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experiences and comments on Hadrian's Cycleway.
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2009
The Cloughs Cycle the Wall - 4th to 7th April - Bowness to Arbeia
First ride account for 2009 by Sarah & Andrew Clough who with their children Peter age 8 and Laura age 5 rode from Bowness to Arbeia and met Jim who 'Fixed it for them' on the Quayside. Click here for their ride report2008
29 September – 1 October - Ravenglass to South Shields
An account by Dr David and Mrs Barbara Newcombe, Cambridge
Click here to view - opens as a 900Kb pdf
August 2008 - Ravenglass to Tynemouth
A video report by Rob Moore
"Six of us recently had a wonderful holiday cycling the Sustrans route 72 and your website was highly useful to us in our inspiration and planning".Rob has produced a video of their holiday that is quite interesting; so if you'd like to invest 23 minutes of your time.
Click to view Part 1a to view Part 1b to view Part 2May Bank Holiday 26th - 27th - HCW100 Bowness to Tynemouth
A Father and Son ride - a birthday treat for John aged 9
click here for a ride report by John with a little help from Dad.Edge of Empire Ride - Ravenglass to Tynemouth May 20th to 22nd
Click here to link to the ride blog by "Crazy on A Bike" Bill Dodds.Easter Monday - Bowness to Tynemouth in a Day
Sustrans rangers and friends cycle 100 miles in a day and encounter a blizzard on Newcastle Riverside !!
Click here for a full report and photos.Easter 2008 - Bowness to South Shields
First ride report for 2008 by Susan Armitage, contains many photos and a video.
A ride undertaken in the Easter Snow!!
Click here for link.2007
August 2007 cycle trip
Between Newcastle and Bowness on Solway and return to Carlisle.
Click here for Emma Philpott's trip report.
Emma - "We really enjoyed it and it'll enthuse us to do a few more. Keep up the good work!"HCW in July 2007
Mum, Dad and Peter Thompson (aged 12) cycled from Ravenglass to South Shields over 4 days3-day ride Easter Ride
April 2nd to 4th
Roger Burston and Steve Beach 3-day ride from Ravenglass to Tynemouth3 Day Tandam Ride by John Cave
27th - 30th May 2007
An interesting account of a ride from Bowness to Arbeia South Shields riding a tandem bike with some useful information for anyone else contemplating such a trip.Hadrian's Wall 5 Day Tour
An daily account by Ian Pendleton of the LCC and Greenwich Cyclists tour along Hadrian's Wall between May 17th and 21st - contains an excellent photo slide show of their journey
David Barrow and Company - April 1st to 4th 2007
First recorded ride of 2007
A shortened ride between Workington and Gateshead Millennium Bridge2006
Steve and Alex Folkard
Ravenglass to Tynemouth - August 2006
A father and son 4 day ride.Trail Blazing and Official Opening Ride for Hadrian's Cycleway
July 15th to 22nd 2006
70 cyclists took part in the Trail blazing ride from Oxenholme to Silloth along the future route of NCN 72 south of Ravenglass and for Hadrian's Cycleway north onto Silloth - where the Official Opening of Hadrian's Cycleway took part. Over 100 cyclists took part, swelling to 150 by the time reached Newcastle. The ride finished in great style at Arbeia Roman Fort South Shields where riders were given a Civic reception in the Commandants Quarters.A ride account by Pete Spaldin
July 14th - 16th 2006
20 cyclists rode between Whitehaven to Newcastle just prior to the Official Opening Ride.2004
Inaugural Ride by Sustrans Rangers
April 23rd to 25th 2004
Doug on the Tyne's account of the first "Coast to Coast the Roman Way" ride along Hadrian's Cycleway from Ravenglass to Tynemouth by 9 Sustrans Rangers on a trail blazing and fact finding mission.The dePund Cycle Club - an account by Hans Luthart from Amsterdam
From the September 1st till September 8th of 2004 the dePund cycle club from Amsterdam cycled along the Hadrian Wall Cycleway.
The original plan was to take the NCN72 from Tynemouth to Carlisle and back.
Near Vindolanda Roman Fort we met a group of Sustrans Rangers (including Doug Ridgway) [who were doing the World Heritage Ride] who gave us a new booklet
"Cycle Northumbria" with all the NCN routes in Northumbria. With this we managed to take an alternative route back to Tynemouth using the Penine Cycleway (NCN68) to the north and Reivers Cycle Route (RCR10) back east to Tynemouth.World Heritage Ride - Hadrian's Wall
Sept. 3rd to 5th 2004 - Carlisle Castle to Segedunum (Wallsend)
Doug's account of this ride.Graham Kenward and Company - July 2005
Who cycled from Secascale to Tynemouth in some appalling weather on route but had a glorious finish.The Shelton Bikers Epic Journey – August/September 2005 “Around The Top Of The World In 7 Days” Whitehaven/Sunderland on The C2C Route
Read their account of the return trip via Hadrian’s Cycleway NCN 72 To WhitehavenGuy Sissons & Alex Crowe
September 2005 - Bowness to Tynemouth by bike then Newcastle to South Shields competing in the Great North Run !!
