Tour de Rennie Grove

12-27 June 2021

Registration for this event has now closed. If you're taking part, you can find details about the challenge, including maps, below.

Leg 1: 12 - 13 June

Leg 2: 19 - 20 June

Leg 3: 26 - 27 June

We'll provide you with the routes you've signed up for (you'll need Strava to access them). Please note this is a self-guided event, giving you the flexibility to start the event at a point of your choosing and at a time most suitable for you, however this does also mean the routes will not have marshals or water points along them so please ensure you take suitable supplies and abide by road safety measures. Each route will be around 50 miles in length.

Every participant will receive a Tour De Rennie Grove cycle jersey* and if you reach your fundraising target you will receive a medal. We are encouraging participants to raise £1 for every mile they travel, so £50 per leg. But don’t let that limit your fundraising – the more you raise the more, hours of nursing care you will be helping to fund ensuring we can continue to care for and support patients and families in the comfort of their own homes, making every moment matter.

Routes

Leg 1 (St Albans) - The Scenic Ride

Heading out of St Albans, the Leg 1 route leaves Hertfordshire and heads into the scenic countryside of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire where it passes along quiet lanes, through villages and includes beauty spots such as Whipsnade, Ivinghoe Beacon and the Ashridge estate. It then returns into the suburbs of Herts, weaving a course around before heading back to St Albans.

Leg 2 (Tring) - The Hilly Ride

Starting from Tring, the Leg 2 route spends most of its time in and around the Chilterns so there is barely a flat piece of road. The route includes Whiteleaf, one of the Top 100 Climbs in Britain, but omits its little brother "Wardrobes". That's not all though, there are notable ascents out of Great Missenden, Chesham and Berkhamsted as well as on the way into Aldbury before coasting down to the Grand Union canal for the final short drag back up into Tring.

Leg 3 (Amersham) - The Eclectic Ride

Mainly within Buckinghamshire, briefly emerging into Berkshire, the Leg 3 route navigates its way around one of the most densely populated areas around London, but dipping in and out of deserted country lanes you would barely know it. This route includes almost everything; pretty historic villages with half-timbered houses, quaint bridges over the Thames, roads that duck under or over the M40 and A4, modern town centers, deserted lanes with gravel 'center partings', suburban streets, short steep descents and the flatness of the Thames Valley. You'll need to keep your eye on the route and it twists and turns to keep you away from traffic wherever possible and enjoy the feeling of being away from it all in the Bucks countryside.

Do I need to raise sponsorship?

Your sponsorship money helps us to provide end-of-life care to local patients with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses and their families. Because of the pandemic, we're caring for more patients than ever, as many as 600 at any one time, in fact. Those patients need us, and we need you to help fund their care. As little as £57.00 could pay for 2 hours worth of care for a patient.

Please consider raising sponsorship to support our services. If you raise money via Justgiving, this will come directly to us. You can set up your own Justgiving page here, send it round to your friends, family and work colleagues - let them know what you're doing and why and see how much you raise!

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