Dwight (59) and; Lewis 13 Cycle Cycle Tour around the coast of the UK. 2014 to 2016, over 3 summers: 1st summer:-2650(ish) miles Exeter to Edinbugh in (roughly) 42 days then 2nd summer 2015 600 miles 10 days, Edinburgh to London. 3rd Summer 2016 10 days complete full round uk coastal tour 500 Exeter to London miles (total mileage well over 3000 miles) a Young persons record!
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 π π‘
πππππCycling 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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