Ken and Kathleen Cycling Diary

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 😂