Welcome to the tearfund Drumlanrig challenge

 Saturday 5th May 2012

Well done to everyone who completed the course, (especially Callum Wetherall, aged 13, who did the full 100 miles ) I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, hopefully the final result here  RESULT or as a pdf here

Pictures of most people here PHOTOS, feel free to download for yourself. They are in order as you appeared just after the second morning water station or at the end of the afternoon ride. Some more pictures here EXTRA PICS

Please rate your experience here.

 I have some lost property, includes a multitool, a backpack complete with spare tubes and tools and a pair of sunglasses, these make my eyes go funny, but I suspect someone's vision is impaired without them. Get in touch if you want to claim and I will post to you. I don't know if they were left on a table, found in the car park or picked up on route.

The Tearfund  Drumlanrig challenge is organised and supported by members of churches from Dumfries and Nithsdale. Their aim is to provide participants with a memorable and enjoyable cycling challenge in the glorious scenery and traffic free roads around Drumlanrig Castle, and at the same time raise funds for Tearfund, a Christian charity dedicated to bringing relief,hope and a future to some of the worlds poorest communities and to those suffering from natural and man-made disasters.
Participants have the choice of a 100 miles, a 62 miles or a 40 miles cycling challenge. Whatever route you choose you have the added challenge of tackling the copious supplies of sandwiches and home baking provided by the church members at the feed stations. With this event having the unique feature of not timing  the lunch break, you can sample as much of the food on offer as you like without it impacting on your time.

What if I have entered and now cannot come :- If you have already sent in your form and donation, we will not be able to return your donation, but if you let us know before the day we will give you a guaranteed entry for 2013. Do please let us know as we have people desperately waiting for a place.

For 2012 watch out for more Tearfund cycling events,  Fort William and Aberdeen events are in the melting pot .   See www.tearfundcycling.btck.co.uk

Entries are now being taken for our associated event, the Bethany Edinburgh sportive , Saturday June 2nd, click here to enter 

And for the Highland Perthshire challenge on June 16th  click here to enter

2011 RESULT  AVAILABLE  here as an excel document or here as a pdf

FREE HEALTHY SNACKS. use this link to get a box of healthy snacks worth £3.99 and when you do I will donate £1 to a Ugandan farming school http://www.graze.com/p/DHH7RJW.

Thinking of a new bike? For a personal on-line service I recommend   They also organise a sportive and other events.

 
  You might like to have a look at the cycling events charity, prenticeevents