Cycling and other travel
- 11:30 depart SQ, arriving Waverley before 12:00 (cyclemeter map)
- 12:30 depart Waverley, arrive Newcastle 13:58
- 14:00 depart Newcastle, arriving Royal Quay in North Shields before 16:00 (cyclemeter map)
- 17:00 depart Royal Quay, arriving in IJmuiden (Amsterdam’s port) 09:00 the next day
- distance 11·12 miles
The day so far has included:
- Breakfast at the Caffeine Drip
- Cycling to Waverley
- Train to Newcastle
- Cycling to North Shields, including falling off when I was distracted. My panniers saved my legs, although some of the food I was carrying got a bit bashed.
- brake repairs at North Shields
- picnicking on the ferry sun deck
- falling asleep in the bar! then waking to big band version of Smells like teen spirit
- pizza, because I was super hungry
- writing this blog
Digital evidence
Fidel ready to go
Elly & Fidel at Waverley
Elly on the sun-deck
view from the sun-deck
Elly’s first beer of the trip
Digital evidence that Bruce might have a life 