{"id":4273,"date":"2026-04-18T17:14:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4273"},"modified":"2026-04-18T17:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:14:30","slug":"transpennine-trail-18-apr-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/transpennine-trail-18-apr-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Transpennine Trail – 18 Apr 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Twelve Tandem Trekkers began our first visit to the Trans-Pennine Trail of 2026. For several Trekkers this was their first experience of this pretty, totally traffic free route in what turned out to be very pleasant riding conditions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Muz the human dynamo and pilot Mark, first team to arrive at Dunford Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tandem pairs were able to enjoy the countryside sounds, sights and smells at their own pace as there is no need for us to stay in a group on this linear route from Penistone to Dunford Bridge and back.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the best traffic free cycling surface around!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say, a certain human dynamo and his willing pilot had already left Dunford Bridge and was heading for the extended route to Oxspring before the next team had even got to the half way point. Most chose a more leisurely pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Only one team braved the tunnel at Oxspring<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Despite a dubious weather forecast we stayed almost entirely dry and were able to sit outside in the sunshine at Julie’s Caf\u00e9. It is easy to see why this route remains one of Trekkers’ firm favourites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is TPT art, no Trekkers were harmed during today’s ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Write up by Stevie B<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twelve Tandem Trekkers began our first visit to the Trans-Pennine Trail of 2026. For several Trekkers this was their first experience of this pretty, totally traffic free route in what turned out to be very pleasant riding conditions Tandem pairs were able to enjoy the countryside sounds, sights and smells at their own pace as … Continue reading “Transpennine Trail – 18 Apr 26”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4274,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4273\/revisions\/4274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}