Well after Monday nights / Tuesday's continuous rain and flooding the sun was out today and so was the wind! I thought it was time to take a few hours off work and enjoy the sunny weather. The temperature was between 5 to 10 degrees for the whole ride and there was a very strong head wind on the outward leg to Alston. The roads were nice and quiet as ever in Upper Weardale / Alston area. When I reached Alston I dropped down through the village centre to the have a drink and 5 mins rest before climbing back out of Alston on the High Force road. The Cumbrian side is not the best with loads of pot holes, no white lines, poor surface but once you cross the border and into Co Durham its new smooth tarmac all the way down to Langdon Beck where I turned left and up and over Chapel Fell. This has been large stone chipped on the Teasdale side making it even harder to climb. The descent down on the Weardale side was very fast (46mph with the brakes on) with sheep on the road, wash off rain water pouring across the road and massive whipping side winds. I was pleased when I reached St Johns Chapel and back into some shelter again. Last night was also the first night for the gritters in County Durham and the roads were white with salt. Below are a few snaps and a couple of video clips at the bottom. Enjoy and hopefully more soon -
PS NECCL RD3 Newton Aycliffe this Saturday - organised by Brett and all from Aycliffe Velo.
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| Bought some new go go bars as well |
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| Second time out for my new Sidi's. |
And a couple of video clips
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