Please register at least 15 minutes before start of event

Before starting your ride, you must register on the day at the Registration Office, Army Training Camp, Halton. But please arrive early and allow enough time to register and prepare for your ride. Riders start individually and all riders must wear a helmet and obey the rules of the road (see our full terms conditions on our website and on the booking form).

Again we are using the SPORTident electronic timing system (www.sportident.co.uk) and at registration you are given a rider number card to attach to your bike and a timing ‘dibber’ will be either be attached to your wrist or hung from a lanyard you wear (they’re small and robust - you can shower/bath/sleep without damaging it). When you finish, these timing (Si-cards) must be handed back at the Registration office where they can be exchanged for a complimentary food voucher.

See Halton Army Camp section of this website for more information.

Food will be provided on the day at the Halton Army camp. Riders will be given free food tokens at the end of the ride in exchange for their timing Si-cards. These food tokens can be exchanged for hot food supplied by More? The Aritisan Bakery and outside caterer (www.moreartisan.co.uk). Each rider will be provided with a choice of either pasta or a vegetarian alternative. Tea and coffee will be provided by The Rotary Club of Lancaster and the Innerwheel.

Additional food and drinks can be purchased throughout the day by none riders and their supporters.

Feed stations

Apart from the start and finish, feed and water stations will be provided en route. These food stations will allow riders to have a rest, top up water bottles and take on energy with fruit and/or energy bars.

The Wrynose or Bust ride will have two feed and water stations, the first at Grizebeck, the second at Gilpin Bridge. On the way out, Gilpin Bridge will also be a water station for both rides and the only feed station on the return for The Bay Dash.

Apart from toilets at the start and finish at Halton, toilets are available at public facilities en route. For Wrynose and the Bay Dash routes, there are public toilets in the square at Milnthorpe, there is also a cafe if you feel the need. Later on there are the toilets near the duck pond at Grange as well as one or two cafes along the main street. For Bay riders there are public toilets and cafes at Cartmel.

The next place for toilets on the Wrynose route would be a detour into Broughton. Certainly the Square cafe could be worth a stop for a cup of tea before it’s into the Duddon valley and Wrynose.

Finally on to Hawskead where there are more public toilets and cafe before the long stretch back to Milnthorpe, but by then you are within 16 miles of the finish.

If you are looking for somewhere to stay for the weekend of Wrynose or Bust or The Bay Dash challenges then you can browse and make a booking via the following link.

Alternatively, the Tourist Information Centre (TIC) website has an accommodation page that you may fiind useful for all different types of accommodation – www.visitlancaster.co.uk

If you are into camping or caravanning then New Parkside Farm Caravan Park is within a couple of miles of the start/finish. Other places to look nearby are Halton, Caton, Hest Bank and Slyne and if you search the web you will find quite a few places to stay over.

Slightly further away, but still an easy drive to Lancaster is Morecambe (5 miles), and as you would expect, their TIC is closely linked to Lancaster’s website – www.visitmorecambe.co.uk.

Further afield is Bolton-le-Sands (about 5 miles) and Carnforth (about 6 miles).

Local cycling clubs

Kent Valley RC

Lune RCC

Local cycling shops

The Edge Cycleworks, 2 Chapel Street, Lancaster

Leisure Lakes Bikes, 103 Penny Street, Lancaster

Wheelbase (Staveley - about 20 miles)