Alston
We got off to a nice early start and had reached the top of our first climb onto Ireshope Moor within the hour. It was a quick whizz down dodging the sheep to St John's Chapel and we then headed down Weardale. Nice and warm and sunny. At Eastgate Sally and Heather headed off to Rookhope for lunch, Andy, Trevor and I went to Stanhope for a BCQ. We met them again at Rookhope and then had a long steady climb up towards Allenheads. Tea and a cake in Allenheads then a hard ride over the moor took us to Alston.
Mileage 37 Ave 8.7 Max 36.5 Thu