Hartside – BalancingOnTwoWheels

Wolds, Moors, Dales and Pennines

August 30, 2016 balancingontwowheels 600km, Audax, Bishop Auckland, Cumbria, Hartside, Killhope Cross, Kingston-upon-Hull, Malton, North Yorkshire Moors, Saltburn, Weardale

At 11pm, while cycling up the cobbled climb of Alston, a gentleman outside the Victoria Inn said to me, “You must be insane!” As I was cycling slowly I had[…]

Hartside 200km Audax

July 11, 2015 balancingontwowheels 200km, Birkdale, Coast to Coast, Eden, Hartside, Hartside 200, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Nateby, Rat Race Crossing, Swaledale, Teesdale, Yad Moss

Cycling up Swaledale, along the Vale of Eden and back down Teesdale: long climbs and never ending descents. The Hartside 200 was a perfect 200km Audax UK ride, organised by[…]

The Mosstrooper

May 23, 2015 balancingontwowheels 300km, Brest, Copshaw Kitchen, Crawleyside, Hartside, Impromptu Tearoom, Kielder, Mosstrooper, Paris, PBP, Penrith, Winters Gibbet

Having just completed the Mosstrooper 300km Audax, I’m back home with aching legs. Thank goodness today is a Bank Holiday because I keep falling asleep while sat on the sofa.[…]