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Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 31 Aug 2019, 3:47pm
by Nickeveson
Chelle should be able to get a couple of bikes hidden in our van if it'll help
Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 31 Aug 2019, 4:12pm
by landsurfer
oldmanonabike wrote: Keswick it's not far from the last stop but if we can safely store the bikes in the van it's a nice place to look around.
I'll give the tourist bit a miss ... i'll probably be on oxygen by then ..

... and the last 20 visits to Keswick where enough ...

Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 31 Aug 2019, 4:37pm
by landsurfer
Doing a 30 mile Don Valley ride in the morning with a 6.1 mile climb at the end .... lets see how this works out

Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 31 Aug 2019, 4:42pm
by Paulatic
landsurfer wrote:oldmanonabike wrote: Keswick it's not far from the last stop but if we can safely store the bikes in the van it's a nice place to look around.
I'll give the tourist bit a miss ... i'll probably be on oxygen by then ..

... and the last 20 visits to Keswick where enough ...

I’m with you there... back in the sixties and seventies I used to love the place but the love affair has waned over the years. The divorce started with a pub trying to overcharge me for beer must of thought I was a tourist

The religious nutter in the hostel didn’t help my mood and I cycled out of Keswick before 9 am. Still love the surrounding area but I’ve no need to join the tourist trail of outdoor shops.
Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 31 Aug 2019, 5:38pm
by flash
Anyone taking a track pump this time, or shall I bring mine???
Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 31 Aug 2019, 5:52pm
by landsurfer
I always bring mine .....
Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 31 Aug 2019, 5:54pm
by flash
Lovely....
Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 31 Aug 2019, 5:55pm
by oldmanonabike
landsurfer wrote:oldmanonabike wrote: Keswick it's not far from the last stop but if we can safely store the bikes in the van it's a nice place to look around.
I'll give the tourist bit a miss ... i'll probably be on oxygen by then ..

... and the last 20 visits to Keswick where enough ...

It's not my favorite place but others seem to like it, someone tried to overcharge me for a meal they stood no chance
Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 31 Aug 2019, 6:05pm
by landsurfer
Paulatic wrote: Still love the surrounding area but I’ve no need to join the tourist trail of outdoor shops.
AAHH .... The Cheque book Mountaineers ...
These days a number of mountaineering shops would be charged with manslaughter ..
Fishers of Keswick, Graham Tiso (?) ... and a very well known chain in Fort Bill ... alledgley
People would rock up, spend a fortune in Outdoor Clothing Establishments ... and on maps ! .. and we would end up carrying their bodies off the hill a few days later .....
"Access for All" was a disaster ....for all ...
Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 2 Sep 2019, 10:31am
by oldmanonabike
A week to go seems like a good time to relist the daily route maps as they have been revised due to road closures and someone building a housing estate across the route. I have retained the same route numbers.
Day 1whitehaven to little Salkeld 58m ascent 5043 ft
http://www.plotaroute.com/route/856452Day 2 Little Salkeld to Consett 48m ascent 4656ft.
http://www.plotaroute.com/route/856289Day 3 Consett to Tynemouth 30m ascent 1312.
http://www.plotaroute.com/route/856375As previously stated these routes were prepared on plotaroute.com using open source cycle maps.
I can't guarantee the accuracy if other maps are used.
We may be Wimps but this C2c route is a challenge to most cyclists
See you next week
Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 3 Sep 2019, 8:51am
by Nickeveson
Hope David is bringing his comfy walking shoes as well as me!
Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 3 Sep 2019, 9:04am
by Paulatic
Nickeveson wrote:Hope David is bringing his comfy walking shoes as well as me!
My shoes fell apart a couple of weeks ago

Had to buy some more and on the box it said they were running shoes. They don’t seem to work.

Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 3 Sep 2019, 11:46am
by Nickeveson
Running! So over rated! Stick to pedalling Paul
Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 3 Sep 2019, 7:30pm
by landsurfer
Nick ... is your bike a Dawes Karakum ? Would you recommend it .... if not what is it ...
Re: WIMPS Coast To Coast 2019
Posted: 4 Sep 2019, 4:49pm
by Nickeveson
It is....and I love it