The C2C And Northern Cycle Routes Forum

Told you it was sunny, was i lucky or what,


Martyn.........

Fastmart - from Millennium Bridge which bank of the river did you follow - sounds like the south bank which is NOT C&C.

C&C follows NCN 72 along the north bank which for most of the distance is on a greenway following the old Riverside railway trackbed.

There are 2 short sections through light industrial areas but can hardly be described as run down and one of these will soon be bypassed by a new route.

As for glass - unfortunately any cycle track through an urban area is prone to this which is why as a Sustrans ranger patrolling this section I use full kevlar jacket tires plus slime tubes. They work.

The paths are swept by the councils weekly but only takes one idiot with a bottle and its undone.

Re Blyth - you soon be able to use the Amphibybus (ferry) which will bypass the council estate route funded by the Connect2 project

Hi,

Yes it was the north side of the Tyne and there were some signs, however some not so clear or missing at junctions, as you said it only takes one idiot with a bottle to spoil it but that's what i encountered and is just my personal view as i found it, otherwise really enjoyed the holiday.

Glad to see Rangers such as yourself making the ongoing effort's to improve the route.

Forgot to mention previously i was looking forward to Lindasfarne Island and when i got to the causeway i found i had only 20 mins to get across and then i would have had to stay there for 6 hours to wait for the tide to go out again, was slightly amused by the photo's of people sitting on top of car roofs up to the windscreens in water with a helicopter rescuing them, obviously they did not take much notice of the warnings, would recommend phoning ahead as per the advise on the map to check the tide


Regards,


Martyn.......

you can veiw the tide tables for this and next year here.