Sat, Jul 23, 2011 - 101.47 mi [Cycling] Silloth to South Shields

 Sat, Jul 23, 2011 - 101.47 mi [Cycling]

101.47 mi in 06:17:34 hours at 16.12 mi/h on Bianchi Nironne 7. [Cycling] Well what can I say - a beautiful day and a fab ride across England from the Irish Sea to the North Sea in just over 6 hours !!! very easy riding and I nearly snatched the Polka Dot jersey getting to the top of Greenhead bank 2nd !!
Between about 20 riders we had 4 punctures and a broken saddle which slowed us down a bit but despite a headwind ffrom Newcastle it was very nice to see South Shields seafront and to get the 100 miles in :-)

Photographs

0 Miles : The Gateshead RFC Team on the front at Silloth ready to
set off on our Coast to Coast Ride.

45 Miles : Cycling along the Military Road near Vindolanda
after cycing up Greehead Bank - aboou a 600 feet climb in
half a mile.

45 Miles : Cycling along the Military Road and really enjoying
the Day - fantastic weather & scenery and plenty energy
in the old legs.

49 Miles : Well after 49 Miles we were due a refreshment so
we took a quick detour into the Twice Brewed Inn which had a
lovely Beer Garden out the back. 

49 Miles : We posed for a photograph of the Team which
was doing the C2C in One Day - we had left the 2 dayers behind
at Lanercost.

55 miles : Cycling down the fast downhill on the Stanegate - here we are

just going past Grindon Lough hitting spees approaching 40 mph on an

absolutely glorious day for cycling.

93 Miles : crossing the Millenium Bridge.

93 Miles : Still riding with style along the Quayside.

93 Miles : The third puncture of the day - there was to be
one more in Hebburn - luckily none were my bike ! 

102 Miles : The Team all rolled into the finish together after a
cycling time of 6 hrs 17 minutes.