While our first day of the tour had been a warm-up, Ravens Route Day 2, beginning from Cleator and taking us to Keswick, presented us with the first day of challenging terrain. That’s an exit only Sarah! The day began quietly enough. The weather was overcast. Soon, we rejoined NCN Route 71 and picked up the old railway line on the outskirts of Cleator. Sarah and I had cycled this a few years back on the Sea-to-Sea (C2C). The path…
Saturday was Ravens Route Day 1, and the start of our Ravens Route Tour (Ravenglass to Ravenscar). Most of us travelled up in a van, although Ian had to go by train as the van couldn’t carry quite enough people. We did carry his bike and bags for him though. We all met up at Ravenglass by the steam railway station. We had a really nice lunch at the Turntable Cafe, then it was time to unload the bikes and…
This Ravens Route Itinerary outlines the plans for our annual group cycling summer tour for 2018. As usual, we will be touring with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club – all of whom have been regulars on previous tours. The team this year will be – Andy P, Sarah, Andy S, Andy S, Neil, Des and Ian. This year we are completing an English coast-to-coast route from Ravenglass to Ravenscar. It is a route we have put together ourselves…
