Crow Lane

 
Always my favourite cycle route between Calow and Chesterfield, Crow Lane has just been closed to motorised traffic. This now means one of my favourite rides, the 18km circuit taking in the disused railway and canal towpath, only has about 3.5km exposed to traffic fumes. It's not obvious from this but that's quite a hill I've just come up 15.5km into the ride.

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