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Anglo-Scottish Border Day 5 – Beal to Berwick-upon-Tweed

29 July 2023 Andy

We had finished Anglo-Scottish Border Day 4 at Beal. Anglo-Scottish Day 5 would be our final day of cycling. Our aim was to pop over to Holy Island before cycling up the Northumberland coast and finishing at Berwick-upon-Tweed. We left Lindisfarne Inn at Beal on a fine cloudy morning. We began by cycling down to the causeway which would take us over to Holy Island. The road to Lindisfarne is roughly five miles long and we were fortunate today that…

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Anglo-Scottish Border Day 4 – Kelso to Beal

27 July 2023 Andy

Having arrived in Kelso at the end of Anglo-Scottish Border Day 3, for Anglo-Scottish Border Day we would cycle over to Beal in Northumberland. Before we left Kelso, however, there was some washing we needed to do! So, we made our way through the streets of Kelso and up to the Revolution Laundry washing machines on the edge of town. While the laundry was churning away we dropped back into town for a cuppa while we waited. Unfortunately, it now…

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Anglo-Scottish Border Itinerary

14 February 2023 Andy

This Anglo-Scottish Border Itinerary outlines our main summer tour for 2023. It is, as usual, our annual group cycle tour with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club. This year the team will be Andy P, Sarah, Andy S, Andy S, Neil, Tracey and Dave. This will be our twelfth summer tour. Yet again it promises to be something special! Anglo-Scottish border region is often considered to be a hidden gem when it comes to cycle touring on…

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St Cuthbert’s Way Day 7 – Beal to Lindisfarne

6 August 2021 Sarah

St Cuthbert’s Way Walk Day 7 would see us walking from Beal to Lindisfarne – a distance of about 3.5 miles. Having staryed overnight at The Lindisfarne Inn, our final day would see us walking from Beal to Lindisfarne. The two Andy’s were doing another longer cycle ride and would rejoin us later (assuming they arrived before being cut off by the tide!). Having waved the Andy’s off, we drove back to the causeway where our walk from Wooler to…

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St Cuthbert’s Way Day 6 – Wooler to Beal

4 August 2021 Sarah

St Cuthbert’s Way Walk Day 6 would see us walking from Wooler to Beal – a distance of about 15 miles. After our celebrations the previous evening, we were walking from Wooler to Beal. The Andy’s were heading off on another longer cycle ride and Nicholl was going to join us for lunch. Neil and I set off along the road into the centre of Wooler before picking up St Cuthbert’s Way route again. Leaving Wooler, we soon had some…

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