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Route from Church Stretton to Chelmarsh Reservoir

Day One

Bob took a 130-mile route over four days from the Long Mynd in Shropshire through to Rugby in Warwickshire. The first part of his route took him along the Jack Mytton Way - one of the country's longest bridleways. Bob cycled the sections between Church Stretton and Chelmarsh Reservoir near Bridgnorth.

A cycle route from Chelmarsh Reservoir to Brierley

Bob picked up the cycle path at Chelmarsh Reservoir. It took him alongside the Severn Valley Railway to the Severn Valley Country Park and then on through the Wyre Forest to Bewdley and beyond. At Stourport he joined the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal to Whittington and then Sustrans Route 52 to the Merry Hill Shopping Centre.

Bob Hockenhull on a Midlands cycle path

Day Three

Day three of his trip saw Bob tackling the big city via the canal network. The Birmingham Mine Line Canal brought him into the centre of the city from Dudley.

A cycle route from Dudley to Coughton Court

He then joined the Worcester and Birmingham Canal all the way down to the King's Norton tunnel. From there he joined  National Cycle route 55 down Icknield Street, a quiet country lane. In Redditch it joins with National Cycle Route 5, following the Arrow Valley Country Park out to Studley and Coughton Court.

The cycle route from Wilmcote to Rugby

Beyond Leamington it joins the Offchurch greenway along a disused railway. It also passes and circles Draycote Water and takes in another disused railway track towards the town's main train station.