Day 7 9th August

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Edmunbyers

It rained through the night and was much colder when we set off. The day started with a climb up the A686 but soon turned in to a long fast ride down to Haydon Bridge. We then used the B6319 and some back roads to reach a pub for lunch at Warden. A quick shopping session (sun very hot here) in Hexham then we started a long long climb up to Juniper, Slaley Forest and eventually to a tea room in Blanchland at 16:30. After tea and a cake we had a quick ride around Derwent Reservoir to the hostel at Edmunbyers.

Mileage 43 Ave 9.8 Max 33.0 Fri 

Day 8 10th August

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Dunston

Had a photo session with Bertie who joined us last night. Headed off up the hill to Shotley Bridge then went down the Derwent Walk to Rowlands Gill. Had a corned beef pie for lunch the carried on to Swalwell and Dunston arriving about 14:00

Mileage 20 Ave 9.5 Max 36.5

 

Total for the week 281