Chesterfield Cycle Campaign

Campaign ride out along the Five Pits to Hardwick and back on Sunday 20th September.

10.00am: Meet at the skateboard park beside B&Q Car Park

The route uses a combination of paths shown as rideable on the campaign map of Chesterfield, part of Arnold Robinson's ride of the same name, and a return route all of our own (actually Paul's) which links in with the Five pits trail again. There are some up & down bits involved but nothing precipitous & we are not intending to break any records! The ride is about 18miles (30km) or

so in length and so including stops (not too many punctures hopefully) and a good lunch break I would expect us to be back in Chesterfield not much later than 4 pm (assumes 5mph & 2hrs of stops). The weather looks good for a ride but please bring water/wind proof clothing and something warm to put on when we stop, some drinks & snacks for during the ride and a packed lunch or money to buy lunch at the pub near Hardwick Hall where we plan to stop at lunchtime.

We will then cycle round to and over the footpath bridge over the A61. The handrail feels a bit low when you cycle across this so some may wish to walk.
From this path we make our way to Spital Lane cross over the A616 and turn left for the short steady climb to Hasland on the B6039 Hasland Road.

From Hasland we then go on to Grassmoor Country Park (good spot for first drink stop) to join the off-road Five Pits Trail which we will follow out to Tibshelf ponds.

From Tibshelf we will join the Silverhill Trail towards Tibshelf turning off at Fackley to rejoin the road for a downhill run to the Pub for Lunch & refreshment.

After lunch we will follow a short road section to get us back onto the Five Pits Trail to return to Chesterfield, via the "Holmwood Loop' part of the trail.