Taking a ride on my e-bike down the Cumbrian coast (with a short section done by train where the path has collapsed). Following the Hadrian’s Cycleway route (Sustrans route 72)
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Sustrans: https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-other-routes/hadrians-cycleway-route-72/
Strava maps: https://www.strava.com/activities/15076678276
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Good morning. Slightly different look to me today. Like out slightly as I’m going out on a long bike ride today. Uh well, not too long by most people’s standards, but it is by about 20 miles. Um starting from here in White Haven, heading down to Raven Glass where I’m meeting a friend for lunch and then I’m getting the train back from there. And I’ll also have to get the train on the way, but I’ll explain that on the bit. So I’m going down Adrian cycle way which is national cycle route network route that comes off uh the C to route around here and that takes me down through Egrammont Becket couple of other places I can’t remember then Cfield Cfield seale and Ravenlass Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Hey, Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. Hey, hey, hey. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. Yeah, that So here we are Sfield actually should be behind me shouldn’t receive a plant from here. Yeahfield stationfield nuclear power plant. Well not a power plant anymore. Nuclear decommissioning. But yeah, so there’s a foot path that carries on down the coast, but all the indic all the reports say you shouldn’t actually try cycling of there and not really inclined to give it a try and get stuck down in the mud or the high tides or whatever because the path where the cycle route was has been washed out was that you saw on the sign there. So managed to actually make really good time. So I’ got about half an hour. I was thinking, “Oh no, get going. Make sure I’m there for the train.” Was imagining having a mad rush down the last few bits. Actually got half an hour till the next train comes. But let’s relax. It’s been a great ride. Didn’t stop and record much on the way editing on the way because um just was really enjoying it. Hopefully the camera on the bikes caught some of the great views and really some really amazing views coming down there. It’s a great ride. I’ll just let you see some of a busy nuclear power rail station. That’s Black Kum down there in the distance. Basically, I think I keep saying whenever I film along the coast and I feel have a feeling that is going to be somewhere I’ll be walking soon and doing a video on train in at the other platform. God knows what. Probably just ballast or something. And yeah, very quiet station, but I assume it’s probably very busy at shift change still. Right, I’m going to have a little break, hop on the train in a bit, get down seal, and then uh head down to Ravenlass. Heat. Heat. my children’s birth certificate. She found it like that’s like I still got an hour till I need to be in Raven Glass. So, I thought I’d give it a try. This is their um cinnamon bun ice cream, which so far tastes really good. So yeah, I think I deserved a little break after that grueling train journey, but that long cycle before. And why not? It’s a lovely sunny day by the seaside. Be rude not to have some ice cream. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. N. And here we are at Raven Glass. It’s a nice little ride. Bit precarious on that around the bay where the road’s quite narrow. Path’s quite narrow coming around there. So, had a couple of cliches. Didn’t come up especially over the bridge which would have been very embarrassing. But really nice ride. Lovely morning for it. Look completely blue skies behind me. And we need to stop watch and check how far that is. So, so yeah, it’s about 20 miles total. 1920 mi. So yeah, not too far actually and not used much power at all on the bike. Still looking there. Yeah, it’s still on same full power which is pretty. So less than 20% of the battery used up doing that ride. So that’s yeah gives you an idea of how good ebikes can be on long distance. Right. So here at Ravenglass going to have meet a friend, have some lunch and then I’ll be getting the train back from here. So see you later. Heat. Heat.