The final line-up for The Wild West Country has been confirmed. A few last-minute dropouts mean that we have a total of 36 brave individuals officially signed up to take on the challenge:

Entries for the Wild West Country closed today! We’re capping the event at 40 riders for this year and we had our 40th sign up late last night. If you’d like to be added to the waitlist, in case of any dropouts, then please just let us know by email (hello@theperfidiousalbion.cc)

When The Perfidious Albion was originally created, it was aimed at being an alternative to much longer European events that were off the cards due to the pandemic. However, over the past few months, we’ve had increasing feedback from riders that such a long event raised an array of practical issues, particularly relating to work

Thanks to all of you who nominated someone or shared the nomination post on your Instagram. We had some great submissions, but the two that really stood out were the below:

2021 was a year of mixed fortunes for me personally. Many of you will know that I had my bike stolen during the Great British Divide, which was a fairly unpleasant experience. But I also experienced phenomenal generosity, not just during the unsuccessful search for my bike but also in the days afterwards.

On Saturday, the first edition of The Perfidious Albion came to a close. It’s taken me a few days to process the last week or so, such was the frenetic nature of the race. It’s fair to say that the route was tougher than any of the riders anticipated, especially with a scorching heatwave rolling

You can find the live blog from the 2021 edition of The Perfidious Albion on the Zolla website, here.