Latest News
Latest winner announced!
Here is David Hartnoll- proud winner of the special May
£20 Southfork voucher award for displaying his car sticker.
Well done David!
Coach's
- As it stands today, there are only 20 places left for the coach. If you want to ride, and need the coach- HURRY. Places can be registered here.
- We are looking for a 2-5pm collection of the bikes- this will be confirmed- from Golden Coast, Roundswell, Barnstaple.
- The coach's will then leave 6am sharp from North Devon Leisure Centre car park.
Sign Up
- The closing date for sign up for the ride is set as 7pm 29th May 2012. There are no late entries available; so once again, if you want to sign up- HURRY!
Stops
- The ride will start at Looe Harbor- the closest post code for those with GPS is PL13 1AT. The start being besides the life boat house. It's a great location.
- The morning stop will be at Coads Green village hall, opposite the methodist hall, along the B3257.
- The lunch stop will be in Holsworthy town car park, just off of Western Road. This is an obvious location, as it is the part most people think of when they consider Holsworthy.
- The afternoon stop will once again be at Torrington Bike Hire, on the Tarka Trail (next to puffin billy).
- The finish will be again along the Strand, Barnstaple. Those who have rode the 2010 event will remember the potential of this finish- this year, it will be 3 times bigger and better.
Menu
We are very pleased to announce our food will be provided by Lush Food Company at all three stops. The menu will be-
Morning Tea & coffee (other hot drinks will be available if needed i.e. hot chocolate fruit tea or decaf tea & coffee)
A packet of biscuits(3 in each)
Cup of squash 2 flavours
Dinner A really good crantock Cornish steak Pasty (Vegetarian option to)
Packet of crisps choice of flavours
Chocolate bar Mars or Kit Kat
Apple or Banana
Carton of good quality Juice
There will be Napkins and either a take away bag or Plate available
Afternoon Amazing Muffins (double chocolate or blueberry)
Cup of Squash
Bag of mixed Haribo Sweets
Plus Any any thing left from previous stages will be available
This is a great menu for all the riders, and we feel this will offer quality and value for money.
Also, there will be water available from each stop.
The finish will offer a barbecue and drinks (beer!!), which can be purchased at your leisure.
Bags
As before, there will be a Hospice van to carry your bags from the start to the finish. These bags will also be accessible at THE LUNCHTIME STOP ONLY.
We hope this this section answers most of your questions at this stage.
Latest winner announced!
Here is Lee Weston from Bude, our winner of the April £10 Southfork Voucher.
May Winner
Is this your car?
If so, email your reg plate to confirm this to Simon@coast-coast.co.uk ,
and a shiny new £10 Southfork voucher will be yours!
If you would like a FREE Devon Coast to Coast Challenge car sticker,
please send a SAE to
Car Sticker Please
Devon Coast to Coast Challenge
8 Cedar Grove
Roundswell
Barnstaple
EX31 3QT.
WE NEED YOU!!
Each year as the ride grows,
it requires more and more support from different people to ensure
that it stays the great event you are used to.
This year we have decided to reflect the help provided by the creation off a role-
a ROADIE-
with specific roles and a reflection of the great work the volunteer gives.
No role will be too onerous,
and will make a real difference to the success of the event.
In return, you will receive a rider goody bag AND a
limited edition 2012 Roadie tee shirt to show off to all your friends!
CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR ROADIE WEBSITE NOW!
Here it is...
(Please click on poster for the full size version- 3.1mb PDF)
We are proud to finally launch our Poster for the 2012 ride-
in conjunction with Salad design.
PLEASE!
Download and put up wherever and whenever you can!
We have our first winner!
Here is Steve Hellier, with his £10 Southfork voucher-
won for simply displaying a
Devon Coast to Coast Challenge
Car sticker in his car.
We are pleased to announce that we have again arranged coach
transportation from Barnstaple to the start on the day.
Click here for more details.
Another great- and simple- way to raise money for the event is to use the
Just Giving Website.
This allows you to collect the money in a quick and easy format,
and ensures the funds go directly to the Hospice after the event,
so you don't have to run around chasing up people.
Another advantage is that it builds momentum for your fund raising for the event-
people can pass on your link to other's,
and helps increase how easy it is to bring in the funds.
Rider Darren Smallbone has done just that-
have a look at his page as a great example

(thank you for allowing us to use your page Darren!).
Click here to start to set up your own page.
Listen out to the John Govier show,
this Saturday 3rd March on Radio Devon (95.7FM/103.4FM)
when the Devon Coast to Coast Challenge's very own
Simon Paddon will be on between 10am and 1pm to discuss this year's ride.
Check out the BBC Radio Devon Web Page.
Get your car stickers on!

The organisers will be out and about over the next couple weeks,
looking for Devon Coast to Coast Challenge Car Stickers.
Each one we post on this website,
we will give a £10 Southfork voucher to the car owner.
We have 5 vouchers to give away between the launch party and the ride;
so get sticking- and good luck!
If you would like a FREE Devon Coast to Coast Challenge car sticker,
please send a SAE to
Car Sticker Please
Devon Coast to Coast Challenge
8 Cedar Grove
Roundswell
Barnstaple
EX31 3QT.
Wow! At the Launch Party we presented the full amount of funds to the
North Devon Hospice for the 2011 ride- an AMAZING £39,392!
Thank you to everyone who rode, helped or supported us to this amazing figure.
It mean's now the ride has raised over £130,000 for the
2 local North Devon Hospices.
From all of us, thank you.
Escape From Cornwall
At announced at the launch Party,
this year we are inviting you to Escape From Cornwall,
by riding this year's route-
Looe, South Cornwall to Barnstaple, North Devon
.
For more details, click here
Also announced was the Roadies-
a chance for all the family to join in on the day.
For more details click here
We are also running a sticker competition-
For more details, click here
NEW Did we make the competition too hard this year?
The Devon Coast to Coast Challenge are pleased to announce that we have won another award.
On Thursday 17th November, we won the Highly Commended Award at the North Devon Journal Sports Awards 2011.
It's the first award we have won as a team,
and we are very proud to be recognise in this way.
Thank you for all those who have supported us so far;
and believe us when we say-
next year's ride already looks AMAZING!!
We are looking forwards to announcing the route
and full details for the 2012 ride at our usual launch party,
in early February.
Keep an eye on this page for further details in the New Year.
Until then, from all of us, we hope you all have a great Christmas
and a prosperous new year.
The date for the 2012 is announced-
Sunday 3rd June 2012
This is the Sunday in the long Bank Holiday weekend
(as well as the Bank Holiday Monday the day after,
the Tuesday is also a Bank Holiday,
due to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee).
Pop it in your diary today!
Here is our competition winner- Alan Mead.
Alan has collected and handed in the largest amount
-£1133.00,
and therefore wins our £100 Southfork vouchers.
Alan's story is a typical one from the ride;
he was 'encouraged' to ride by friends at Easter time-
and now he has really caught the cycling bug!
His plan for next year- as well as the Devon Coast-Coast Challenge-
is to work towards doing the London to Paris ride.
Well done Alan!
If you have not got your monies in yet, don't worry!
Simply send Emma an email, and she will help you do the rest!
You can email Emma here.
The official ride photo's are out-
and they look amazing!
You can find them via our 2011 summary page,
or by going straight to Rob Puig's website.
For all you techie's out there,
we have today launched the
Devon Coast to Coast Challenge RSS Feed,
so you can add the site to your RSS reader, such as Google Reader.
To add us, enter the following web address into your reader-
www.coast-coast.co.uk/feed.xml
and then you will be notified on any updates to the site!