Tandem to Edinburgh

After a forgettable B&B in Richmond we had to choose between the pretty back route via the hills (about 90 miles) or hacking up the A167 to Gateshead. Tripped over an unexpectedly fantastic coffee shop and organic grocers in Piercebridge (crossing point of the Tees from Roman times) – fuelled by that we had covered 40 miles by lunchtime. Got to Whitley Bay in time to play with 11-month-old Rose, having now come 337 miles from Oxford.

Today’s distance = 62 miles
Number of useless cycle paths encountered (just get you safely to the dangerous bit) = we lost count