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A warm welcome awaits you in ancient market town of Cockermouth. You will be met by the Charity Challenge representatives, as well as your fellow cyclists. The evening will be spent enjoying your first team dinner, followed by a full briefing about the coming days.
After a very early breakfast, we transfer towards Whitehaven shore where we dip our bikes in the Irish Sea. It’s then time to get pedalling as we venture towards the village of Cleator Moor and into the stirring landscape of the Lake District National Park.
Home to England’s highest mountains and deepest lakes, the region has inspired writers, artists and poets for generations. But our main concern this morning are the daunting hills that we need to cross in order to reach Loweswater and then Braithwaite and Keswick. We stop in Threkeld for a hard-earned lunch, before pushing on across Cumbria’s rolling hills and past Greystoke and the historic market town of Penrith. Finally we reach Alston: our home for the night. Dinner will be followed by another briefing and the chance to reflect on the day’s events.
Recharged and ready for action, we start the day by heading towards Northumberland National Park and the ancient ramparts of Hadrian’s Wall. The route ventures upwards through Halfwhistle and on to Homestead’s Fort, dramatically located on a high escarpment of the Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site. The fort, which offers spectacular panoramas, once housed about 800 men and is supposedly the site of Britain’s oldest toilets!
It’s then time to head east towards our final destination. Bypassing Newcastle-upon-Tyne, we head for our final destination: St Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay. Exhausted but triumphant, we complete the ride by dipping our wheels in the North Sea. There will be plenty of time for group photos and celebrations at the end of this spectacular ride.
Tonight you will stay in Whitley Bay and have a celebratory meal
After breakfast you will be transferred back to Cockermouth (3 hrs).
The bus will depart at 9am.
BELIEVE >> ACHIEVE >> INSPIRE
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