Coast to Coast advice

[Punkawallah]

The hard bits are where all the satisfaction and sense of achievement come from.

Masochist :-)

 

[annedonnelly]

The local METRO trains goes from Tynemouth to Newcastle but only allows 1 bike on each carriage
There's 2 carriages on a metro train

You can't take the bike on the Metro through the city centre. I assume that heading in from Tynemouth that'd mean you'd need to get off at Manors rather than at the Central Station.

 

[Ajax Bay]

And I'll offer you St Bee's (lighthouse) to Robin Hood Bay: a proper Coast-to-coast. With the option to go on to Flamborough Head (lighthouse). I have ridden all but one mile of this route.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49361020
Logistically, a train from Manchester gets you to St Bees economically (plenty of acc'n out of season) and a train from Scarborough back to Manchester is peanuts and quick.
Your post has piqued my interest in riding this.

 

[gavgav]

Have you considered doing Way of the Roses (Morecambe to Bridlington via York) as an alternative C2C route?

Not heard of that one before, will look further at it 👍🏻

 

[gavgav]

The hard bits are where all the satisfaction and sense of achievement come from.

There are plenty of hard bits to give us a sense of achievement, on the original routes, as none of us have done a cycle tour before. The others will never come if I take them over Wrynose and Hardknott 😆

 

[geocycle]

As folk are suggesting alternatives, here are the Northern England C2Cs I’ve done over the years. All are great trips, all have lots of options for off-road of varying levels of difficulty and offer different levels of difficulty:

The original Whitehaven/Workington to Newcastle/Sunderland. Hilly, rugged, challenging but doable for most people.

Reivers Route, Workington to Newcastle via Keilder. One for the purist who wants an away from it all on a crowded island.

Walney to Whitby/Wear. A nice run across the south lakes and over Tan Hill.

Way of the Roses. Morecambe to Bridlington. A pretty route with hills through the Yorkshire Dales but flatter stretches across vale of York

Hadrians Wall. North coast of Solway and across the line of the wall. Probably the easiest in terms of hills and some history to build in.

 

[Lookrider]

GAVGAV
I guess you have to decide which c2c route you want to do ....
Then say how many miles per day....
Then you can fine tune the journey with more accurate advice from people who will have done the same route previously

 

[chris-suffolk]

I used Coast to Coast packhorse when I did the C2C

 

[mjr]

As folk are suggesting alternatives, here are the Northern England C2Cs I’ve done over the years.

I've done a Cornish C2C. Devoran to Portreath. It's a nice morning, half road and half packed stone.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

St David’s to Lowestoft is another C2C

 

[derrick]

Use the trains to get to the start, and train at the end to get you homw. a b&b halfway. Morecambe to Whitby

 

[ColinJ]

Not heard of that one before, will look further at it 👍🏻

It is a lovely route but if you do it, please take extreme care on the descent of Greenhow Hill towards Pateley Bridge.

Read THIS THREAD first!!

(Don't let that put you off - just exercise due caution!)

 

[YMFB]

I did way of the roses with two friends June 2024. my wife drove so we had our gear every night.

we stopped in Morecombe the night before as it’s a 5 hour drive from Wiltshire
cycled to Cracoe for the first night, Stamford Bridge the second and Bridlington on the third.

High Hill Lane out of Settle was the only bit we all walked. The hill out of Appletreewick was the longest, the drop into Pateley Bridge Greenhow Hill was not as bad as I’d be warned, in fact I loved it.

so far it’s the best ride I’ve done.

 

[T4tomo]

We’re thinking of taking on the Coast to Coast route, as the main challenge for 2025. 3 days of cycling, with overnight in Whitehaven beforehand and possibly for the final night as well.

Can anyone please provide tips on companies they’ve used, who will book accommodation and provide transfer of riders and bikes back from Tynemouth to Whitehaven, etc, or alternatively any tips on doing it independently, suitable guest houses/bunkhouses, etc and how you got the bikes back to Whitehaven.

Any tips appreciated, thanks.

If you want it really easy, do it with Saddleskedaddle
https://www.skedaddle.com/uk/cyclin...QRSC2rRTjPwQ2USxBZZJC6QZiyqArKu0aArAqEALw_wcB

They will book everything and transport your luggage every day. We've used them before an they are very good. Yes you might be able to save a little bit booking independently, but don't underestimate the cost and hassle of sorting luggage transfers whilst on the go. That was absolutely seamless.

 

[PaulSB]

the drop into Pateley Bridge Greenhow Hill was not as bad as I’d be warned, in fact I loved it.

You're the first person I've heard say that. I belive people have died there.

I have some friends who did the ride east to west. They stayed a night in Pateley Bridge. Beer was consumed. In fact a lot of beer was consumed. They hadn't believed the tales of this climb! 🤣