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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….

Reivers Route Day 2 – Seaton Burn to Tarset

7 June 2016 Sarah

We woke up to yet another sunny day for the Reivers Route Day 2 – Seaton Burn to Tarset. Having stayed at the Travelodge we had breakfast at the Little Chef, next door. After breakfast we made our way back to Seaton Burn and picked up the route where we had left it yesterday. The route took us down some lovely quiet lanes. Just after we had passed through Ponteland, the route took us through the edge of Ponteland Park….

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…