St Bees - Whitehaven - Keswick
Following the Cumbria/Hadrian cycle route from St Bees to Whitehaven for the first 4 miles you will then pick up the Sea to Sea cycle route from Whitehaven, a pleasant sea port with an attractive town. For the next 10 miles the route follows the Whitehaven to Ennerdale Railway Path, a well surfaced traffic-free trail. The route then climbs fell sides, follows lake shores and goes through Winlatter Forest Park onto Keswick, passing through some of Britain's most beautiful scenery.

Keswick - Langwathby
On leaving Keswick we ride along the delightful Keswick to Threlkeld rail trail, deep in the gorge of the river Greta. From Threlkeld the route skirts the slopes of Blencathra, one of Cumbria's most distinctive mountains, en route for the hamlet of Mungrisdale. Then your journey continues through the fringes of the Lake District to the market town of Penrith and the village of Langwathby in the Eden Valley for your overnight stay.

Langwathby - Alston
Starting with a long, steep climb up Hartside Pass into the north Pennines, England's last wilderness and riding over Black Hill, at 609 meters, you will then arrive at Alston which is today's destination.

Alston - Castleside
You have now completed the mountainous part of the route and can now look forward to some downhill pedalling! The route travels on the Waskerley Way which is a level and largely well-surfaced dedicated cycle trail that brings you to Castleside just outside Consett, which is today's destination.

Castleside - Tynemouth
From Castleside to Newcastle the route travels mainly on cycle paths alongside the river Tyne into Newcastle upon Tyne and onto your final destination, north pier at Tynemouth, where this ride finishes.

Easy to Moderate

Good accommodation and friendly hosts are an essential part of any holiday. We understand this and go out of our way to find the best. We put a great deal of effort into hand picking our accommodation and matching it to individual customer requirements. As well as visiting the accommodation ourselves, we ask all our customers to complete a short evaluation on each night’s accommodation, which then gives us an insight in to the day-to-day operation, and lets us spot any potential issues before they become a problem.

We use a variety of accommodation, including small country house hotels, guest houses in market towns, bed and breakfasts in farm houses, country cottages and Victorian town houses. In selecting the accommodation we look for helpful, friendly hosts with good quality, characterful accommodation close to the trail. For example, over the course of your trip you might stay in a village inn, a bed and breakfast in a converted barn, a Victorian guest house, on a working farm, and in a Georgian hotel.

We always try to arrange ensuite accommodation, i.e. rooms with their own bathrooms for each night of your stay. However, in some of the more remote locations accommodation is limited and occasionally we may have to book rooms with shared bathrooms for one or two nights of your holiday, (especially if the booking is made at short notice), but we will always let you know if this is likely to be the case.