A luxury cycling weekend for you and your favourite people — with a secret at its heart. Follow a smuggler's trail across the Deben estuary: clues to crack, prizes to unlock, two beautiful hotels, and the finest of Suffolk, earned from the saddle.
Two days on quiet Suffolk lanes. A trail of clues, prizes waiting to be unlocked, and somewhere extraordinary to arrive each evening.
Two days across the quiet lanes of Suffolk. Orford, Framlingham, the Deben waterfront. Challenging enough to feel earned. Beautiful enough to make you stop.
A trail left by Thomas Aldred — Suffolk smuggler, disappeared 1847. Each checkpoint unlocks a piece of his map. Each clue is earned, not given.
Sunday morning. A private boat on the Deben. The map revealed, complete. Personalised letters, prizes, and the estuary at its finest — the reward for two days well ridden.
Saturday: around 52 kilometres along quiet Suffolk lanes, through the market town of Framlingham and down to the tidal waters of the Deben. Sunday: a gentle morning loop to Waldringfield, where a private boat carries you down to Ramsholt and back up to finish in Woodbridge.
Every road is ridden before you ride it. Every checkpoint is confirmed. No A-roads, no guesswork.
On the quay at Orford, overlooking the estuary. The best hotel on the Suffolk coast.
A Tudor manor house on the edge of Woodbridge. Spa, grounds, and the warmth of somewhere that has been a sanctuary for centuries.
"I wanted to build something that made a group feel genuinely accomplished — not just looked after, but as if they'd done something together that meant something. Most cycling holidays move you through a landscape. This one asks you to solve it."
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The next chapter is taking shape. England's most iconic landscape, a new trail to follow — and an entirely different kind of weekend.
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Two of Suffolk's finest hotels · every route ridden before you ride it · everything handled
