I love you statement about the need to explore. That's the biggest reason I ride is to explore. I'm old(ish) and slow, only go about 20-24Kph. Ill be working that up to 25-28kph over this season. Not that I'm looking to be any faster, but so I can explore a little more in the same time frame.

Bloomin heck, Katie! Well done! You are turning into an absolute distance cycling machine!

Amazing! Massive amount of climbing! I just did a 400 Audax and I also pushed through my fears of riding alone at night. In fact it was magical to see the light fade and then to ride through sleeping villages, just me and the beam of my light.

Love your honesty getting off and walking . Takes some real character that ride and you inspire Katie. Thanks for sharing .

Welcome to my world Katie. Glad you enjoyed the Burway and Horseshoe Pass (Ponderosa Cafe at the summit) as I type this. Looking forward to the Stiperstones, Asterton and Lawley in the remaining 10 minutes of what was a great day riding where I live and spent weekends hacking over when I bought my Specialized Rockhopper almost 40 years ago. Moel Hebog @04:25? Lovely views through southern Snowdonia as you rode back to Frenchay via Machynlleth and beyond.

I went on my longest ride this year the other day. Only 100k but was struggling towards the end. All I could think of was you on a mega ride with a smile on your face. I slowed down a bit, and just tried to enjoy it. You are definitely an inspiration to me and probably many others. Fantastic effort!

Awesome simply Awesome. You are so inspirational I've finally got back into road cycling in my late fifties and I'm planning on doing the Fred next year. Slowly working up my fitness and had one decent ride since getting my new bike 56k planning to do the same route but going the other way round this Sunday. Riding every day to work just to get the miles in. 10k each way and getting faster up the hills. Thanks again for the inspiration and great content in your videos👍👍

Seriously? I can manage 50 miles on a good day. Then again I am 63. Wobbling along to do more this year. Keep up the inspirational videos.

Even though I ride the roads around North Wales on a regular basis, that view as you descend from Moel Famau still sends a tingle down my spine and as for the Horseshoe Pass, stick to the main road :)..Epic ride Katie, Chapeau!!..

Thank you KK! I have the biggest ride challenge coming up for June-Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily for 23 days. I'm scared, but I will hold you in my mind and I will be piggy-backing you as inspiration.

Well done Katie. I would like to share with you all. 2 years ago at age 55 I sent off to ride Dungeness kent the UK mainland in bit's, I completed Scotland 2 summer ago and Wales last summer the last bit was Bristol to Dungeness Via lands ends it took 8 days 710 miles and total gradient 51,000. Like you I have seen some lovely views and several boat journey across rivers and people I have meet have been so kind.

Well done Katie. Stand proud in the knowledge you are 1 of 7 that have completed this route! See you on another. #alwayschallengeyourlimits

You have metaphorical Balls of Steel. Massive Kudos to you.

Really good to meet you and ride with you a bit on day 1 Katie (I was the Mid Essex rider on the blue Condor with the bivvy kit). Love the video, it really captures the beauty and the toughness of the ride, and it's great to be reminded of some of the views where i was most likely staring at my stem! Pleased to see you got round OK, I think under half finished for various reasons, so definitely something to be proud of. I got back a bit after you, happy to not see another hill for a week or so 😁

Thanks for all of your posts, Katie. I had saved this in my WATCH LATER KZfaq file and just got to it…like my planned biking trips I’ve delayed for years.

Wow Katie that woz a watch & a half!! Thanks for filming as much as You did..( Allowing for those 20%+ climbs scattered all over the show in Wales!!) Oh it looked as amazing as I know Wales is..especially when the weather is on board! That really woz an Epic Route & I take My Hat off to U as ever..for Your inner strength to always carry on & complete wot U set Out to ride!! Laying here recovering from COVID.. I found the stunning scenery a big motivator to get My Arse in gear.. Once I get my 2 Negative Tests.. Hearing those Sheep & Lambsie woz so cool too! As ever.. Keep them there rides & Vids a coming.. They're a bloody joy!

Amazing Katie! Inspirational as ever. 600k and 10,000 m of climbing is just mind boggling!

I saw your Strava ride earlier today when I finished up my ride. My jaw dropped on how far you went. Well done!!! Then I got home and this video was up on my feed. Very proud of your efforts. You are a true inspiration to all of us. Keep up the great work.

Thank you for capturing the essence of a cycling adventure both inside and out.

Well done & thanks for taking us along. Very inspirational video for us ladies!

That’s bloody mental! You’re a pure beast! That’s a compliment where I come from. Unreal! Crazy elevation. You’re my bloody ultra hero! Congratulations. I’m amazed. Unbelievable!

You are my Shero Katie. Epic, courageous, massive ride.Well done ,you are a boss!

Many thanks, Katie for this devilishly elegant video ; overcoming all those hills and lanes to show us the kind of epic scenery which inspired landscape painters like Turner ; a thoroughly enjoyable trip !

I saw your ride on Strava and I thought “omg, that’s epic - can’t wait to see the story on the KZfaq channel” - didn’t disappoint!

Your courage to face your fears, to push yourself mentally and physically is a testament to your character. Thank you for this video, I saw your ride on Strava and I was in awe, after just completing the Fred whitton and only pushing on hard knot, I remember the feeling of being exhausted and I can not imagine even attempting a ride like yours, however there was a time I could imagine a challenge like the Fred. It’s so easy not to celebrate your achievements so well done Katie and well done me. Thank you for sharing. 🙌🙏❤️

I’ll be crossing the bridge early on Sunday on my first century for a couple of years. The distances you’re going are incredible. You did a cracking job of showcasing Wales and actually had good weather!

Can’t even comprehend that distance! Moel Famau and Old Horseshoe pass are regular haunts of mine, usually on 60k rides though, not 600 😂

That looked amazing and that climbing is ridiculous 😂 I can remember in the early days of your channel where this certainly wouldn't have been doable. Inspirational stuff Katie. You've come a long way.

Loved this. What a ride 😳. You're amazing. I went from Manchester to Bristol and back yesterday - but by train!

Amazing ride and a wonderful video Katie - well done. I did my first over 100km ride at the weekend, slowly building myself up to longer rides! Loving the process of it all.

Katie K, you are an inspiration and an extraordinary woman. So glad you share what you do and that you got to see the bluebells up the Malverns! X

Ug you are so lucky to have those stunning views and lanes to ride! I'm jealous!

Thanks Katie. I've watched your for a few years now and seeing your journey from the first rides in Australia to now. Inspiring👍🇦🇺🎉 makes me feel like I can improve and grow as a rider. Safe travels and easy climbs!

Your mental strength to do these events is amazing, I would be destroyed before I started, keep up the great videos very motivating

You're on a journey in life Katie............. truly inspirational. Thank you for sharing 👍🏽

Good stuff Katie K! Is it me or I see more people exploring the area they live. Makes me laugh that I'm not the only one pushing his bike up steep hills! Great way to save legs and wear out cleats, hence I changed from road shoes to MTB shoes for that reason. Stay safe young lady and looking forward to your next crazy ride.

Glad you enjoyed our part of the world. Well done with the hills and the road surfaces.

Absolutely love your channel, your story, the way you talk to camera / us and teach along the way, fantastic content, thanks for taking us with you 👍👍👍👍👍

Bravo Katie! je regarde tes vidéos et c'est très inspirant pour moi, félicitations pour cette sortie et pour tous tes projets

Love your excitement as you rode past the woolies and your general love for the countryside! That was incredibly beautiful scenery, and I'm a bit spoiled living in Colorado. If you like to climb and love big, open panoramas, you should ride in the Rocky Mountains sometime. Distance and elevation aside, (which I cannot even get my head around) it's heartwarming to see the joy on your face when you ride. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

Wow, now that's riding! Congrats of getting it done! Thanks for keeping me inspired! I'm pushing through and hoping to do 50km this year. I always go back to your story in the beginning. What a journey it's been!

And on another note, seriously mate, you are a bloody machine! Fair play to you, I can only dream of your endurance.

Now that's what you call cycling content. Highs and lows, brutal determination. Awesome effort KK, well done!

Thanks for this Katie. I’ve got my first Audax coming up 200km on the ‘Kings & Queens of Mercia’ bit nervous as it’s been a long time since I’ve done anything approaching that length but your videos help with the anxiety.

That's insane. Don't know how you do it. I did 120 miles the other day and my feet were absolutely killing me. The thought of doing any more was horrific with that pain. You're an inspiration!

Thanks for sharing Katie... I remember my first big ride... complete accident.... I decided to do a 10K bike challenge..(charity race started at 11 AM... but it really wasn't a race at all) ... well at one point I was coming up to a hill.... and as I climbed the hill I came to a cross road... (10 K was straight ahead) I didn't see anyone straight ahead of me, but to my left I could see several cyclists.... so that must be the way... so I turned left (onto the 50K charity race which started at 7AM) well not until I ended up almost on the other side of the city did I realise... this is not 10K!! I pulled over and asked a volunteer... they told me (it was the 50K circuit). They told me that the turn around point was only two more km ahead. I shook my head and said, "No thanks". I turned around and didn't even go to the finish line... I went straight home. (20 km from where I currently was.) Not Fun!! Memorable yes... but not fun!! LOL

Wow Katie. Awesome ride. More power to you. Well done indeed! 👍🏻👍🏻

You're an inspiration Katie! I've been waiting to see this video since you posted your ride on Strava. Amazing to think that you had your accident only 6 months ago or so. Even if we can't do the same distances or climbs you're so good at inspiring us to make greater efforts. And what fantastic views. What a great video. 🙂

Great videos. Lovely music, good editing and really nice to see your routes and hear about real honest riding. Thank you.

Wow what a great achievement well done Katie chapeau 🚴👍👍🚴‍♀️

Well done, KK! 😀 I think one of my legs cramped just looking at that elevation. Thanks for the video!

Big loop!!! The rides where we bite off more than we can chew yet we keep chewing...those are the rides we remember the most!

Kudos to you Double K for your transparency. Plus, another one for pushing through those personal boundaries 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼 Here's to many opportunities to explore your horizons. ✌🏼

That's the last time I take a glipse of my side to side comparison with you on Strava... This ride looks so awesome! Honestly never knew about these

You never cease to amaze and inspire me Katie! Well done! 👏🏽💪🏽👊🏽

Amazing! I was exhausted yesterday just looking at the Strava upload. Well done Ducky … that were proper epic! PS: Wales is magic … great memories for me of my walking adventure in Snowdonia back in ‘79. Ta very much for capturing them magnificent views!!

awesome ride and a few of my favourite places especially the bridge. Great content thanks for sharing it makes me feel like jumping on the bike 😀

Awesome effort Katie, what I love about your videos is that they feel authentic. You aren’t afraid to show the crap bits as well as all the great bits. The scenery looked amazing, and is something that I am really looking forward to when I cycle from the west coast of Scotland to the Isle of Wight in the summer. (Although knowing my luck it will rain for the entire week).

Epic views and what an amazing ride! Well done!

You are an absolute MACHINE KK! Superb effort, total inspiration x

Awesome as always. Yet another inspirational ride, and video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Never ridden a bike in Wales, but ridden across the middle of it on a horse 🤣 I know the North end of this incredible route too, used to do my swift water rescue training around Llangollen. Beautiful area, but the rivers are bloody cold 🤣

Top effort Katie, Will Pomeroys rides are never easy. Great video as well 👍

What an incredible ride! So inspirational and beautiful.

The weather looks amazing you lucked out there :) imagine doing that in the rain.

OMFG Katie - Respect! What a Fantastic and Inspirational ride. Those roads around North Wales are my favourite training roads and to have done a loop from near Bristol and back is awesome. I'd love to do that and your words regarding opportunities to push boundarys and for others to aspire to do so sums it up beautifully. Great video, Great ride, well done you! I'm inspired! 🤩

Thanks Katie! I’m new to your channel and absolutely loving your videos. Did my first 100miles a few days ago and that was hard enough! Well done and keep it up!!

600k is utterly nuts! What an achievement. Massive kudos….

These long ride videos are so enjoyable.

Well done Katie, always an inspiration. I did the Burway a few years back, the steep climb out from the village was a surprise but _driving_ up it was quite effortless 🚗😂

I saw that on Strava and shook my head. Well done though. Not sure I have the motivation to stay on a saddle for more than 200km myself, so hats off to you!

This is such an epic ride and video, thanks for bringing us along with you. Incredible effort! 👍

So glad you found the Welsh accommodating 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I’m so very lucky to live in a country with such beautiful scenery. Kudos on another amazing ride or should I say llongyfarchiadau (congratulations in Welsh) on your biggest ride!

Wow Katie this blows my mind, you are amazing I’m lost for words. I have also watched your vlogs from the beginning what you have achieved is incredible and you have it all to look back on. People like you are the true life inspirers - thanks so much xx

You are an absolute inspiration wow . Even when you are having a moment you are digging in and being awesome

That took some big motivation well done, not many finished like you did 👍

600 km and no puncture or other mechanical! That’s fantastic testimony of 1) how your bike was prepared/Maintained 2) the quality of the material you used!

Blubber! I saw the ride on Strava. Absolutely awesome. Fantastic stuff; well done. X

I’ve learnt from your videos that if we don’t get one for a few days your on a big ride. Katie I will repeat myself your a MACHINE 👊 well done 👍

Amazin work, loved cycling over that bridge doing my mini Bristol/Wales bimbles (Just watch out for the park run on the Sat!).

Great vid and inspiring others to push the boundaries.Went up ADZ yesterday- wasn’t the same on a Tuesday without you ! Let you off though

Amazing ride. Chapeau. At 5:20 on the video is my brother in law Tom. 👏🚴🏻‍♀️

Well done 👏 massive kudos amazing young lady x

Katie, I was in the same part of Wales as you [ Snowdonia ] walking ..the cycling is really hard in that area , climb after climb after climb , with bends and little chance to carry the speed onto the next climb, really really beautiful views [ think you might have a bit of a thing with how much you like sheep ] thats a really strong ride ..👍👍👍 You rode that sooo well. Take good care of yourself , eat cake , look carefully at the views , smile , numbers are just numbers ..

I think sometimes in cycling, at least for me, there can be like too many numbers in one's head... Maybe it's not the right thing for you, but I myself got rid of all watches and bike computers etc. I feel better just cycling and going with it. No heart rate or power, speed or anything. I just feel my body and try to enjoy the moment. As long as I know where I'm going and how to get back I'm good :) Maybe that won't work for you and what you do but I don't know. Thanks for uploading and all the best

Well done Katie, absolutely unbelievable miles. I remember you struggling on a large audax a while back, yet this one you absolutely smashed it and made it look easy!! 👏👏👌🙌

I loved this video! I was on the ride (but late) but bailed st about the 300 mark. I still don’t know why? Head fell to pieces I think. Still not happy about it. I need to do this again and finish it. I bailed at the best bit by the looks of it. Anyway brilliant video and chapeau for getting it done 😊

Fantastic effort Katie. I've a ride planned with a friend from the outskirts of South London to Brighton a distance of only about 40 miles or 65 Kilometres though quite undulating in places. Didn't impress my former work colleague from Leeds who has me down as a Southern Softie.

Wow Katie, What an incredible ride. Those hills must be so steep even if you have to walk up them, especially in cleated cycling shoes. Best regards.

Whoa! Amazing! I live in North Wales and the section you mentioned with the sunset is beautiful and so peaceful. Am I right to think it was after Ysbyty Ifan coming into Blaenau Ffestiniog? I enjoy watching your videos. I've not been able to ride since August due to shoulder issues! Watching your videos I cant wait to recover fully so I can get back on the bike. Hope you've rested.

Spectacular effort. Congratulations!

That’s one hell of a ride. Amazing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 love your videos. Always inspiring. 🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️🚴🏻‍♂️

Well done Katie - nothing short of inspirational.

So very cool!! Beautiful place to ride!!! Great riding you did on this ride!!

What a lovely video. Well done on starting the ride, let alone finishing. Jealous that I can't do these long rides any more. Terry

Awesome job and those were such amazing views!

Wales... Yeah done that. Huge respect for this ride. I think I'm inspired to get back into Audaxes when I get back to the UK. My kind of riding.

That's an epic epic cycle. Well done . You should be v proud. Just curious, were you wrecked tired for days after ? That was a serious spin 💪

Amazing Katie..your a beast( in a good way🤣) ..to keep going ,mentally as well as physically you must be extremely strong…WELL DONE 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Katie I’ve just started following you and as far as inspiration is concerned your way up there for me I’m looking to start doing audax rides myself this year and finding your films has been truly helpful Keep it up and maybe I’ll see you one day 👍

You are something else Ms. KK!! As an Aussie, I'm always astounded by the miles and miles of stone walls. If your ever feeling sorry for yourself, think of the poor bastards that built those walls. Whose best day would be so much worse that whatever struggle you have going on! That said, I'm sure the ghosts of wall builders past would be silently applauding your incredible efforts!!