Ken and Kathleen Cycling Diary

  Monday, 23rd May 2022 16.16 miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington Village - Boldon Colliery. Cloudy but warm and calm. Our first outing on our new Specialized Vado 4.0 SL eBikes. Sytarnge although it may seem, we did not use the battery assistance, just rode the route to get used to the actual bicycles. We need seat height tweaking (higher), plus a couple of other little adjustments to suit us, but, overall, very pleased with them.  No video, because I don't have camera mounts on new bike, yet.

Tuesday, 17th May 2022 19.81 miles. Boldon Colliery - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery. Warm (18C), sunny, calm, in short a very nice day. Coffee stop at Minchella, Little Haven. Wednesday, 18th May 2022 16.11 miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington Village - Boldon Colliery. Warm (18C), sunny, with a stiff breeze from the South West. Coffee stop at Washington Village.    

  Sunday, 8th May 2022 19.82 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery.  Sunny, mild, slight breeze from South-West. Forgot to switch video off, at coffee stop, so, ran out of battery, and video incomplete. Saturday, 14th May 2022 16.19 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington Village - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery.  Sunny, mild. Coffee, and cake,  stop at Washington Village.

  Sunday, 1st May 2022 9.64 Miles. Barn Owl Meadow CL - Wattisfield - Walsham - Barn Owl Meadow CL. Cloudy, mild 13C, and calm. Our target was to ride to Ixworth, but, the nicely signposted, and reasonable quality, cycle route petered out just short of Wattisfield, and, joined the busy A143. Since we don't have a death wish, we cut it short at Wattisfield and returned via Walsham-le-Willows. Video incomplete, I forgot to charge camera battery! St Margaret's Church, Wattisfield. Monday, 2nd May 2022  8.49 Miles. Barn Owl Meadows CL -  Rickinghall - Barn Owl Meadow CL. Cloudy, calm, humid and 14C. Saturday, 7th May 2022 16.36 miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington - Boldon Colliery.  Dull, for most of the time, even a few spots of rain, cool (12C), but calm.