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
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.
Tour de Force
From: Ian Waugh <j.waugh1@sky.com> C2C in a day. Should be a Tour of Britain Stage! I am a C2C veteran having done about 6 or 7 trips over the past few years. Having done a C2C2C loop in 4 days a few years back taking in the Reivers as one of the legs we thought … [Read More]
Camera found
I have found a digital camera on the coast to coast route. Looking at the pictures the last ones were of people starting at the west coast. Could you please post a note, my number is 07787330062, obviously they will need to offer a good discription before I will let the camera go. Regards, Sean.
Brad’s blog
Sorry to Bradley Dearnley, who sent me his blog link over a month ago. Better late than never… www.Bradley-dearnley.blogspot.com
Easy does it, MTB-style
My wife and I decided to do the ride earlier in the year, to be completed over four days across the August Bank Holiday weekend. We both ride to work but that is on the flat and only a few miles each way. Long distances had never been attempted! We arrived by train and got … [Read More]
Very romantic!
With our daughter trotting off to Italy and Switzerland with school for 2 weeks and our son being 18 we decided to have the first holiday on our own in 18 years. What did we decide to do? The C2C, very romantic! We have been cyclists since our teens and have been racing for the … [Read More]
Per ardua ad astra
From: Andy Birkett A year ago I’d never heard of the C2C. Six months ago I still didn’t own a bike. But somehow, on May 14th, I found myself at the starting line of the C2C with five other like-minded-individuals. Weird. This is the story of the weekend. See the video diary at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX66UN0MV_4 or … [Read More]
U2C (Ulverston to Sunderland)
Jim Carleton writes: I did a slower hybrid route; Cumbrian Way (Ulverston to Keswick) where I picked up the C2C to Sunderland. Absolutely loved the varied landscapes and even had fun doing the climbs up Hartside and Nenthead in a driving drizzle. Can’t say I enjoyed that nasty little offroad section in Garrigill which I … [Read More]
Great trip, despite last night blues
This was an incredibly enjoyable trip. I did the C2C over 4 days with a friend and neither of us had done much training, although I do ride to work 8 miles each way every day so I was used to my bike. The scenery was incredible and changed every day. There were some challenging … [Read More]
Lost gizmo – any finder?
From: Ann Rideout <rideouta@willis.com> Lost cycle computeron the A66 3 miles east of Keswick, if any C2Cer picked it please get in touch.
New Coast to Coast book
At last! The 16th edition of Coast to Coast Cycle Routes has gone to the printers and will be with you in about two weeks. It’s got spiral binding to make it easier to handle, plus new mapping and two wonderful new diversions from the route. The first takes in Ullswater (not to be missed) … [Read More]
Three day video diary – a MUST!
Stephen and Juliet took part in another C2C challenge last summer (though you wouldn’t think it was summer judging by the weather). Their video account is brilliant, showing pain and pleasure in equal measure. Dear C2C Guide, I have created a video diary of our time during the C2C challenge. I notice you have a … [Read More]
Conquering youngsters
We are very proud to have completed the C2C trip in four days during last July. Magnificent cycle route over dramatic scenes. Our Group consisted of 4 adults and kids aged 11,10,9 and 7 who all rode their own bikes the whole way. Having not seen any other kids doing the route I wondered how … [Read More]
To Hell and back – crazy riders
I did the C2C from Sunderland to Whitehaven and back again last year in 2 days. However my challenge this year is to complete it there and back again in one day. Has anyone has actually done this previously? Also, is there any support or advice you can give me? I am doing it for … [Read More]
Tyred of roads
Is your route suitable for road bikes or not? It appears to include bridleways and old railway tracks which I would not like to take my road bike on. Do you have a purely road route? Martin Berry. Hi Martin, Yes – it’s fine for road bikes, although there are lots of traffic-free sections. I’d … [Read More]
Molten tarmac
Atlantic Ocean to North Sea Over the weekend of 27th / 28th of June 2009, Dave Mold, Ray Smith and Colin Hurst (who all work for BT South Tyneside) cycled from Limerick to South Shields. On Saturday we left Limerick at 07:00 to cycle to Dublin where we caught the overnight ferry to Birkenhead. After … [Read More]
Team SFS Conquer The Route
In September 2010, 13 people embarked on the C2C Challenge to raise money for children in need. Our target was £5000 and we raised more than this. We all completed the challenge because of one main ingredient – TEAMWORK.
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