Ken and Kathleen Cycling Diary

  Sunday, 25th September 2022 16.40 miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington Village - Boldon Colliery. Calm, cloudy and cool (8c). I put wrong gloves on, numb fingers! Two vintage 1947 pensioners. AKASO EK7000 camera. Coffee at Washington Village, The Green, very busy!

  Monday 19th September 2022 16.22 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington Village - Boldon Colliery. Bright and sunny, but a cool 12C. Very quiet out, little traffic, not even the Washington Green coffee shop open (Bank Holiday for Queen's Funeral). Two vintage 1947 Pensioners. AKASO EK7000 Camera. Wednesday, 21st September 2022 15.83 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Sunderland - Seaburn - Whitburn - Boldon Colliery. Bright and sunny, a warm 20c, breeze from the south. Two vintage 1947 pensioners. AKASO EK7000 Camera, but, no video, because I forgot to clear the memory card.

  Tuesday, 13th September 2022. 19.90 miles. Boldon Colliery - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery.  Beautiful day, clear blue skies, calm, warm 19c. A bonus, for some reason (possibly we were out early), not many people around and not much traffic. Two vintage 1947 Pensioners. AKASO EK7000 Camera. Thursday, 15th September 2022 15.84 miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington Village - Boldon Colliery.   Bright sunny day, with some cloud. Stiff, cold breeze from the North, but still 17c. A light lunch at the coffee shop in Washington Village. Two vintage 1947 pensioners. AKASO EK7000 Camera.

  Monday, 5th September 2022 7.04 miles. Boldon Colliery - South Shields. Only one vintage 1947 pensioner, for this 07:00am ride. AKASO EK7000 Camera. Roads wet from previous rain, but, mild and not actually raining. Tuesday, 6th September 2022 15.93. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington Village - Boldon Colliery. Two vintage 1947 pensioners. AKASO EK7000 Camera. Warm (20c), sunny, when we left home. Coffee and sandwich at Washington Village. Clouded over and became very dark, just as we finished our coffee. Heavy rain, thunder and lightening for the eight miles home, we got rather wet.