We had a horrible cold wet, cold, wet and muddy day. Dad, Mum and I woke up at 6:15 very earlynour tent is old so the corners were wet as it had been raining all night and still was. The rain was light luckily so we set off and had a cold bacon sandwich we had prepared last night. The wind was behind us and we cycled all the way along the roads till we came to a sign board with information about the 158 squadron we read that and continued.
The roads were nice and we hadn't gone along any tracks we only had two hills which weren't too bad. It felt like very soon we arrived at a golf course and had a really nice breakfast and hot chocolate. Unfortunately we did end up on a track and that was when we got actually muddy. There were lots of puddles and it was easy to get dirty.
We met Mum at a garden centre and I changed top we had a small lunch and found a bnb the other side of Hull. This was at 1 we had a shower which was lovely and went out for lunch. Dad complained because apparently the apple chutney tasted like apple sauce. We drove to Grimsby across tRestruant Bridge and had Fish and Chips at St James's Fish Restruant and came back to the bnb which is where we are now tommorow we'll be heading to Mablethrope.
Monday, 31 August 2015
Grimsby....ghost town.. in the docks
Yester year shows through...but not good town planning.....lots of potential.
Sunday, 30 August 2015
Short day
So today wasn't windy and we only had to cycle 20 miles, but we only got to our camp at three. We woke up late and set off late too so I had a lovely lie in. We started off down a small track and cycled into Robin Hood's Bay we then walked down a thirty percent with Mum and had breakfast after a look around.
We followed an National cycle route and ended up going on a track but as it wasnt too bad and it was better going round the hill rather than straight up it it was OK. Once at the top we had a very long decent unfortunately still on track we had to brake a lot which hurt my hands. This eased off and as we neared the bottom we saw a tea and cakes garden so be stopped there for lemon cake.
After our brake we were only 5 miles from Scarborough we arrived quickly and had lunch just at the top of the beach on a hill next door was a tram to the bottom so we took that down had a couple of pictures and walked back up (we should have done it the other way round).
Tessie had put up the tent 3 miles away so we cycled there in no time arrived and went to buy food from the co-op in the campsite. There is also a swimming pool, an arcade and pub here it has alot. We will probably have a shower later and tommorow the weather forecast is rain:-( but the wind will be behind us hopefully :-D bye.
We followed an National cycle route and ended up going on a track but as it wasnt too bad and it was better going round the hill rather than straight up it it was OK. Once at the top we had a very long decent unfortunately still on track we had to brake a lot which hurt my hands. This eased off and as we neared the bottom we saw a tea and cakes garden so be stopped there for lemon cake.
After our brake we were only 5 miles from Scarborough we arrived quickly and had lunch just at the top of the beach on a hill next door was a tram to the bottom so we took that down had a couple of pictures and walked back up (we should have done it the other way round).
Tessie had put up the tent 3 miles away so we cycled there in no time arrived and went to buy food from the co-op in the campsite. There is also a swimming pool, an arcade and pub here it has alot. We will probably have a shower later and tommorow the weather forecast is rain:-( but the wind will be behind us hopefully :-D bye.
Saturday, 29 August 2015
😡😠😰😴😟🙌Finally finished tyring day the wind has been against us for the last 2 days non-stop and will be tomorrow apparently. Started around 8ish andcrossed over a river by ferry at south shields about 20 miles away at South Shield's Light house apparently the first electric lighthouse where we had lemon cake and went though the exhibit (Is that the right word?).
Lunch was at 1:30 in The Albion a Pub in Ryhorn which was very nice and they were already asking for bookings for Xmas! We went in alsorts of places Google took us we made it reroute at the end by not going down a track. Also we had another puncture, it forgot to mention yesterday's they we both on the back wheel and yesterday's one went through the tyre itself! We are camped at Billy Jean's Campsite Stockton on Tees (it's 15 miles from Stockton on Tees). I don't feel so tired right now it's only 19:25 but we will need an early night.
Next day...
We left Billy Jean's Campsite at 7 to get to the the transporter bridge at 8 and we arrived on time. Unfortunately the company changed to time so it only opened at 9:30 so Tessie came back over from the other side as she went over another bridge and waited with us as we had nothing to so till then.
Our first stop was at Saltburn a small little coast stop where me and dad had drinks then continued to Staithes. We got to Staithes by going down a steep hill and bridge at the end and after the best cream tea I ever had we found Mum at the top of a hill out of the main part of the town. Mum gave us pasties and that was our lunch. We decided to meet at Whitby but as it was so busy we decided not to.
Whitby seems full of people we had to walk through the crowds to cross the river there and get to the other side the bridge turned sideways in the middle to allow boats through which was fun to watch. On the other side we drank at a nice cafe with a really interesting wall with lots of posters on. Finally we only had to cycle 5 miles to Robin Hoods Bay and we are right now at Book's House Campsite on the side of a hill. It's quite nice here and apparently we will only have to cycle 20 miles at the maximum tommorow.🙌😄
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Day 2 part 2. 2 castles 1 fortress and 1 island (not that order)
So dad didn't finish yesterday but the short version goes... We cycled along various coastal paths our only hill that was considered a proper hill was just after a ford so we had to slow right down which was annoying but it wasn't to tough in the end just steep then long. We stopped briefly in a little village for a sausage roll and pie then cycled to The Ord house country park where we stayed in a "Pod" which was very comfortable we met Mum there who came by car.
So this morning Dad and Mum woke up at 7 and I woke up at 7:30 recycled off the ferret to see the walls that and The Lowry paintings and went across a stupid old Bridge which apparently King James built dad says I need to tell people that I am using voice recognition to write this, which is really fun. Next week headed to the Holy Island and Lindis the only thing in it where a Parish Church and monastery. We met Mum at Holy Island for breakfast again in the post office. We crossed back over a cause way to get back to the mainland beat the tide and Tessie had 15 minutes to do it in the car. Our next destination was Bamburgh Castle spelt Bamburgh but we didn't go inside as we had lots of places to visit we met mum in the little village outside and had lunch there.
Our last Castle was Alnwick apparently they used it in some of the Harry Potter shots as Hogwarts Castle. We just around inside for 5 minutes and met mum there as well. Are airbnb is at new Biggin at sea we had fish and chips for dinner and should be leaving early in the morning as it is forecast to rain in the afternoon.
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
It wasn't the last day 😠😡
😭😭😭😭😭Cycling again. Forgot how tiring it was 70 miles today 8 to king cross at 6 which took 45 minutes and we boarded the train too Edinburgh at 7 o'clock . The journey was 4 horse I slept for 2 and we ate most of our sandwiches on the train.
Dad and I cycled straight towards Berwick close to our sleeping destination. Our first stop was in a town called Haddington where we had a pannini and soup, we only had one shower of rain so far which was good as the weather forecast said it would have a high chance of raining the whole day. Haddington was 23 miles from Edinburgh. (How is it spelt like this)
We only had to survive one more down pour before Dunbar (which we didn't stop in). Cycled down a side road next to the A1 which we followed most of the day. We didn't eat apart from sweet and snack stops. I want dad to write the next half to see what it's like ( and also I'm lazy and really tired right now.
Dad and I cycled straight towards Berwick close to our sleeping destination. Our first stop was in a town called Haddington where we had a pannini and soup, we only had one shower of rain so far which was good as the weather forecast said it would have a high chance of raining the whole day. Haddington was 23 miles from Edinburgh. (How is it spelt like this)
We only had to survive one more down pour before Dunbar (which we didn't stop in). Cycled down a side road next to the A1 which we followed most of the day. We didn't eat apart from sweet and snack stops. I want dad to write the next half to see what it's like ( and also I'm lazy and really tired right now.
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