Shropshire Moss & Meres 100 - Audax

Shropshire Moss & Meres 100 is a 106km cycling audax event, starting from Upton Magna near Shrewsbury (free parking and light refreshments available).  The route heads north west along pleasant rural roads through Baschurch to Welsh Frankton before turning for Ellesmere and the lovely café stop at Whixall Marina.  The return leg ambles across the North Shropshire Plain, through the villages of Tilstock, Tibberton and High Ercall.

The Meres and Mosses are a series of wetlands in the north-west Midlands of England and north-east Wales that are home to some of the UK's rarest wildlife. Meres are glacial lakes that are the deepest of the water-filled basins left behind by retreating ice sheets. Mosses are peat bogs that formed in shallower basins when peat accumulated over millennia.

An audax - known internationally as a randonnée - is a long-distance, non-competitive cycling event that has to be completed within a set time limit, including any stops to eat or rest.  It's like parkrun, but for cycling.  It's not a race, and individual riders' times are generally not published; if you finish within the time limit, you've succeeded!

This audax is 106km and the time limit to complete is 7h04mins.  The average cyclist doing approx 20kph /12mph would take about 5 hours to complete the course. 

The route is quite challenging, given the distance: 106km (66 miles) with 640m (2,100ft) of ascent - mostly rolling countryside, with no significant hill climbs. The route is best suited to road bikes (or gravel bikes with relatively narrow tyres) and those with sufficient road cycling experience, as the route is on-road.

The course can be viewed on Cycle.travel here and the GPX can be downloaded from the Audax UK website. 

If you have any questions about the event or the route please contact Skip.

Note that the Shropshire Moss & Meres 100 is run by a third party (via Audax UK) and not by Outdoorlads itself.  To participate you must enter via the Audax UK website (in addition to signing up to this ODL event).  The cost to enter is £8.00 for Cycling UK or Audax UK members (add £3 insurance for non-members) - Note that entries will close on 25 March 2025.  
 

Cycling Participation Statement

You MUST complete the Cycling Participation Statement in addition to booking your event space before attending a cycling event. You only need to complete a Cycling Participation Statement once, not for each cycling event you attend. 
 

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