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…
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…
We set off from the Pride Park Travelodge in Derby and followed the cycle path (both NCN 6 and 68) along the river into the city centre. The Vernon Gate is a grade II listed facade of the former 19th century County Gaol but now is a business park. From there we headed out of Derby and joined up with the beginning of the Pennine Cycleway, also known as National Cycle Network route 68 (NCN 68) which headed out into…
