¹²																													Merely a Century ¹²
Cheshire Safari																													Cheshire Safari
Radway 150																													Radway 150
Edale Run																													Edale Run
Totals	66	114	86	69	171	160	291	297	359	316	346	264	321	340	310	432	332	556	543	343	269	108	81	158	285	269	69

	Peak District 100s																												PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	non-PBP years ²
Spring in the Peak																													Spring in the Peak


Easter in the Peak ¹³																													Easter in the Peak ¹³
An Icecream Wensdae ¹³																													An Icecream Wensdae ¹³
Dark Peak																													Dark Peak
Mid Peak																													Mid Peak
West Peak																													West Peak
White Peak																													White Peak
Staffordshire Peak																													Staffordshire Peak
Mow Cop/Pendleton/Lead Miners																													Mow Cop/Pendleton/Lead Miners
Autumn in the Peak																													Autumn in the Peak
Totals		77	96	100	153	201	304	376	217	294	322	331	431	348	301	316	331	340	291	273	212		155	237	252	383	83

	Miscellaneous																												PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	non-PBP years ²
A Quick Trip to the Beach																													A Quick Trip to the Beach
Stumped and Dented																													Stumped and Dented
A Bit Dented																													A Bit Dented
Barely Dented																													Barely Dented
Grim up North																													Grim up North
A Bit Grim up North																													A Bit Grim up North
Candy Floss & Icecream																													Candy Floss & Icecream
A Bit of Candy Floss																													A Bit of Candy Floss
Bowland Double Cross																													Bowland Double Cross
Bowland Single Cross																													Bowland Single Cross
Mountains and Moelhill																													Mountains and Moelhill
Horseshoe Pass ¹⁴																													Horseshoe Pass ¹⁴
Shoestring/Millmeece ¹⁵																													Shoestring/Millmeece ¹⁵
Chumley/Hermie's Imagination																													Chumley/Hermie's Imagination
Riding in Styal																													Riding in Styal
Totals		4				28																	81	19	83	267

	Denshaw Rides																												PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	non-PBP years ²
Denshaw 100s ¹⁶																													Denshaw 100s ¹⁶

Denshaw 150s ¹⁶																													Denshaw 150s ¹⁶
Denshaw 200s ¹⁶																													Denshaw 200s ¹⁶

Totals					39	14	13	31	27	22	15	31	36	25	24	54	118	61

	Broken Cross Rides																												PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	non-PBP years ²
Lutudarum																													Lutudarum
Three Loops																													Three Loops
Two Loops																													Two Loops
One Loop																													One Loop
Venetian Nights ¹⁷																													Venetian Nights ¹⁷
World's End																													World's End
Knockerdown																													Knockerdown
St Lucy's																													St Lucy's
Life Biggins at Forty ¹⁸																													Life Biggins at Forty ¹⁸
Totals											57	59	35	85	25	139	129	78	48	67	15

	Discontinued Peak Audax Events																												PBP years ²
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	non-PBP years ²
Leominster-Llanidloes ¹⁹																													Leominster-Llanidloes ¹⁹
Leominster-Machynlleth ¹⁹																													Leominster-Machynlleth ¹⁹
Peak District 200																													Peak District 200
Overton 200																													Overton 200
Mow Cop 200																													Mow Cop 200
Beeston 200																													Beeston 200
Ringinglow/Dark & White ²⁰																													Ringinglow/Dark & White ²⁰
Totals	60	36	38			36	58	39	43			13	10

	Total number of Riders at all Peak Audax Events by Year
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Number of riders:	278	288	303	277	543	593	824	969	1009	860	932	779	1082	1011	993	1232	1286	1433	1209	909	866	270	331	620	940	1263	202	*	Total Riders:	21,302
Number of Peak Audax events:	8	20	21	13	21	24	24	26	27	25	28	31	34	30	26	31	31	25	23	21	20	3	10	17	26	39	5	*	Total Events:	609*
Riders per Event:	34.8	14.4	14.4	21.3	25.9	24.7	34.3	37.3	37.4	34.4	33.3	25.1	31.8	33.7	38.2	39.7	41.5	57.3	52.6	43.3	43.3	90.0	33.1	36.5	36.2	32.4	40.4	?	Riders/Event:	NaN
	Notes: ^ 1) Peak Audax was running events before 1999 but we don't have computer lists of validated riders from before 1999. ^ 2) PBP is held every 4 years (the next one is 2027) and can lead to increased interest in the qualifying events. ^ 3) The Cambrian 600 was a regular event from 2000 to 2012. John Perrin adapted it into the The Three Steps to Severn 600 from 2014. ^ 4) The Northwest 500 from Burton in Kendall was a one-off ride to mark the Millennium in 2001. The Northwest 600 from Charnock Richard was an additional 600 to help with PBP qualification in 1999 and 2003. The Pair of Kirtons from Poynton started as an additional PBP qualifier for 2011 as 'To Holland & Back'. ^ 5) The Cottonopolis was a new hilly 400 starting in 2024. ^ 6) In 2016, instead of the regular Llanfair PG 400 , Peak Audax ran the National 400 from Biggin. This was originally a CTC event, with plenty of TLC at the controls, and organised annually from different parts of the UK. Unfortunately, very few cycling clubs were able to continue the event, and the concept of a National 400 now seems to be dead. We also held the companion event, Life begins at Forty to mark AUK's 40th anniversary. ^ 7) The Montgomery 300 rides were run in 2011 and 2012 as Calendar versions of the Perm. This is now run by North Cheshire Clarion. From 2023 we have a new 300, a Trip to the Beach. ^ 8) The Winter Solstice is held on just about the shortest day of the year. As a consequence, we have seen very few participants on some occasions. The Summer Solstice has usually been a repeat of the Winter Solstice after a snow-affected winter while 2022 edition was to replace the Winter Solstice cancelled because of Covid. The 2012 event was a one-off 300 on the (more or less) longest day of the year. ^ 9) The Audlem 100 has evolved over the years with starts from from Stockport, Marple or Poynton ... - 2001: the original Audlem 100 from Stockport was a companion event alongside the Stockport-Newport 200. - 2003: this time the Audlem 100 , started from Marple along with the Marple-Newport 200 and the Radway 150. - 2004: the Goodbye Christmas Pudding was a one-off ride from Marple to Delamere. There was also a 'Peak' version (see Hopey New Year). - 2005-2008: we created the (I'm dreaming of a) Whitegate Xmas , a 120km companion event for the Winter Solstice 200 but was discontinued because of a lack of car-parking at the HQ. - 2021: the spirit of the original Audlem ride lives on in the Budworths 100 , created after Covid. ^ 10) The Goodbye Christmas Pudding was a long-standing event from the Doncaster area. When this failed to happen in 2004, Peak Audax put on a pair of rides from Marple, with a flat route across Cheshire to Delamere Forest, and a hilly alternative through the Peak District to Carsington Water. The hilly version became the Hopey New Year in 2005 and has become our must popular ride in terms of participants. A hilly ride in early January, who would have thought? ^ 11) Peak Audax enjoyed Christmas Dinner in 2002 and 2003 at was, at the time, their regular start/finish venue, after a 50km Audax ride. The rides betweeen 2004 and 2009 were 50km events as part of Sheila Simpson's mini-tour in York, along with the Boxing Day 100s. ^ 12) The Mere 200 and Mere 150 were Peak Audax events from Cheadle but we passed these over to North Cheshire Clarion after 2017. The 150 evolved from a ride from Stockport to Delamere which we ran until 2001. ^ 13) We have used a variety of hilly rides for the Wednesday during the Easter school holidays: - 2000: the Mow Cop 100 was a precursor event from Stockport (although not ridden on a Wednesday, nor at Easter) - 2009: the Cheshire Peak , an adaptation of that 2000 Stockport Mow Cop ride, now starting in Marple - 2010-2015 the Monyash Peak - 2016-2017 the Goyt Peak - 2018-2019 the Monyash Peak again - 2023-2024 the Winnats Peak a new ride created after Covid-19 In addition, since 2010 we have also run the flat-ish Icecream Wednesday ^ 14) The Horseshoe Pass has been resurrected in 2024. It had previously been put on by Weaver Valley 2001-2009, and the Congleton CC in 2010-2017, but by Peak Audax members. ^ 15) We ran the Shoestring 200 from Cheadle in 2000. The Millmeece was created in 2021 as part of our return-to-business after Covid-19. ^ 16) Don Black ran his events in 2003 until his untimely death in 2014. They were carried on as the Saddleworth Clarion Audax rides, which many Peak Audax members continued to support. They are back as Peak Audax rides from 2024. - The 100 has a variety of formats: the Wyddop 100 (sometimes under the name 'Trawden 100' or 'Wycoller 100'), the Edale 100 (which we also ran in 2015 in memory of Don, or the Bretton 100 - The 200 has been run as either the Bowland 200 , Roun' Wes' Ridin' 200 or the Manchester Loop 200 ^ 17) John Perrin retired from organising Peak Audax events in 2019. Some of his rides, including the Venetian Nights , have been taken on by Four Corners Cycle Club. ^ 18) Alongside the National 400 , we also held the companion event, Life begins at Forty to mark AUK's 40th anniversary. ^ 19) The Leominster rides were launched by Sheila Simpson as part of her CTC Easter weekend. The rides are no longer Peak Audax events but are still run by Hereford and District Wheelers. ^ 20) The Ringinglow 200 was a ride from Stockport into the Peak District in 2000-2001. We put on the Dark & White Peak Perm as a Calendar event on 2010 and 2011 starting from Bamford.

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