Ken and Kathleen Cycling Diary

Monday, 8th July 2019 20.31 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Cleadon - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery . Sunny with cloud, warm 19C. Wednesday, 10th July 2019. 18.43 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Sunderland - Seaburn - Whitburn - South Shields - Boldon Colliery . Sunny with cloud, very humid. 21C.

Monday, 1st July 2019 19.04miles. Malvern Hills CAMC Site - Worcester - Malvern Hills CAMC Site . Cloudy with sun, and, a stiff breeze, which managed to be against us in both directions! Wednesday, 3rd July 2019 10.89miles. Hanley Swan - Upton on Severn - Hanley Swan . Warm and sunny. Calm. Saturday, 6th July 2019 12.31 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington - Boldon Colliery . Sunny and breezy.

Sunday, 23rd June 2019 . 12.3 miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington - Boldon Colliery . Warm, but cloudy. Thursday, 27th June 2019. 10.7 Miles. Malvern Hills CAMC Site - Hanley Swan - Hanley Castle - Upton-on-Severn - Hanley Castle - Hanley Swan - Malvern Hills CAMC Site . Quiet country lanes and shared cycle path. Beautiful sunny day. Friday, 28th June 2019 10.2 miles. Malvern Hills CAMC Site - Hanley Swan - Malvern Wells - Little Malvern - Great Malvern - Guarlford - Malvern Hills CAMC Site. Rather hilly!, but quiet roads. Beautiful sunny day. Saturday, 29th June 2019 30 miles. Malvern Hills CAMC Site - Hanley Swan - Upton-on-Severn - Tewkesbury - Upton-on-Severn - Hanley Swan - Malvern Hills CAMC Site. Rather hot at 31C!

Sunday, 16th June 2019 11 miles. Boldon Colliery - Whitburn - Boldon Colliery . Dry and reasonably sunny. Tuesday, 18th June 2019 . 20.09 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery .   Divided into sections, because, we visited Brian and Linda at Sandhaven , South Shields, and, stopped for Coffee at Littlehaven Beach. Warm and sunny, for a change!  Saturday, 22nd June 2019 16 miles. Boldon Colliery - Sunderland - Seaburn - Whitburn - Boldon Colliery . Coffee (and bacon sandwich) stop at Whitburn. Calm sunny day, just the way June should be!

Sunday, 9th June 2019 14 Miles. Naburn Lock - York - Fulford - Naburn Lock . Cycle to York, via disused railway line, now a shared cycle track, footpath. Kathleen goes to church. Coffee and bacon / egg sandwiches in York. Some difficulty finding our way "home", hence, via Fulford! Ride recorded in three sections. Thursday, 13th June 2019 21 Miles.  Naburn Lock to Selby and return , via Sustrans Route 65, part of Trans-Penine Route. Weather forecast said no rain until mid afternoon, it lied, we got rather wet!

Wednesday, 29th May 2019 12.3 Miles.  Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington - Boldon Colliery . Started sunny, but, soon clouded over. Rather cool for almost June!

Sunday, 19th May 2019 12.1 Miles. Windsor - Bray Marina - Maidenhead. Split into two sections, with coffee break, and, Gabriel's (early) birthday party, in between. Warm and bright day. Tuesday, 21st May 2019 13.2 Miles. Sunnydale Campsite - Netley - Woolston - Netley - Hamble-le-Rice - Sunnydale Campsite . Beautiful day. 22C, full sunshine, pleasant pub lunch and refreshments at the Prince Consort Pub , in Netley. Thursday, 23rd May 2019 13.6 Miles. Sunnydale Campsite - Netley - Hamble-le-Rice - Netley - Sunnydale Campsite . Beautiful day, 22C, full sunshine. Ride split into two sections, by, a very pleasant lunch stop, at the Bugle , in Hamble. Friday, 24th May 2019 7.58 Miles. Sunnydale Campsite - Netley - Woolston - Weston Shore - Netley-Sunnydale Campsite . Nice warm day, 21C, a few clouds. Alcohol free lunch stop.

Sunday, 12th May 2019 16.36 miles,  Boldon Colliery - Sunderland - Seaburn - Whitburn - Boldon Colliery . Beautiful sunny morning, added bonus, Sunderland Half Marathon, meant that several roads closed to traffic, wonderfully quiet! Why can they not do this every Sunday? Monday, 13th May 2019 12 miles, Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington - Boldon Colliery . Beautiful sunny day. Friday, 17th May 2019 16 Miles. A single ride, recorded as two rides, since it was interrupted by a rather nice lunch. Queens Acre CL - Maidenhead - Windsor - Queens Acre CL . A rather grey and cool day, with a constant threat of rain, a big change to earlier in the week when we had beautiful weather. An extra member of the group, since we were joined by Gary. 

Friday 10th May 2019.  12 Miles.  Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington - Boldon Colliery . Sunny and dry, but, rather cold for May!

Tuesday, 30th April 2019 26 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Washington - Sunderland - Seaburn - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon  Colliery . Beautiful sunny day.

Sunday 21st April 2019 . 12.4 miles, Washington Circuit, ie Boldon Colliery - Jarrow -  Washington - Boldon Colliery. Amazingly, considering it is Easter Sunday, a beautiful sunny day, warm at 22C. Thursday 25th April 2019 . 10.6 miles, Boldon Colliery - Cleadon - Whitburn - Boldon Colliery . Dull and rather cool at 12C.

Sunday 14th April 2019 . 12.4 miles, Washington Circuit, ie Boldon Colliery - Jarrow -  Washington - Boldon Colliery. Very cold, slightly rained on. Camera malfunction, no video. Friday 19th April 2019 . 22 Miles. South Shields Coast Circuit. ie Boldon Colliery - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery . Cool, but calm spring morning.

Wednesday 27th March 2019 12.5 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow -  Washington - Sunderland - Boldon Colliery . Mild, sunny with some cloud.  Friday 29th March 2019 20.2 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery. Beautifully sunny day.

18th March 2019.  8 Miles. Peterborough, around  Ferry Meadows and Nene Valley Park . A very pleasant spring day. 19th March 2019.  11 Miles. Peterborough. This time, with the aid of a map! A circuit, taking in some of "The Green Wheel", Route 63 and Route 12. A Very Pleasant Spring Day. 20th March 2019 . 15.4 miles. Peterborough. Exploring more of the "Green Wheel" . Mostly, excellent quality tarmac cycle track, but, enough "rough stuff", particularly around  Farcet, to raise a few complains from Kathleen. Lunch stop at the Boathouse , very nice.

26th February 2019.  12.7 miles.  Boldon Colliery - East Boldon - Seaburn - Whitburn - Cleadon - Boldon Colliery.  Beautiful spring day, 17C. Coffee and cake stop, in the sunshine at Whitburn Cafe. 27th February 2019. 20.10 miles. Boldon Colliery - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery . Another beautiful spring day, 17C. Solo ride, Kathleen lunching with her "school" friends.

Thursday, 21st February 2019 -  23 miles.  Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Pelaw - Washington - Sunderland - Seaburn - Whitburn - Boldon Colliery . Unusually mild day, for February, sunny, and 15C, is spring about to arrive? Kathleen chickened out, so, riding solo.

Sunday 10th February 2019  10.2 miles. Boldon Colliery - Cleadon - Whitburn  - Boldon Colliery . Dry, bright and rather cold at 3C. Thursday 14th February 2019  10.6 miles.  Boldon Colliery - Cleadon - Whitburn  - Boldon Colliery . A very pleasant day, for February, bright, sunny and a mild 11C. Friday 15th February  2019 2.8 miles. Around Boldon Colliery . Trying to get one of the Grandson's, aged 9, interested in cycling. Sunny and mild day, 11C. Not sure cycling competed successfully with an x-Box.

Friday 25th January 2019  12.4 miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Pelaw - Washington - Boldon Colliery. Dry, bright and not too cold at 9C.

Monday 31st December 2018  12.5 miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Pelaw - Washington - Boldon Colliery. Dry, bright and mild, but rather windy.