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South Humber
Barton on Humber to Cleethorpes Date: 21st January 2023 Distance 31 Miles Ascent 300ft Lighthouses Killingholme Low North, Killingholme Low South, Killingholme High. Riders Steve, Ollie, Kate, Rob, Lindsey, Sam, Rachel, Tim, Jane & Me With 97 lighthouses visited the South Humber ride would get us to 100! It wasn’t looking like the most interesting…
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The Wash
Fosdyke to Kings Lynn Date: 15th January 2023 Distance 36 Miles Ascent 225ft Lighthouses Guys Head & Sir Peter Scott Riders Jane & Me Dropping Martha and her room contents back to uni meant that we had an opportunity to grab a sunday ride on the way home. A ride that would fill in a…
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The Whisky Ride
Ardrossan to Bruichladdich and back (with Whisky) Date: 21st -23rd October 2022 Distance 44 miles out, 16 miles around and 40 miles back Ascent 4650ft Lighthouses none….but plenty of Whisky Riders Mike, Helen, Cindi, Chris, Paddy, Tim, Jane, Chris & me Eleven years ago. On a wonderful holiday cycling around the Inner Hebrides, whilst wild…
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The Welsh Riviera
Shotton to Llandudno Junction Date: 10th September 2022 Distance 53 Miles Ascent 1700ft Lighthouses Talacre & The Great Orme Riders Jane, Steve & Me So. We are cycling all the coastline of mainland Britain but not necessarily in the same order, or for that matter in the same direction. The North Wales coast is a…
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Six Estuaries
Sittingbourne to Colchester Date: 4th – 6th July 2022 Distance 123 Miles Ascent 3850ft Lighthouses None Riders Jane & Me Its often tricky to name the rides. This section also covers the Medway, Roach, Crouch, Blackwater and Colne Estuaries but its is the Thames that is most poignant, a great river that feels forgotten after…
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East Sussex & Kent South
Brighton to Dover Date: 4th – 6th July 2022 Distance 123 Miles Ascent 3850ft Lighthouses None Riders Jane & Me I love Trains. We shut the front door and made our way to Ben Ryhdding Station. Into Leeds and off to London. Lunch in Borough Market then on to Brighton. The sun was shining the…
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Snowdonia, North & South
Conwy to Pontlyfni & Llanystumdwy to Phenrhyndeudreath DATE: 19th – 20th April 2022 DISTANCE: 105 Miles ASCENT: 6375ft LIGHTHOUSES: None RIDERS: Jane & Me “Lets do a 2 day circular tour, then we don’t need to use trains, then we can get a big crew together”. things got in the way of the plan and…
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Solway North
Carlisle to Dumfries Date: 19th March 2022 Distance 49 Miles Ascent 1350ft Lighthouses None Riders Jane & Me Carlisle is a friendly place. Lots of people doing that eye contact thing, wishing us a good morning, a group of kids waved us on our way sat on their garden wall and a man fixing his garden…
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Tyne & Wear
Middlesborough to South Shields Date: 15th January 2022 Distance 54 Miles Ascent 1725ft Lighthouses Pilot Pier, Heugh, Seaton, Roker Pier, Seaham, Souter, South Tyne Pier, Herd Groyne. Riders Rob, Lindsey, Tim, Bryan, Jane & Me We lifted ice covered bikes off the roof of our cars at 9am saturday morning in a foggy, rough industrial…
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Forth Estuary
Newhaven to Grangemouth Date: 31st October 2021 Distance 30 Miles Ascent 825ft Lighthouses Granton Riders Jane & Me Trains to Glasgow were full so we headed up to Edinburgh with our trusty fold up bikes to ride between the two cities. The capital is on a hill so its a joyous fizz along a brilliant…
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