Fred Whitton Challenge

The Fred Whitton Challenge is a charity cyclosportive event held annually in the English Lake District, in aid of the MacMillan Nurses and the Dave Rayner Fund. It is held in memory of Fred Whitton, the racing secretary of the Lakes Road Club, who died of cancer at the age of 50 in 1998. The event started in 1999 and has been held every year since, except for 2001 when it was cancelled due to the foot-and-mouth epidemic.

Starting and finishing in Coniston, the route is 112 miles long and takes in:
*Ambleside
*The Kirkstone Pass
*Glenridding and Ullswater
*Matterdale End
*Keswick
*Borrowdale
*The Honister Pass
*Buttermere
*The Newlands Pass and the Newlands Valley
*Braithwaite
*The Whinlatter Pass
*The Western Lake District: Lorton, Loweswater, Lamplugh, Ennerdale Bridge, Cold Fell, Calder Bridge, Gosforth
*Eskdale
*The fearsome Hardknott and Wrynose Passes
*Little Langdale

ee also

*Cyclosportive
*Challenge riding

External links

* [http://www.fredwhittonchallenge.org.uk/index.html The Fred Whitton Challenge] Official Website
* [http://www.macmillan.org.uk/ MacMillan Cancer Support]
* [http://www.daveraynerfund.com/ Dave Rayner Fund]