I rode the Trans Pennine Trail coast to coast, capturing an epic bikepacking journey across the UK. A cinematic adventure through wild landscapes, quiet trails, and real challenges.
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Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
01:00 – Day 1 – Southport to Glossop
09:05 – Day 2 – Glossop to Selby
13:40 – Day 3 – Selby to Hornsea
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Adventure your way, and don’t give yourself excuses! Get out there and make it happen 🙂
PS. Remember there’s a giveaway at the end of the film 🙂 thanks for watching!
Brilliant little film this mate. Very timely too as me and a mate are doing the TPT next month. Thank you!
Isnt penné a pasta?
How much cycling do the children do?
Thsnk you alan.
Working in cycling around family is a lifelong challenge. A partner who understands cycling's pull really helps.
Great video, thank you! You show that it is possible to do 2-3 days cycling tours close to home and still discover beautiful places, new routes and have a great time! I'm a woman in my 40s who always found some excuses for myself: I've got a family, pets, my job, I'm not fit enough… But you can get someone to help with kids and pets for a day or 2, right? And you can book an extra day off to have a longer weekend. And you can change your route and take a train in tired or running late to hotel. Everything is possible! Thanks for inspiration! 👍🚴
I am blessed with the TPT on my doorstep at about the half way point. I cycle on there all the time
Great fil and really helpful as I am doing the ride in 2027. I was looking to have a crack at three days. But now I have watched this film and your previous adventures on the trail, I have opted for 4 days it will be my 4th C2C but a special one as the start will be on my 65th Birthday 😂 but your advice and information is fantastic 👍
To paraphrase a hiking term "…bike your own bike…" and your videos encapsulate that ethos perfectly. It is not all going to be majestic vistas and brilliant gravel paths, but just being in the moment is what makes it special. And fortunately the world is full of Alans.
What a great journey. Loved watching this.
Thanks
Great video. Inspiration to get out and plan a cycling adventure. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I plan to travel the UK one day but probably in a van. You’ve inspired me to take a bike with me tho, many thanks for that!
Bloomin’ hawthorns. Theyre not content with just giving us punctures anymore, now they are stealing our drones too! Interesting look at a route I knew nothing about – and I very much like seeing the honesty of when things dont go to the original plan (- which seems to be 9 times out of 10 in real life, but not often seen on seemless YT films!) 😂👍
Another great video. Just loving watching this videos, giving me tips and ideas, that hopefully i'll get to use soon
I love your attitude that it is OK to just hop on a train if you are behind schedule or knackered, No rules, just have an adventure.
Thanks, looked forward to this after the sneak preview. Kindness of strangers – farmer, train driver – at crucial moments. My abortive north/south Trans Pennine a couple of years ago was also helped a lot by hopping on trains when things had gone wrong, so zero issue with using all resources to make a trip work. No room for sneery purism. I have family at a couple of places along the route, so you’ve planted the seed for me doing this route maybe early September. Thanks as always.
I'm planning on doing this route soon but I'm hoping to do it over a week or so. I've not been bike packing for long and I'm finding my limit is about 50 miles a day with my current level of fitness so I think it best to aim for 30-40 miles a day. I think it's a shame woodhead tunnel is closed but they ran high voltage powerlines through it rather than running pylons over the hills. I'm not sure what state the two bricked up older bores are in but it would be nice to see at least one of them reopen to carry the trail. Sopposedly train drivers used to call the older tunnels the hell holes according to Martin Zero's video on them.
Tom – sometimes we just have to admit that the plan is not working out…and luckily, there is a train to help out. Darkness and bonking are definitely signs that you don't have to push on, even though the target was to ride 75-80 miles. Kudos to you for recognizing a prudent decision.