This year's all-new 70-mile route heads up the Ribble Valley to the Yorkshire Border before diving back into Lancashire and following the River Hodder through the Forest of Bowland, visiting the scenic villages of Slaidburn, Newton and Dunsop Bridge before tackling the challenging climb of Hall Hill en route to Chipping. From here, the route climbs again into the foothills of Bowland and into the Brock Valley then looping  around Beacon Fell and heading back east to Chipping. The return run to Clitheroe is a relatively relaxed cruise through the Ribble Valley, crossing the Hodder and Ribble and returning to HQ via Waddington and West Bradford.

TOTAL ASCENT: 1475m