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Two day cycle trip to Simonburn

This was a two day trip, firstly to Stamfordham for an overnight in Church House, a beautiful B&B, and then on to Simonburn, just south of Wark in Northumberland. We largely followed the Reivers' Route except for the start where we took a even more traffic-free route to Camperdown via a bridleway from Holy'stone.

Date of event: 7/30/2008

From Ryal, instead of taking the non-Reivers shortcut directly to Fenwick, we decided to take the official route through Matfen and have lunch in the pub there.This was the last time I was dry. It rained like you wouldn't believe, at one point I have water running down my arms and my underpants are sodden and I find my'self sheltering under a tree. Not a leafy oak or chestnut though but some diaphanous number that offered no protection at all. But then what did I care I couldn't really get any wetter.

This was the section of road after Stamfordham and before Ponteland, taken the day after the previous photo. The wind was in our backs and the tarmac smooth and we were speeding along. Around 30km/hr and the journey which took us about 4 hours on the way out took only 2.5 hours on the way back.So I wonder where we'll go next?

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Two day cycle trip to Simonburn

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