Reivers Cycle Route Archives

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…

Cycle it to Southwaite from Carlisle

13 May 2015 Andy

The name Southwaite is probably most likely associated by most people that motorway service station on the M6. It is in fact first and foremost a small village in the Eden Valley. And it was the destination of our cycle ride on our last day of stay in Carlisle. We had already enjoyed a walk around Silverdale on our way up to Carlisle for a short break away with our friend Andy S. The three of us then enjoyed a cycle…