Our agenda and route is as follows:
Tuesday 6th May:
Drive to Penrith for the night and park at B&B. Leave car here for the duration of the trip
Wednesday 7th May:
Have arranged a lift off Landlord of B&B to Whitehaven (he’s happy to do it for cost of petrol). Means we can leave our luggage at the B&B for our stay on Wed night. Cycle back to Penrith. Approx 50 miles. Stay at same B&B.
Thursday 8th May:
Penrith to Rookhope. Approx 40 hilly miles across the north Pennines.
Friday 9th May:
Rookhope to Sunderland. Approx 45 miles. End of the actual Coast to Coast route!
However, we’re going to cycle round to Newcastle (an additional 20+ miles as we’re going round the coast rather than main roads) to stay in Travelodge (Central) for the night.
Saturday 10th May:
Morning in Newcastle, check out of Travelodge midday and catch train to Carlisle. Cycle from Carlisle to Penrith, about 25 miles, to pick up car and drive home.
Total trip should be around 200 miles.
Our route is roughly marked out, using Google Earth. The blue markers are the C2C route, the red markers are our extra bits; cycling from Sunderland to Newcastle, then train to Carlisle, then cycling back to Penrith:
If you want the interactive Google version click here: View Larger Map
