Coast Busters

At the end of June 2011 we head for the South of France for this year’s bike trek, Le Tour 2011.

We’ll be tackling two of the peaks made famous via the Tour de France, Mont Ventoux and the … Read more

The weekend before last a number of the Coastbusters joined up with members of Acklam Park Rugby Club to raise funds for The Beacon in Catterick Garrison, North Yorks.

The Beacon is a centre that will provide support for former … Read more

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

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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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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 … Read more

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…’

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Hurray! We all made it to the finish.

Well done Lads!!!!!

The final leg…

An early start sees us head back to Portamirin from the Hotel for the start of the final leg. What adventures will we have today?

I head for the meeting point at Melide on the roads that … Read more