{"id":63891,"date":"2024-06-07T15:14:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=63891"},"modified":"2024-06-07T17:52:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:52:57","slug":"the-big-picture-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/2024\/06\/07\/the-big-picture-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/AS-DirtyReiver-20-04-2024_117_preview-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-64942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/AS-DirtyReiver-20-04-2024_117_preview-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/AS-DirtyReiver-20-04-2024_117_preview-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/AS-DirtyReiver-20-04-2024_117_preview-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/AS-DirtyReiver-20-04-2024_117_preview-1536x886.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/06\/AS-DirtyReiver-20-04-2024_117_preview-2048x1181.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<h4>The Dirty Reiver<\/h4>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"sans-serif article-full-subhead\">Kielder Forest, Northumberland <\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif has-ccp-primary-dark-color has-text-color\"><em><strong>20 April 2024 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">\u25cf <span style=\"\">The 2024 edition of one of the UK\u2019s largest gravel events took place this spring in Northumberland and attracted over 1,600 riders to the English\/ Scottish border region. There are three route distances to try \u2013 65, 130 and the full 200km \u2013 and the event offers the riders the chance to experience some of the UK\u2019s best gravel tracks. Here, Kielder Reservoir was tackled early in the day.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"no-tts wp-block-purple-slider\" data-autoplay=\"true\" data-speed=\"300\" data-effect=\"fade\"><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/794f0add-e2d7-4cf8-851b-1d220947d1b8.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"64418\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/794f0add-e2d7-4cf8-851b-1d220947d1b8\/\"\/><figcaption>Participants cross Kielder Dam around 15km into their ride before they hit the first big gravel section of the day through Kielder Forest <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/9a502144-6686-4f72-b622-9f96c64aaf01.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"64419\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/9a502144-6686-4f72-b622-9f96c64aaf01\/\"\/><figcaption>Riders gather at the start line eager to start the event and warm up from the freezing early morning temperatures <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/88d46efb-3c5d-4268-b862-3c23b004d8ef.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"64420\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/88d46efb-3c5d-4268-b862-3c23b004d8ef\/\"\/><figcaption>Conor McGoldrick of Richardsons Trek DAS enjoys the Northumbrian gravel trails in Kielder Forest<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/7eb483af-7b9a-4c3f-846d-62e057046b76.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"64421\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/7eb483af-7b9a-4c3f-846d-62e057046b76\/\"\/><figcaption>This rider tries to focus through the muddy spray caused by the soggiest of springtimes <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/d61cccd7-3125-4d04-a84a-b0de10987090.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"64422\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/d61cccd7-3125-4d04-a84a-b0de10987090\/\"\/><figcaption>The 200km route can prove to be a long and lonely day in the saddle <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/e1c1fe9f-71ac-4ecc-825a-d4119efb6f3c.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"64423\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/e1c1fe9f-71ac-4ecc-825a-d4119efb6f3c\/\"\/><figcaption>Even tubeless tyres were no match for some of Kielder Forest&#8217;s sharpest spikes, thorns and grit<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/9532ef6d-ebf9-4cb3-9d10-99b6e6be73ec.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"64425\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/9532ef6d-ebf9-4cb3-9d10-99b6e6be73ec\/\"\/><figcaption>Amelia Mitchell rides with Maddy Nutt of the Ribble Collective, right, who set the quickest women&rsquo;s time over the 200km distance in 7:38:02 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/d6e23358-ff54-43a3-97db-8efb72a78144.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"64424\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/d6e23358-ff54-43a3-97db-8efb72a78144\/\"\/><figcaption>Sam Stephenson (Hope Factory RT) leads a group of top riders through Kielder forest on the longest 200km route <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/efcdc03b-9e3d-443c-adc2-30dafce9386b.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"64426\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/efcdc03b-9e3d-443c-adc2-30dafce9386b\/\"\/><figcaption>The first riders start the 2024 Dirty Reiver in the shadow of the 18th Century Kielder Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"no-tts blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/ea9318a1-e973-45c8-b27f-841a8e6012b3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"64427\" data-link=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/ea9318a1-e973-45c8-b27f-841a8e6012b3\/\"\/><figcaption>A group of club riders at the start line of The Dirty Reiver. The event, which regularly sells out, returns in April 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\"><strong>Images &amp; words<\/strong> Andy Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kielder Forest, Northumberland 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