Another local wintery ride on the S-Works Creo 2

 

Another local ride in the winter sun and a frosty morning around County Durham. I was back out on the S-Works Creo 2 again as it was charged up and ready to rock n roll. Again it was a regular local loop taking in two of County Durham's old railway lines and one short road section from Crook to Willington. There was a few others out n about but not to many and it was nippy especially into the headwind from Broompark picnic area up to Esh Winning and Stanley Crook. The lines are still mainly dry as we have had no rain but where the frost has hit the track and melting in the sun it is starting to get sloppy black spray. Below are a few photos from the 20 miles with 1200ft of climbing. 

New tarmac finished on the first stretch 

they have closed the next one after Stoneacre garage, use station road and hop back on at the end

Icy winter sun local ride along two of Co Durham's old railway lines

 

Finally some sunshine here in County Durham for a change. With an overnight frost again there was plenty of ice on the windscreens in the morning. I decided on a short local loop taking in two of Durham's old railway lines and a couple of short interlinking road sections. The section of track at the Bransden Den at Brandon is completing today but they are moving further along to the wooded section to the left of the fields at Meadowfield then once that section is finished they are moving to the next wooded section to the right of the top field of the sports centre. So there will be plenty of diversions to do which are not signposted lol. The front brake is slightly better but no where near 100% quiet. 

Below are a few sunny / chilly snaps from the loop, enjoy and hopefully more soon - 

The path at the bottom of field dropping into Bishop has been tarmaced right from the carpark area 

and all the existing tarmac path has been made wider, god know why it was wide enough

A cold and cloudy overcast spin upto Consett and back down

 

Back out again today after a very busy weekend. Todays spin was a steady out n back along the old railway line from Langley Park up to Consett for a look around and back down taking in the country back lanes. The weather has fairly changed here now in Co Durham with overnight frost for the last two days and day time temperatures not getting above 6 degrees. Today was overcast and cloudy for the whole ride but the sun did try and burn through a couple of times but failed! On the plus side there was no wind and the tracks and lanes were not too wet and muddy. All in just under 24 miles in 1hr 53mins with 1200ft of climbing. Below are a few snaps from the ride, enjoy and hopefully more soon -