Monthly Archive: August 2010

Aug 24 2010

Coast to Coast 2010 – The Video

Here’s the video of our trip along the Coast to Coast route from Whitehaven to South Shields.

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Aug 22 2010

Hexham to South Shields

Just riding along singing a song

The final day and the weather is great again. Hot and sunny, perfect for the lads journey from Hexham and along the banks of the Tyne through Newcastle to North Shields. From there it’s a short hop over on the ferry to South Shields and the finish line. It’s a very short journey for me …

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Aug 21 2010

Carlisle to Hexham

At Brampton

Well this is a first. Good weather! Sunny and hot but with a stiff following breeze. Perfect for the riders. We all set off from Carlisle for the first leg to Brampton. A fairly easy run for the lads before the climbs ahead. No major mishaps on the way but I’m a bit puzzled as …

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Aug 20 2010

Whitehaven to Carlisle

C2C at the start

The journey over to Whitehaven in the vans was predictably through heavy rain and mist. This was not to be a pleasant sunny ride for the lads on Day One. We all set off from Whitehaven at 9.00am for the first rendezvous at Cockermouth with an expectation that, with the wind behind them, this stage …

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Aug 18 2010

Coast to Coast 2010

Souter Lighthouse South Shields

On Friday the 20th August we begin this year’s Coast to Coast sponsored cycle ride. There may be as many as 25 riders in total, a big increase on last year. This time we are doing a different route but are starting out in Whitehaven as usual. From Whitehaven we will be following the ‘The …

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Aug 09 2010

Camino The Video

Hi, Finally got around to compiling a video of our Camino adventures. These are clips taken with my Flip vidcam so inevitably cover more of the leisure activities. ‘Are we human… or are we…’ Dave B

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