This year’s cycling holiday was planned in a rush as we were preoccupied with Christine’s ailing father, followed by making funeral arrangements. We settled on a route involving taking the bikes to Carlisle by train, riding north-east to join the Sustrans Coast and Castles route to Berwick-on-Tweed then along part of NCN1 to Sunderland before returning to the west coast by riding the Walney to Wear route in reverse.
Click on “Train to Carlisle” to start.
| 01: Wed 1st July | Train to Carlisle | 7 miles |
| 02: Thu 2nd July | Carlisle to Newcastleton | 41 miles |
| 03: Fri 3rd July | Newcastleton to Innerleithen | 55 miles |
| 04: Sat 4th July | Traquair House | |
| 05: Sun 5th July | Innerleithen to Berwick on Tweed | 60 miles |
| 06: Mon 6th July | Berwick on Tweed to Alnwick | 50 miles |
| 07: Tue 7th July | Alnwick to Whitley Bay | 41 miles |
| 08: Wed 8th July | Whitley Bay to Durham | 41 miles |
| 09: Thu 9th July | Durham | |
| 10: Fri 10th July | Durham to Brownber | 63 miles |
| 11: Sat 11th July | Brownber to Arnside | 40 miles |
| 12: Sun 12th July | Arnside to Walney Island | 52 miles |
| 13: Mon 13th July | Day off | |
| 14: Tue 14 July | Back home from Arnside | 7 miles |