CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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204 km from Suzhou to Suzhou, about 2 h 53 of riding. On the way it passes Wuxi City Section of Jiangnan Canal, Changzhou City Section of Jiangnan Canal and back through Wuxi City Section of Jiangnan Canal. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Suzhou has been famous for gardens for about a thousand years, and the Master-of-Nets Garden is often called the best of them, though it is among the smallest. It was first laid out in the twelfth century by a retired official and rebuilt in the eighteenth, and the name means fisherman, a modest title for a retiree who wanted to live like one. Everything is arranged to make a small plot of land feel limitless. A pond sits at the centre, with halls, pavilions and covered walkways around it, rocks piled like mountains, a zigzag bridge, and views that are framed by windows cut into walls in the shape of fans, moons and vases. One of its courtyards was copied in New York's Metropolitan Museum as the Astor Court.
Read the complete The Master-of-Nets Garden write-up.
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The Master-of-Nets Garden is where the day begins. Next is Wuxi City Section of Jiangnan Canal.
The Grand Canal is the longest artificial waterway in the world, stretching from Beijing to Hangzhou, and some of its sections have been in use for more than two thousand years. In the Jiangnan region, south of the Yangtze, it flows through a landscape of rice paddies, lakes and old towns, and in Wuxi it runs right through the city. The canal was listed by UNESCO in 2014, and the Wuxi section includes historic streets, bridges and warehouses along its banks.
Read the complete Wuxi City Section of Jiangnan Canal write-up.
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Wuxi City Section of Jiangnan Canal comes up about 54 km into the recorded legs. Next is Changzhou City Section of Jiangnan Canal.
Changzhou does not appear on many bucket lists, which is a pity, because it holds a living stretch of the Grand Canal, the longest man-made waterway in the world. The canal here is the Jiangnan section, the southern part that links the Yangtze with Hangzhou, and it runs right through the city, past old lanes, stone bridges and modern towers. UNESCO added the Grand Canal to its list in 2014, and Changzhou's urban section is one of the segments that make up the listing.
Read the complete Changzhou City Section of Jiangnan Canal write-up.
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about 102 km into the recorded legs you reach Changzhou City Section of Jiangnan Canal. Next is back through Wuxi City Section of Jiangnan Canal.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Wuxi City Section of Jiangnan Canal write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Wuxi City Section of Jiangnan Canal, late in the day. Next is The Master-of-Nets Garden.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Master-of-Nets Garden write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at The Master-of-Nets Garden. That is the ride.
The Master-of-Nets Garden → Wuxi City Section of Jiangnan Canal is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Wuxi City Section of Jiangnan Canal → Changzhou City Section of Jiangnan Canal is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Changzhou City Section of Jiangnan Canal → back through Wuxi City Section of Jiangnan Canal is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Wuxi City Section of Jiangnan Canal → The Master-of-Nets Garden is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.