Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
Hi Little Rach, welcome to the website and happy cycling!
Thanks this is really helpful. I've been studying the map and thought it looked easier on the northbank but wondered what happens when you get to the A1 - are there any bits where you are in amongst the traffic?
That's the way to go for you. I live in winlaton so cycle regularly round there and this is the most traffic free route from Ryton. From yours drop down to wylam and join the hadrians route there to newburn. There's also a cycle lane running most of the length of scotswood road which I use on a morning.There is a great cycle path as @Hip Priest says - that will take you straight to where you want to go. I do this route quite often and I would head to Newburn bridge and follow the signs (clearly marked) - use the path through the Newburn industrial estate - takes you past Warburtons and then onto Scotswood road - cross to the north side at the cycle crossing at the roundabout where B&Q is.
This then takes you onto the cycle path for a mile and drops down to a cycle path that runs the length of Scotswood road - I would then take George St and onto Blandford St and then Blandford Square and you're there.
The cycle path avoids the A1 completely and avoids any roads till George St - only crossing a couple at cycle crossings.
That's a good idea anyway in case of any incidents - good to know easy to cross as that was the one thing that concerned me really. Thanks.No, you come out of the Newburn riverside park and follow the path along the river, then cross at the lights by the Denton roundabout. Traffic free.
I kind of wish I had a helmet cam, because I do that route myself sometimes so I could just send you a vid!
ThanksThere is a great cycle path as @Hip Priest says - that will take you straight to where you want to go. I do this route quite often and I would head to Newburn bridge and follow the signs (clearly marked) - use the path through the Newburn industrial estate - takes you past Warburtons and then onto Scotswood road - cross to the north side at the cycle crossing at the roundabout where B&Q is.
This then takes you onto the cycle path for a mile and drops down to a cycle path that runs the length of Scotswood road - I would then take George St and onto Blandford St and then Blandford Square and you're there.
The cycle path avoids the A1 completely and avoids any roads till George St - only crossing a couple at cycle crossings.
Sittin' in a sleazy snack-bar
Suckin', sickly sausage rolls
Slippin' down slowly, slippin' down sideways
Think I'll sign off the dole
‘Cause the fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine
Could a copper catch a crooked coffin maker
Could a copper comprehend
That a crooked coffin maker is just an undertaker
Who undertakes to be a friend?
And the fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine
Tell it to tomorrow, today will take it's time
To tell you what tonight will bring
Presently we'll have a pint or two together
Everybody do their thing
We can swing together, we can have a wee wee
We can have a wet on the wall
If someone slips a whisper that its simple sister
Slapped them down and slavered on their smalls
'Cause the fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine
Fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine, all mine
The fog on the Tyne is all mine
OT and for the youthful ones...... way back in the 1970s there was a band called Lindisfarne
They had a song dedicated to Newcastle and the Tyne, but with lyrics that could not be sung after a few pints, as they were sheer tongue twisters!
Collected my happy machine this afternoon and rode it back from Start Cycles in Newcastle to home in Ryton - think I might have ridden some road stretches where could have taken path but it was fine. Only steep bit was up into the village itself once crossed the railtrack at the bottom of the hill. All fun