This Pennine Cycleway Itinerary outlines our annual summer group cycle tour with some of our Stockport Community Cycling Club friends. This year we will be cycling the Pennine Cycleway – all of it! Last year we enjoyed the beautiful and relatively serene Coast and Castles South route. We expect this cycle tour to be just as breathtaking, if not more so – and this time, perhaps, in every sense of the word! Our Pennine Cycleway Itinerary will be as follows: Day…
After breakfast (at YHA Berwick) we waved goodbye to Neil and Des – they were getting a morning train home. However we had most of the day to look around Berwick-Upon-Tweed. We set off for a walk around the town, setting off along the river. Past the bridges, we reached the white wall and the remains of Berwick-Upon-Tweed castle. We climbed up and made our way onto the city walls and got some great views. Along the wall we reached…
Coast and Castles South Day 8. Today was our final day of cycle touring as we completed the final section of the Coast and Castles South route back down to Berwick-Upon-Tweed. We began the day by leaving the Royal Mackintosh Hotel at Dunbar and picking up NCN Route 76. We would follow this route for most of the day. We stopped for a coffee at Pease Bay. Out of the bay we crossed a ford and straight up a steep hill. We dropped…
Coast and Castles South Day 6 – Our final day of our official Coast and Castles South tour (though some of us will have a couple more days after this when we return to Berwick via the Coast and Castles alternative route) brought yet more glorious sunshine. We climbed into the Moorfoot Hills. From the top of the hills there are some splendid views of Edinburgh. Lunch was taken by the roadside before we started entering the outlying urban areas of…
Coast and Castles South Day 4. After yesterdays cycle to Lindisfarne today, provided us with another glorious sunny day and our first entry into Scotland. Our destination, following a slight booking mix up, would be Yetholm. Interestingly, today’s ride would prove to be as much about bridges as the coast and the castles. Leaving Beal, NCN Route 1 follows a coastal path through Lindisfarne Nature Reserve. Unfortunately Neil managed to pick up an injury due to coming off worse after picking a fight…
