Got in my first tour of the year over the weekend, taking advantage of the four day break. Train from York to Newcastle then westish along the Reivers route to make the most of the strong tail wind then dropped back down to Brampton and did a short section along the Hadrians Wall route. I can highly recommend the Reivers route. I swear we didn't see more than half a dozen cars in 2 days. Lovely quiet roads, beautiful scenery, blue skies and a tailwind . The planning was all very last minute. We just pulled out our Sustrans maps and cobbled it together as we went along and it worked out great. Luckily all three of us have folding bikes so we didn't have to worry about getting onto trains. It was my Airnimal's first tour and I loved it. It even coped with a small section of red route when we got a bit lost .
Did anyone else get out on tour? We saw a few tourers when we got down to Hadrians Wall but none on the Reivers Route. Maybe everyone was battling into the wind on the C2C.
Full Crazyguy write up and pics to follow.
Did anyone else get out on tour? We saw a few tourers when we got down to Hadrians Wall but none on the Reivers Route. Maybe everyone was battling into the wind on the C2C.
Full Crazyguy write up and pics to follow.