Mayhem coming our way

Most local cyclists won’t realise it, but Mountain Mayhem, the “biggest 24 hour race in the world” takes place in Eastnor Castle’s Deer Park every June. There is apparently a rush for bookings when the entry form goes live (midnight Friday, 29th Feb), according to Bike Radar. It’s off-road mountain biking with a variety of team and individual categories.

New this year is a ’sportive’ (onroad) 100km ride on the Sunday, 22nd June. This follows some of our favourite routes, kicking off with Castlemorton Common (watch out for cows on the road!) over the Hills via British Camp, Colwall, Bosbury, Woolhope Dome, Capler Hill, Hole in the Wall (almost to Ross) and back eastwards through Dymock and Ledbury. Could be interesting.