Forest of Dean & Black Mountains
DAY 1
FB01 - Butlers Mead to start of Black Mountains (80.6km, 1706m)
Lumpy the whole way.
Pick up provisions in Monmouth
FB02 - Up to Bothy (17.7km, 644m)
Mostly climbing
Can try to eat near the start of this in the pubs.
Fill up water in the pubs.
FB03 - Bothy to wild camp (15.5km, 510m)
2 big descents, 1 big climb
OPTIONAL EXTRAS
FB04 - Black Mountains loop (37.0km, 1272m)
If we end up with spare time to burn and have plenty of provisions we can do a loop from the Bothy
More TransWales route
We can just carry on up the TransWales route towards the Kilverts Hills if we end up getting far within a short amount of time.
DAY 2
FB05 - Bothy to Llanvihangel Crucorney via TransWales (37.8km, 661m)
Joins to the TransWales route from Bikepacking book to make it back to LLanvihangel Crucorney
FB06 - Bothy to Llanvihangel Crucorney via Hay Bluff (30.6km, 639m)
Slightly riskier route than FB05 (might not end up being fully rideable), but if it works then it will be a views for days.
FB07 - Bothy to Llanvihangel Crucorney via road (28.1km, 330m)
Small climb out from bothy then a long downhill all the way.
FB08 - Llanvihangel Crucorney to Butlers Mead (85.4km, 1433m)
Some small snippets of gravel/off-road to join up some road rides from Lost Lanes books.
According to strava: 61% PAVED, 27% DIRT, 12% NOT SPECIFIED