Your Trips
This is the section of the site where you can read other people’s C2C trip journals, articles etc which have been submitted to me for inclusion. We are looking forward to a bumper crop of accounts as 2011 looks like being a particularly busy year. Any photographs we use in the 2012 edition of the book will be rewarded with a free copy.
For more C2C trip journals, visit Earlier Trips and the Related Links page where you can browse many more online Trip Journals and other related sites.
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Please feel free to send more details of your trips, plus pix.
In the meantime read crazy Rob Scott’s account of a non-stop C2C2C. We do not encourage such bravado, but I have to take my hat off (see his account, below).
Mark Porter
50th birthday challenge
Well, we successfully completed the C2C. I wanted a challenge for my 50th and boy, did I get one! We organised it ourselves using this fantastic site. I cannot recommend it enough. Everything is there to plan your own adventure. The route is very well sign-posted throughout the journey. We did it over 5 days … [Read More]
Monogrammed C2C Shirt
If you’ve got it, flaunt it! Get a NEW monogrammed C2C cycle shirt to show that you have completed the ultimate Coast to Coast cycle challenge. Buy online here…
Danger alert!
From: Councill Robert Philipson I have a safety concern regarding a cattle grid on National Route 7 on the western approach to Allenheads in Northumberland. The cattle grid is in a poor state of repair and the county council has placed two metal plates across the grid. These move unevenly when any weight is put … [Read More]
Total climb?
Can any of you definitively say how many feet/metres are actually climbed on the route? I am a bit embarrassed to mention my figure as it is significantly higher than the recorded figure one of you has submitted. I have, at the lowest end, under 9,000 feet. At the highest end, 12,080 feet. But of … [Read More]
Drown but not out
Hi, After completing my 1st ever C2C back on a glorious sunny weekend in March over 3 days, myself and 3 friends decided to try again but this time over 2 days at the end of July. I’ve written up the story of the ride here http://graemestoker.tumblr.com/post/28863536028/c2cmk2. In short – torrential rain makes Garrigill worse … [Read More]
Brush with disaster ends in triumph
June 11-14, 2012 For over a year I have been researching doing this ride. I was born in Sunderland and have lived in Canada most of my life. Finally at my 50th birthday my husband and I and our kids, Simon 25, and Macy 12 set off from Whitehaven!! We are from Walla Walla, … [Read More]
Wheelie great service
I would like to add a comment about North Pennine Cycles. On Sunday the 6th May 2012, David saved my c2c experience, open on a sunday and so so helpful and knowledgeable. A spoke had snapped on 2 occasions from Penrith to Rookhope section, the second occasion the rear derailleur was dragged in to the other … [Read More]
Cycle nuts from Brazil
I’m Brazilian (58 years) and next 17th I’ll be beginning my journey crossing Hadrian’s Wall with my wife (47 years) and my son (25 years). Your site C2C Route helped me so much in the planning of my trip. Thank you very much. Milton Reis
Father and son Part 2
Eric Percival did the route in May, described his ride with his son and has followed this up with GPS tracking of their progress. I put a few notes on our blog http://pandac2c.blogspot.com for clarity since we took a few small route variations – mostly deliberate but a couple accidental . We missed a turn … [Read More]
Worthy cause
SANDS charity ride Hello I have never ridden a bike more than a mile before January this year, so I decided to do this challenge and raise money for the Stillbirth & neonatal deaths charity. Sadly I lost my grandson back in 2008 and want to raise funds. Jack would have been 4 this … [Read More]
Ride of a lifetime!
I plan to do the C2C Whitehaven to Tynemouth in 3 days, hoping to take in all the off-road options as per this website and the official Sustrans map, as I’ll be riding it on a mountain bike with hybrid tyres. Obviously this part has been written before the ride and will also write a … [Read More]
Father and son blog
Just finished a four day trip with my 13 year old son – the first cycle touring he has done. It was tough at times, but a great experience. We kept a blog which can be found at http://pandac2c.blogspot.com. I’ll be uploading the GPS track logs shortly. He had Go Pro Hero 2 camera on … [Read More]
Highs and lows on the cycle shop front
I would like to add a comment about North Pennine Cycles. I cannot find anywhere to add a blog about the shop and the Owner (you just have – ed). On Sunday the 6th May 2012, the owner David Raeside salvaged my C2C trip by being so helpful and knowledgeable as well as being open … [Read More]
C2C virgins do it over 3 days
Hi everyone, just completed our first 3 day C2C (in fact our first ever tour). I have been cycling since last year, the wife only started training from January. The forum has proved invaluable and having both the book and map are essential. We rode on mountain bikes though locked the suspension forks and fitted … [Read More]
Zeroes to heroes?
Hi Mark, first off well done on the site, it’s a huge use for those of us beginners planning to tackle the C2C! Just read the intro on your Blogs page and thought I’d take a moment to plug our particular C2C challenge. On the weekend of 23-25 March, 15 of us, all BT employees … [Read More]
2-day blast in frozen Hell
Three of us decided to do the C2C route in two days in the chilly month of February. We drove up on the Thursday night, stayed in the ‘Mansions’ in Whitehaven, a great spot with a downhill 1.5 mile ride to the start. The next morning we set off on our trip across the country. … [Read More]
GPS data
Hi You requested a Garmin route for the C2C. I have completed my version of the C2C using an all road route in one day for the last 3 years. A write-up for all three can be found here, with the 2010 version being data logged with my Garmin Edge705. http://www.calder-clarion.co.uk/c2c2010.htm I think that the … [Read More]
Sanctuary at the inn
Just completed a 2 day trip from Whitehaven to Sunderland with rain for the first half a day and a strong east wind throughout! Loved it, but struggled up those big hills. Suffolk was no preparation. The first section is really pleasurable until Winlatter Pass. The first part felt like the worst though and the … [Read More]
Coast to coast to coast
We used the extra royal wedding holiday to cycle from coast to coast (Hadrian’s wall route) and back (c2c route). A total of almost 400 mile, after a couple of detours, in a leisurely seven days. Having noticed the Children’s Hospice running a similar coast to coast cycle challenge, (one way only) we felt a … [Read More]
Onwards and upwards
Have a look at Jo Price’s link: http://theputteringpedaler.blogspot.com/ It’s funny and from the heart.
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