Ken and Kathleen Cycling Diary

Saturday, 3rd August 2019 20.4 miles. Boldon Colliery - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery . Cloud with a little sun, warm at 20C. Monday, 29th July 2019 10.63 miles. Boldon Colliery - Whitburn - Boldon Colliery . Cloudy, but warm and humid. Rain threatens, so, a short ride.   Sunday, 28th July 2019 12.56 miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington - Boldon Colliery . Cloudy, but, warm at 19C.

Monday, 15th July 2019 20.35 miles. Boldon Colliery - Cleadon - Whitburn - South Shields - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery . Beautiful sunny day, very light breeze.  24C. Tuesday, 16th July 2019 23.09 miles. Boldon Colliery - South Shields (ferry) - North Shields - Newcastle - Gateshead - Pelaw - Jarrow - Boldon Colliery . Beautiful sunny day. 24C.  We meet two pairs of "real" cyclists, an English/French couple, who have cycled from Plymouth, and are heading around the coast of Scotland and back to Plymouth, before returning to France, and, a Dutch couple who are heading for Carlisle (and back of course). Thursday, 18th July 2019 14.5 miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington - Washington Village - Boldon Colliery.  Beautiful sunny day, 24C, but, a stiff SW Breeze. Saturday, 20th July 2019 12.54 Miles. Boldon Colliery - Jarrow - Washington - Boldon Colliery . Weather forces lied, rain started after 5 miles! 

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!