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Coast to Coast 2018

Coast to Coast Day Six: Scarborough? Fair.
13 Sep 2018

Coast to Coast Day Six: Scarborough? Fair.

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Coast to Coast 2018, Cycling, England, Holidays & Bike Packing, United Kingdom | 0

Lying on the field at the National Park Centre yesterday, we pretty much dismissed any notion of cycling the 80 or so kilometres from Whitby to York for our final stopover. Since last night then, we had been weighing up … Continued

Coast to Coast Day Five: There’s Moor to Come
12 Sep 2018

Coast to Coast Day Five: There’s Moor to Come

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Coast to Coast 2018, England, Holidays & Bike Packing, United Kingdom | 0

Interestingly, we had spent the night nestled just inside the westernmost boundary of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park and, it being in national park, meant that with the new day came yet another hill start.  A 14% one at … Continued

Coast to Coast Day Four: All In a Dales Work
11 Sep 2018

Coast to Coast Day Four: All In a Dales Work

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Coast to Coast 2018, Cycling, England, Holidays & Bike Packing, United Kingdom | 0

Rest Day!  Sort of.  We still have an 73 km ride with 660 metres of elevation ahead of us, however, if you look at the profile, barring a tiny little bookend of climb at Osmotherly at the end, it’s down … Continued

Coast to Coast Day Three: Yurt Not Going to Believe This
10 Sep 2018

Coast to Coast Day Three: Yurt Not Going to Believe This

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Coast to Coast 2018, Cycling, England, Holidays & Bike Packing, United Kingdom | 0

Packing the bikes ready for bike packing and gorging on another Full English aside, the day started with more crisscrossing of the A66, and a short, sharp uphill.  Despite being forewarned of this during yesterday’s pub visit, it still hurt, … Continued

Coast to Coast Day Two: Vertical Limits
9 Sep 2018

Coast to Coast Day Two: Vertical Limits

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Coast to Coast 2018, Cycling, England, Holidays & Bike Packing, United Kingdom | 0

Day two started with the obligatory Full English whilst staring out of the window at Dent Hill coming and going depending on the intensity of the early morning downpour. With checkout not until 11am, we weren’t exactly in a hurry to … Continued

Coast to Coast Day One: Heavy Weight
8 Sep 2018

Coast to Coast Day One: Heavy Weight

by Timothy J Basham | posted in: Coast to Coast 2018, Cycling, England, Holidays & Bike Packing, United Kingdom | 0

We would have to endure a four and a half hour train journey from London before we could start cycling from Carlisle to Cleator Moor. This is the first stage of our ride across England, more or less following Wainwright’s Beeline to the East Coast.

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