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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 

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Edmunbyers

It rained through the night and was much colder when we set off. The day started with a climb up the A686 but soon turned in to a long fast ride down to Haydon Bridge. We then used the B6319 and some back roads to reach a pub for lunch at Warden. A quick shopping session (sun very hot here) in Hexham then we started a long long climb up to Juniper, Slaley Forest and eventually to a tea room in Blanchland at 16:30. After tea and a cake we had a quick ride around Derwent Reservoir to the hostel at Edmunbyers.

Mileage 43 Ave 9.8 Max 33.0 Fri 

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Dunston

Had a photo session with Bertie who joined us last night. Headed off up the hill to Shotley Bridge then went down the Derwent Walk to Rowlands Gill. Had a corned beef pie for lunch the carried on to Swalwell and Dunston arriving about 14:00

Mileage 20 Ave 9.5 Max 36.5

Total for the week 281