Ken and Kathleen Cycling Diary

  Sunday, 28th July 2024 6.8 Miles. Boldon Colliery Nissan (Sunderland).    One vintage 1947 pensioner, riding Carerra Cross City e-bike. Sunny and warm. Garmin did not plot activity. Camera did not record ride. Not my day for technology!, fortunately, my legs worked. Map plotted manually. the 6.8 is as recorded by my Apple Watch (you can always rely on Apple). Monday, 29th July 2024 10.58 miles. Boldon - South Shields.  One vintage 1947 pensioner, riding Specialised Vado 4 SL e-bike. Pleasant calm and mild morning, and, I think the technology worked this morning! Wednesday, 31st July 2024 6.75 miles. Boldon - West Meadows.  One vintage 1947 pensioner, riding Specialised Vado 4 SL e-bike. Pleasant calm and mild morning. Overslept slightly, so, not a very long ride, this morning.

Monday, 22nd July 2024 6.12 miles. The Boldons. One vintage 1947 Pensioner., riding Specialised Vado SL for a change. Dull and overcast on leaving, which soon turned to rain. Ride shortened to minimise the soaking! Tuesday, 23rd July 2024 7.64 miles. The Boldons and Downhill Lane . One vintage 1947 pensioner, riding Specialised Vado 4 SL. Dull and damp. This is supposed to be summer! Wednesday, 24th July 2024 10.91 miles. Boldon - Follingsby.  Vintage 1947 pensioner riding Specialised Vado 4 SL. Sunny and pleasant morning, like it should be in July! Saturday, 27th July 2024 11.08 miles. Boldon - Whitburn.  Vintage 1947 pensioner, riding Specialised Vado 4 SL. Weather has returned to rubbish, dull, and, then, rain on the way home. Mild is the only positive!

Tuesday, 16th July 2024 4.78 Miles. An early morning ride, around Boldon. Only one 1947 pensioner, on folding e-bike. The remaining vintage 1947 pensioner is out of action, with a broken wrist. A poor year of cycling this year, a combination of lack of motivation and appalling weather, cold, and, raining almost every day. Today, dull and cloudy, with a severe rain warning for later today. Wednesday, 17th July 2024 7.48 miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow and return. Only one vintage 1947 pensioner. Pleasant morning, are we due for another day of summer? Friday, 19th July 2024 6.8 miles. Boldon Colliery - Nissan - Boldon Colliery.  One vintage 1947 pensioner, riding Carerra Cross City e-bike. Cloudy but warm. Garmin did not save activity, so, plotted map manually, via run keeper. Despite the 6.27 from Runkeeper, it was 6.8miles, on the Garmin!

  Saturday, 22nd June 2024 (9.83 miles) 9.83 Miles. Priors Field Farm CL - Sacred Heart, St Ives. Warm, 22c, cloudy. An "interesting route there, thanks to Google Maps, much simpler return journey. Two vintage 1947 pensioners. 7.46 miles. A second journey, Kathleen attending church.

Tuesday 28th May 2024 6.26 miles. Boldon - Nissan. Windy, cloudy but mild 17c. Only one vintage 1947 pensioner today.  

  Sunday, 12th May 2024 6.47 miles. Any "easy" ride in a loop through Boldon Colliery - Washington (Nissan). Very pleasant morning, calm, and sunny 17c. Two vintage 1947 pensioners. Front view camera didn't record (user error), so, only the view from the rear available.

Saturday, 4th March 2024 12.69 miles. Waterpump CL - Badingham - Bruisyard -Framlington - Waterpump CL.   Our first bicycle ride for some months. A quiet start, around Badingham Village, then on to Framlington, much of it on a section of NCN1. A pleasant lunch in Framlington, at what appears to be Avery popular bakers shop come cafe. A little "essential" shopping (milk, and, an easy ready meal for this evening), before we take the "short" route back to the WaterpumpCL, mostly via the B1120. A final stop for refreshments at The White Horse, Badingham. I notice, for some reason, almost every pub is called The White Horse!