The Jack, The Gelt & The Knar
On Sunday 5 members of Tyne Valley MTB Cycling rode a challenging route through and over the Pennine Ridge we call The Jack, the Gelt & the Knar. With an outward headwind it took us 7.25 hours to cover 41.6 km and climb a total of 1079 m although it felt more.
New Dragon Cycle Trail
The new Dragon Cycle Trail at Wallington which will open with a ‘celebration of pedal power’ on 28th & 29th May. It’s an entry level trail very much aimed at families.
Simonburn Loop, May 3rd
On a fresh but fine early May evening, 9 TVMTB members rode the Simonburn loop on Wednesday 4 of whom road-biked the Borderlands CR on Sunday and Monday. We covered 22.3 km with 486 m of total ascent.
Borderlands
On Sunday 31/4 eight TVMTBC members rode 83 miles of the proposed Borderlands road bike cycle route between Carlisle and Berwick upon Tweed. The cycling was really high quality but a strong beasterly Easterly extended our cycling time by 1.5 hours and drained our legs but not our spirit.