Coast
	2
	Coast

This site was constructed by me, Nick Bauer.

The coast 2 coast is a mixture of road and off-road cycling from St Bees Head to Robin Hoods Bay with a distance of two hundred and ten miles. The route takes you across spectacular scenery, starting in The Lake District, crossing The Pennines and finally the North Yorkshire Moors.

Okay, so it's been nearly two years since our quest to ride from one side of the country to the other, but here it is, an insight to what is known to walkers and cyclists as the Coast 2 Coast.

Having completed The Three Peak Twenty Four Hour challenge the previous year in 1996 and by coming to the end of that year the urge was there to do something in the following year. So thinking caps on and we came up with the coast 2 coast ride. Not a new thing I hear you say, but hey its out there to be done!!

The challenge bit comes from not doing it in seven to ten days as suggested, but in five days. Five days I hear you say, where's the challenge in that? Well add to myself, four other candidates of varying fitness levels and a van driver things start to hot up a bit.

The candidates include Steve Biggs and Dave Allaway, with whom I did the Three Peaks, and which Steve has a successful web site (link address at the bottom), two new recruits to the team, Dan Ball and JMC otherwise known as John McDonald. Oh and not forgetting the most important member of the team (besides myself), our van driver Roger Biggs.

We hope you enjoy the site and that it can be of use to you in your quest to ride (or walk) the coast 2 coast. We have included pictures of us, as well as cycling routes, information and advice along with some personal highs and lows, and as Steve has put it, to boldly go where quite a few people have gone before!!

Contents

Youth Hostels and Useful Materials

Link to the The Three Peak Challenge.

To The Candidates