Coast to Coast Solo Cycle: In One Day on a £100 Bicycle? Whitehaven to Sunderland: C2C

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Coast to Coast Solo Cycle: In One Day on a £100 Bicycle? Whitehaven to Sunderland: C2C

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Bank Holiday Weekend, fancied an adventure. Cycled up to Whitehaven from Manchester across a day and a half, 140 miles. Camped out by the side of route 71, up bright and early to tackle the Coast to Coast in one day on a old second hand £100 bike.
Using route 71 mainly but taking short-cuts on A roads here and there.
It really is a a World Class cycle route with astonishing scenery, very easy to follow due to clear sign posting. If you want to take a more leisurely cycle of it, maybe across 3-4 days, then this blog breaks it down perfectly and is easy to follow: cycle.travel/r... . I'd highly recommend to anyone, beginners could do it taking it steady.
I really enjoyed getting shots on my phone of the landscapes and shots of the speedy descents using my helmet cam.
Used an iPhone and Go Pro Hero 7 Silver for videos. Go pro attached onto helmet.

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@AyupStuggy 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic! Well done! I was cycling up Crawleyside and on Waskerly Way today, as part of a 125km loop round Teesdale and Weardale. It's nice to see you making a video of this area. There's loads of monster hills in the North Pennines!

@oscartenwolde1 3 жыл бұрын

this is a 3 day job even without the 160km warm up you did from manchester beforehand, you mad man! great video.

@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers for giving it a watch Oscar, ‘twas a mad ‘en! 😅

@Biking360 3 жыл бұрын

Well done lad. That's a fantastic achievement and you should be rightly proud. JP The old guy.

@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Looks like you’ve had some interesting adventures yourself!

@Biking360 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 It's all been a bit bonkers but that's where the gun is eh?

@pen2199 3 жыл бұрын

the ride from manchester is good going,the to do the c c is just fkn amazing

@dwightplays7546 3 жыл бұрын

such a melle of emotions right now 🤣🤣 cracking video ladd

@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 3 жыл бұрын

Ta 😊

@emc2691 3 жыл бұрын

you're an inspiration jonesy man! big ups

@pootlingalong8928 2 жыл бұрын

Well done! 👍🏻😁

@Tomanart 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed watching your video, what a great achievement, well done 😊

@TheUnfairytale Жыл бұрын

I did it in 2 days in 2021, much more sensible and stayed the night at Alston, which was nice. kudos on your ride though.

@nevertoopoortotour.3033 2 жыл бұрын

Great video mate.

@maceyevo 10 ай бұрын

Excellent, thought you were giving up with only down hill left

@tonyfrewin4822 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant effort Craig. Well done mate and thanks for another great video to watch. Looking forward to your next adventure.

@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Tony! Thanks for giving it a watch and glad you enjoyed.

@micky30335 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff bud☺

@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Is funny to see your comment just now, as I’m sat at a cafe in Inverness finishing my breakfast about to start cycling the north Coast 500

@niallwildwoode7373 2 жыл бұрын

Well done mate. I'm at Glassonby between Langwathby and Hartside (C2C Rt7). The Alston road's full of tossers on pocket rockets, all trying to take the bends at high speed. Arragons at Penrith is the dog's danglers and always helpful to cyclists.

@hrhbucket4268 2 жыл бұрын

Really liked that, thanks. I'm probably a bit late to the party. Loved the brass band at the end. Did you find a hotel in Sunderland or just stay awake until the train the next morning?

@nevertoopoortotour.3033 2 жыл бұрын

Never too poor to tour

@craigcrallan15 3 жыл бұрын

Great video and great effort man! I used the link in your description and think I will use the GPX download as a friend and I are going to attempt this in a few weeks also. Can you confirm if the whole route is suitable for road bikes?

@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Craig. Thanks for the nice comment! I can confirm that all of the road is suitable for a road bike. Yeah use Sustrans, it’s the best way to navigate IMO. It’s all very well signposted anyway so should be easy enough. All the best with it! You’ll have a great time. I’ll be uploading a new vlog soon where I cycled the north coast of Scotland, probably will upload it this week, so you may be interested in subscribing 😁😉

@craigcrallan15 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 Thanks for the feedback. Any tips or words or wisdom? there's going to be 2 of us doing it and if(when) we make it to Sunderland we will be continuing down to Hartlepool.

@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 3 жыл бұрын

@@craigcrallan15 no problem 😊 how many days you planning on doing it over? My advice, if you aren’t planning on doing it in one day...Take your time and enjoy the scenery, you’d be surprised at how much ground you can cover in one day. Don’t worry too much about how much KM you’ve done. Nothing wrong with getting off the bike and having nice breaks. Stop for lots of coffee breaks at nice spots along the road and soak it in! When you are going uphill, just relax and look down at the road, try not to look at how steep it is and how far, you’ll think you are going too slow but just go slow and take it easy! If you are planning on doing it in one day, take lots of energy gels! Start as early as you possibly can. If camping, don’t worry too much about where you are going to camp later in the day. If you stick to the cycle route there are loads of places to camp.

@craigcrallan15 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 all in the 1 Day is the plan 😬

@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 3 жыл бұрын

@@craigcrallan15 very nice! In that case, yeah start early as you can, before sunrise. Get in the zone. Have loads of these in the back pocket of your cycle journey, only use them when it gets bad (see link) Bannas, coffee and ham and cheese sandwiches is the best fuel for me, save these for dire situations. If your bikes are in good nick, you’ll be fine! Get in the zone and admire the beautiful scenes around you. If your averaging over 16km per hour, your already doing better than I did. Although I did have a lot of breaks. www.amazon.co.uk/HIGH5-Energy-Gel-Mixed-20x40g/dp/B07CHLN5XL/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=cycle+gels&qid=1629147871&rdc=1&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFJUUpKWTJPSTc5UTMmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA4NDI4ODEzVjg0VEQwMVlBUjlUJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA0OTQzMjUyQk9QWEpFQjVYRzE2JndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfcGhvbmVfc2VhcmNoX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

@silkdestroyer Ай бұрын

Why Kms? Isn't this England?

@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 Ай бұрын

@@silkdestroyer looks like you’re cycling further when you use KM! 😄

@silkdestroyer Ай бұрын

@@jonesyscyclevlogs9276 I like signs in KMs when I'm in Europe because they come down faster! I do have to keep mentally converting back to miles though.