Ken and Kathleen Cycling Diary

 Monday 25th July 2022 19.98 Miles. Boldon - Whitburn - South Shields - Boldon . South Shields Coast Circuit. Early morning ride, so, only one vintage 1947 Pensioner. Mild and pleasant morning. Wednesday, 27th July 2022 15.90 miles. Boldon - Jarrow - Washington Village - Boldon.   Two vintage 1947 Pensioners. Coffee stop at Wahingting Village. Warm, calm and sunny day.  

  Tuesday, 12th April 2022 4.82 miles. Boldon Colliery. Only one vintage 1947 pensioner. Threatening to rain. Saturday, 16th July 2022 10.29 miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Follingsby. Two vintage 1947 Pensioners.Beautiful sunny day, 19C, even that early in the day.

  Sunday, 3rd July 2022 10.90 miles. Boldon Colliery - Whitburn - Boldon Colliery. Mild 16C, cloudy. Two vintage 1947 Pensioners. Monday, 4th July 2022 25.64 Miles. Byermoor - Tanfield - Quaking Houses - Chester-le-Street - Washington - Boldon Colliery.   One vintage 1947 Pensioner today.  AKASO EK7000 Camera.  Quite cool start, with a stiff breeze, which, thankfully, was mostly a tail wind. Some periods of sunshine, and, some cloudy periods. Not my usual cycle ride this. After booking Motorhome in at Tyne Valley Motorhomes, cycled to Quaking Houses, via Tanfield. All part of collecting the ABC of Town and Village Names, in Cyclechat. I used Cycle.Travel website for the route, which, was as usual very good, but, my Garmin went a bit "haywire", shortly after Quaking Houses, giving an poor message. From that point, my Navigation went a bit haywire. I did have the route split into two parts (ie Byermoor - Quaking Houses, then, Quaking Houses to Boldon Colliery. But, the error m

  Thursday, 30th June 2022 10.17 miles. Boldon Colliery - Follingsby Circuit.  Dull and cool (19C). Two vintage 1947 Pensioners. A short route, because one Pensioner still has a sore back.

  Tuesday 21st June 2022 10.52 Miles. Boldon Colliery - South Shields. Warm sunny morning, but, wrong time of day, school run in full flow. Only one vintage 1947 Pensioner. Friday, 24th June 2022 13.32 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington - Boldon Colliery.  Warm and Sunny. Back to two vintage 1947 Pensioners, but, a shortened route, not to risk injuring back again!

  Monday, 13th June 2022 1.65 Miles. Boldon ASDA. A very short ride, to ASDA Supermarket, on folding bike, but, every little helps. Tuesday, 14th June 2022 21.77 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Washington - Cox Green - Penshaw -Sunderland - Boldon Colliery.  Warm and calm, but, cloudy. Only one vintage 1947 Pensioner today. Video incomplete, I forgot to charge camera battery. Thursday, 16th June 2022 20.02 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery.   Out early this morning, 06:00! Warm and calm. Only one vintage 1947 Pensioner again this morning.

Monday, 6th June 2022 7.58 Miles.   Around The Boldons. A solo outing on my new Specialised Turbo Vado 4 SL. It has been poor cycling time for the past two weeks, combination of weather, family and health. Wednesday, 8th June 2022 10.62 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Heworth - Boldon Colliery.   Only one vintage 1947 Pensioner, again, today. The other one is still laid up with back pain. A rather disappointing outing. I set off with the intention of riding to Penshaw, to nab the letter "P for the Cyclechat Challenge. But, I decided, en-route, to head for Pelaw, instead. Disappointment. I knew Pelaw did not have much going for it, but, it does not even have a name board. One small win, it poured with rain, and, there was a handy bus-shelter to stay dry in, I doubt I would have been as fortunate en-route to Penshaw.