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Ravens Route Day 2 – Cleator to Keswick

Ravens Route Day 2 – Cleator to Keswick

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…

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Ravens Route Day 1 – Ravenglass to Cleator

Ravens Route Day 1 – Ravenglass to Cleator

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…

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