Pennine Cycleway – Day 4 took us from Alston to Orton. We had stayed overnight at the Youth Hostel in Alston. They have red squirrels in the trees behind the hostel. The first climb of the day took us to the summit of Hartside. At the summit, there is a cafe which does excellent cake! The climb was followed by a good long downhill. We continued on to Dufton for lunch. Lunch was at the Post Box Pantry in…
Today on Pennine Cycleway – Day 3 we cycled from Bellingham to Alston. Bellingham Bunkhouse was a good place to stay. The ride started with a big climb – a theme for the day! As we reached Keilder Forest, we found some interesting scarecrows. Once past Keilder, we crossed over Hadrian’s Wall. We stopped at Haltwhistle for lunch. Our route to Alston mainly followed an old railway line. Tracey really wanted to look at Lambley Viaduct, so Ian went with her…
Having stayed at Wooler overnight, Pennine Cycleway – Day 2 would see us cycling to Bellingham. Before we set off though there had to be some adjustments had to be made to the gears on my bike. Once I was sorted though off we set. The first five miles were mainly off road. It was very scenic but it did mean we made slow progress. There were quite a number of fords but thankfully there was a small footbridge at the…
Pennine Cycleway – Day 1. Five of us travelled up to Berwick on Friday and the remaining two members of the team arrived this morning. Yesterday afternoon was rather wet at times! We stayed at Berwick Youth Hostel, which was very pleasant. This morning was spent wandering around Berwick whilst we waited for Tracey and Neil to arrive. We looked around the town, the ramparts and the lighthouse. We even got to see a grey seal out swimming as well as…
