Friday was our TPT Day 5 – Howden to Hornsea then Hull. It was also Andy’s birthday (he said he was 24 but I think he may have ‘lost’ quite a lot of years)! We left Howden and followed some lovely quiet roads. The only ‘problem’ was that they were very exposed, which meant we had quite a strong head wind. We crossed over a lock called Weighton Lock. About 16 miles into the ride we stopped off for a…
TPT Day 4 from High Melton to Howden promised to be a less strenuous than yesterday’s exertions over the Pennines. Having been woken early by a fire alarm and still feeling the fatigue in the legs from yesterday the ride mercifully began by dropping down through High Melton and back to Denby Ings Nature Reserve. Soon we picked up the River Don and followed this to Sprotbrough. We turned away from the river and cycled towards Bentley and then on…
Below is our Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) Itinerary. We will be undertaking this coast-to-coast trail, which runs between Southport and Hornsea and is 215 miles long, in Autumn 2015. The Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) is National Cycle Network Route 62 and runs right through the centre of our hometown Stockport. It is described as “an exciting route for walkers, cyclists and horse riders linking the North and Irish seas, passing through the Pennines, alongside rivers and canals and through some of…
