Living on a Narrowboat
Or thereabouts….
Just slightly south of Durham in a village called Croxham. I’m staying at the Croxham Inn which saved me a bit on staying in Durham, plus was five miles in the right direction for the next day which promised to be mighty more taxing than today.
Accommodation was basic, comfortable. No problems.
What an impressive place…
What I thought would be a hard journey turned out to be an easy one and I was finished and lying on my bed in Jury’s Hotel, Gateshead for 3:30.
The roads are much busier out of Scotland.
Berwick is quite a popular spot for the weekend. Also, I passed through Morpeth. Very pretty.
Couldn’t avoid the main roads today. Cycle paths always beat main roads, just for the level of enjoyment they bring to the cycling experience. Continue reading “Day 22 – Norham to Newcastle”
So. Now in England, by about 300 metres.
Shored up at a pub in Norham.
Am feeling mega tired, so have decided to take a day off.
The ride down to Newcastle is 80 miles or so.
At current energy levels, I don’t think I could handle it.
I’ve decided to have a day off around Norham, the first village in England.
Yesterday was pretty hard. I had to get up and get my laundry done.
My host at the guest house had a go at me for leaving my bike in the back garden. I didn’t even know he was the host until he started serving breakfast for me in the morning!
“All down hill”, said the host at my last B&B.
Tayside isn’t particularly a flat place.
It is very picturesque, and when I woke up, it was covered in fog.
Spent most of my day going up and down little hills.
Roll-on the disused railways lines of route 1.
Today was a simple 60 mile jaunt.
Finally, my body and metabolism recovered from the excesses of my night out in Aberdeen.
The signs said going over.
The Forth bridge looked good as I was crossing it. Again, in fog.
Tomorrow I power on toward the border, I want to stop in Newcastle and see what gives.
Here’s some pictures from along the way. Continue reading “Day 20 – Dundee to Edinburgh”
Hard day. As expected.
Wasn’t helped by the fact I went out in Aberdeen and didn’t turn in until around 1am.
Up and out by 9 and it was raining.
Have a slight knee injury from the other day when I tried to ride over one of the speed styles on route 1.
Are put in when the cycle route meets a road or a junction.
It consists of a U shape then an l which the U is shaped around. The l is very low sometimes, and you can ride over it and straight through the speed style.
In this particular case, it was peddle height, so I wound both pedals mid height and went though slowly without putting my legs down.
Just as I was exiting, over-balanced. It didn’t cause a problem at the time, but it placed a slight strain on the muscle in my leg.
For this reason, I’ve been riding relatively slowly. Continue reading “Day 19 – Aberdeen to Dundee”
