Ken and Kathleen Cycling Diary

Sunday, 14th September 2025 10.85 Miles. Boldon - Nissan Washington - Follingsby Amazon - Jarrow - Boldon.    Two vintage 1947 pensioners, riding a Hase Pino Steps semi-recumbent tandem. Pleasant September autumn morning, bright and calm, but a bit cool at 14c, what wind there is, from South, but, surprisingly cool.

Sunday 7th September 2025. 10.87 miles. Boldon Colliery - Nissan - Follingsby (Amazon) - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery.     Two vintage 1947 Pensioners, riding Hase Pino Steps Semi-recumbent tandem. Dull but mild (17c), brisk wind from the South, and, just enough drops of rain to cause concern, but, it came to nothing. Monday 8th September 2025. 18.84 miles. Boldon - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon. Two vintage 1947 pensioners, riding Hase Pino Steps Semi-recumbent tandem. Sunny autumn day, warm 17c, but, with a cloud burst just before South Shields Ferry Landing. Fortunately, overhanging trees provided some shelter. Not without its drama, another "off", I think we need to negotiate some of these pinch points on foot from now on! 😊

  Monday 1st September 2025 6.60 miles. Boldon - West Meadows - Nissan. Sunny, and 19c, but very windy, 29mph from the South. Two vintage 1947 pensioners, riding Hase Pino Steps Semi-recumbant tandem. No video, SD card malfunction. Thursday, 4th September 2025 13.48 miles . Boldon - Whitburn - Marsden - Boldon. Two vintage 1947 pensioners, riding  Hase Pino Steps Semi-recumbant tandem. Mild 19c, but, always the threat of rain, which became actual rain when we were almost home. Coffee and Cake stop, at Whitburn Cafe. This is not a route we have done before, on the tandem, and, we managed to have our first "off", at the point where we turned off coast road, to head inland, a combination of a very tight left turn, and a hill, too much for my tandem skills. No injuries, just our dignity damaged 😂

Monday, 25th August 2025 18.03 miles.  Boldon - Sunderland - Seaburn - Whitburn - Boldon. Two vintage 1947 pensioners, riding Hase Pino Steps semi-recumbent tandem. Warm and sunny day. Route disrupted because the cycle route along the River Wear is still partly closed, due to the building of the Keel Bridge, I think that is two years now it has been closed, to build a FOOT bridge! At least we got to sample the very good cycle lane in Dame Dorothy Avenue and along the coast at Seaburn, very nice! Video incomplete, because I forgot to press "record"!  Note, map does not quite match distance, for some reason, Garmin will not download activity, but, it shows as 18.03 miles. Wednesday, 27th August 2025 12.37 miles. Boldon - Washington - Jarrow - Boldon.  Sunny and warm 20c. The last day like this, for a while, according to the weather forecast, Remenants of Hurricane Erin coming across the Atlantic, to give us some rain. Two vintage 1947 pensioners, riding Hase Pino Steps Semi...

  Wednesday, 20th August 2025 10.46 miles. Boldon - Tyne Dock. Two vintage 1947 pensioners, riding Hase Pino Steps Semi-recumbent Tandem. Overcast, and chilly 15c. Ni video, forgot camera.

  Monday, 11th August 2025 16 miles. The Garmin only shows 13.43 miles, that is because I forgot to switch it on initially! But, the Steps Controller shows 16 miles. Cycling along the Marriott Way cycle route. Beginning at Cawston, riding toward Norwich, we go as far as Themelthorpe, and return.  We are staying at a CAMC CL, The Siding, there's is access to Marriot Way, but, it is via steps, too difficult for us to manoeuvre the tandem down them. So, we ride into Cawston, and along to Chapel Lane, to join the route at a level, if somewhat narrow access point. Two vintage 1947 Pensioners, riding Hase Pino Steps, semi-recumbent tandem. Beautiful sunny day, if, perhaps a little hot, at 25c. Wednesday, 13th August 2025 11.68 miles. Cawston - Aylsham (via Marriotts Way) and return. Two vintage 1947 pensioners, riding Hase Pino Steps semi-recumbent tandem. Very hot, 30c. Cool drinks in The Black Boys pub in Aylesham, and a picnic sandwich lunch near Marriotts way. F...