mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
Does anyone fancy a night ride over the pennines and arriving along the river Tyne for breakfast?
Here's the plan.
Meet up at Carlisle Station at 11pm, then ride to Brampton and sort of follow the Hadrians Cycle Way (I've avoided dropping into Haltwistle and climbing the really steep bits round Vindolanda by using the Military road in the attached route). The ride finishes using the Tyne riverside path whichdrops you on the north bank of the river riding under all the bridges in Newcastle. [Route]
The ride is about 102km with 1050m climbing. Most of the climbing in the first part of the ride, and the end of the ride follows the river so is pretty much flat/downhill.
There isn't much that will be open going over the Pennines, but we will stop at a 24hr Tesco on the way out of Carlisle (about 3km) for any final adjustments, then there is a 24hr Tesco in Hexham (75km) where we can call in on the way. After that we will probably stop at a small cafe in Newburn, and then and head for The Quayside on the river front in Newcastle to get breakfast. It opens at 8am and is not far from Newcastle Station.
Carlisle is on the WCML, and Newcastle on the ECML, with a railway line following the same valley as we'd be riding so getting there/back should be possible from most places
I ran this ride as a YACF night ride last year and that inaugural ride was great fun I hope we can book the same tail winds this time
If you're interested, there's a thread on last year's ride here
Here's the plan.
Meet up at Carlisle Station at 11pm, then ride to Brampton and sort of follow the Hadrians Cycle Way (I've avoided dropping into Haltwistle and climbing the really steep bits round Vindolanda by using the Military road in the attached route). The ride finishes using the Tyne riverside path whichdrops you on the north bank of the river riding under all the bridges in Newcastle. [Route]
The ride is about 102km with 1050m climbing. Most of the climbing in the first part of the ride, and the end of the ride follows the river so is pretty much flat/downhill.
There isn't much that will be open going over the Pennines, but we will stop at a 24hr Tesco on the way out of Carlisle (about 3km) for any final adjustments, then there is a 24hr Tesco in Hexham (75km) where we can call in on the way. After that we will probably stop at a small cafe in Newburn, and then and head for The Quayside on the river front in Newcastle to get breakfast. It opens at 8am and is not far from Newcastle Station.
Carlisle is on the WCML, and Newcastle on the ECML, with a railway line following the same valley as we'd be riding so getting there/back should be possible from most places
I ran this ride as a YACF night ride last year and that inaugural ride was great fun
I hope we can book the same tail winds this time If you're interested, there's a thread on last year's ride here
... we followed the NCN Hadrian's Wall route earlier this year over 2 days, stopping off at all the sights, very enjoyable it was, too. Have just checked train tickets from/to Edinburgh - and COULD do this for £17 
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