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St Cuthbert’s Way Coast-to-Coast Itinerary

21 April 2021 Andy

This St Cuthbert’s Way Coast-to-Coast Itinerary outlines a 200-mile coast-to-coast tour which Andy and I will be cycling in summer 2021. It is inspired by the St Cuthbert’s Way walk. It also takes inspiration from the Scottish Borders Coast-to-Coast which Sarah and I cycled a few years ago. St Cuthbert’s Way is a 62-mile long-distance walking route. It is one of the most beautiful, varied and enjoyable routes in Britain, and one of Scotland’s Great Trails. We have, therefore, created this…

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Scottish Borders Day 2 – Canonbie to Hawick

8 October 2018 Andy

For our Scottish Borders Day 2, we would be cycling from Canonbie and heading to Hawick, where we would be staying with friends. Due to a downpour, it was after 10 am when we left the Cross Keys Hotel, having thoroughly enjoyed our time there. This would be the hilliest day of our tour, and it began with a climb out of Canonbie to Rowanburn. Throughout this tour, we would see masses of grouse. From Rowanburn, we would make our…

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Reivers Route Day 4 – Newcastleton to Carlisle

10 June 2016 Sarah

Reivers Route Day 4 saw us leaving Newcastleton on another warm sunny day. It was not a great start to me as I had woken up feeling rough- I had gone to bed the night before feeling rough, it seemed to stem from something I had eaten the night before. The day started by retracing our way back up the hill out of Newcastleton. We reached NCN route 10 where we had left it yesterday and then had two 15%…

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Reivers Route Day 3 – Tarset to Newcastleton

9 June 2016 Andy

Reivers Route Day 3 always promised to be a different experience than the opening days of the tour with large sections being off-road, and so it proved to be. Having enjoyed our overnight stay at Snabdough Farm we set off on a misty morning following NCN 10 in the direction of Lanehead. We were soon climbing. We skirted the edge of Donkleywood. Soon we were entering the outskirts of Kielder Water and Forest Park. Here the surface became far more uneven….

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Reivers Route Itinerary

30 April 2016 Andy

This Reivers Route Itinerary outlines an early summer English Coast-to-Coast cycling tour Sarah and I, plan to undertake along with our good friend Andy S. The Reivers Route is a 173-mile coast-to-coast cycle route starting at Tynemouth and finishing Whitehaven via Northumberland and Kielder Forest. It is described by Sustrans as an ‘exciting way to discover the best of northern England’s scenery in the historic border territory of England and Scotland which, especially during its peak in the fifteenth and sixteenth…

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