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Brian went gravel riding
Yesterday at 11:20
Gravel bike ride to Wylam
Out on the newly converted bike. It was a 1 x but I’ve converted it to 2 x after I was found wondering on the steep hills of the Bay Cycle way a few weeks ago.
It’s funny as this time last year I had 8 bikes now I have…
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Brian went for a hike
August 23, 2026 at 09:19
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside.
Today Allison and I parked up near Spanish City and walked down to Tynemouth market along the promenade and up and down the coves and bays.
The weather was excellent, a slight north easterly breeze but full sunshine.
Once in the market we had a shuffle about and an amazing…
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Brian went for a hike
August 19, 2026 at 09:02
Emergency wine !!
I’ve been out for a walk going to see my old man then post some important documents in relation to my house move and then most importantly get some wine for Allison, she calls it emergency wine.
I tried walking briskly again as I wanted to try and wake myself…
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Brian went for a hike
August 17, 2026 at 07:12
Urban safari Newcastle to Home
So Allison has been called up for Jury Service (again !!) so I went into Newcastle with her and walked home via the quayside, ouseburn, heaton, Jesmond dene and heathery lane.
My goal was to walk as quick as I could for as long as I could.
I even jogged…
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August 17, 2026
Wow - Photo2 with the Millenium Bridge is successful 👏
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Brian went for a hike
August 11, 2026 at 11:17
Go forth to Gosforth
Today it’s quite warm here in the North and me and Allison had to go and see our solicitor for our impending house sale, finally sold it !
We did a bit on the Waggonways then pounded the pavement to the Solicitors.
We’ve also had to take on a Scottish…
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August 11, 2026
Nice part of the borders there, Eyemouth and St Abbs nearby
Brian went for a hike
August 4, 2026 at 09:33
Coldingham St Abbs Coldingham
Heavy rain first thing then it cheered up a bit so we headed out for a stroll to St Abbs.
It was quite warm and a few people about but not as many as recent days.
We’ve been house hunting in the area too after the other place fell through.
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August 4, 2026
The light on the coast looks great
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Brian went for a hike
August 3, 2026 at 11:35
L.S Lowry trail (part of) Berwick upon Tweed.
The weather forecast for today was pretty poor so Allison and I went scouting for houses in Berwickshire, we think we’ve found found one in the village of Coldingham.
Anyway as the weather improved we decided to have a walk around Berwick and accidentally ended up walking part of the…
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Brian went for a hike
August 1, 2026 at 14:05
Coldingham
We’re away for a few days for the bosses birthday.
We’ve been out for a walk from our base down to the beach and up into the village for a drink at the Anchor Inn pub, definitely a place for locals !! There were a few characters in there.
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Brian went for a hike
July 25, 2026 at 14:10
Cross bay walk
This was a guided walk by kings guide to the sands from Arnside to Grange over Sands crossing the Kent Estuary and is not to be followed under any circumstances without the guide.
I did forget to start my watch when we set off and you must ignore the elevation…
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July 25, 2026
Beautiful guided tour
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Brian went for a hike
July 24, 2026 at 11:20
Cartmel back to Cark
The return journey to catch our train.
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Brian went for a hike
July 24, 2026 at 09:53
Easy stroll from Cark to Cartmel
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Morning we took the train from Arnside to Carl and walked into Cartmel.
The weather is a bit overcast with sunny intervals.
We’ve been to have a look at the prices at L’enclume the Michelin starred restaurant and decided after picking ourselves up off the floor to have a…
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July 24, 2026
Nice photos
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Brian went for a hike
July 23, 2026 at 10:04
Silecroft beach
Today we had a drive round to Sile rift and had a stroll o. The windy beach in the shadow of Black Combe.
I’m not feeling too bad after yesterday but my plan today was to finish the Bay Cycle Way sadly I can’t due to having a catastrophic puncture…
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Brian went for a hike
July 22, 2026 at 18:01
Promenade and Grubbins wood
Nice easy stroll with Allison along the promenade and a loop of the woods. We thought we could just walk straight through but we had to double back.
It was lovely weather when we set off but very overcast on our return.
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July 22, 2026
Photo 5 looks like a hit 😊
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Brian went cycling
July 22, 2026 at 08:05
Barrow to Arnside
This was the first 2/3 of the Bay Cycle Way, I found it tough going as I’ve done no where near enough prep to cover this distance.
There were some tough climbs too, the one up to Bigland was a killer when the road ramped up to 25% I had…
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July 22, 2026
Great photos 👍
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Brian went gravel riding
July 22, 2026 at 07:46
Navigate to the start of the Bay Cycle way
Easy ride to Walney Island
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about 22 hours ago
A canny loop. I also like that Medburn track. I do wonder why there's so much focus in the bike world on 1 up setups, must limit your gear range or leave big gaps between ratios. Then again, I ride a prehistoric triple !