Herrington County Park to Elm Tree Farm Tea Rooms in Washington

Starting point – Herrington County Park, DH4 7EL, At the bike rack near the café (What3Words – sting.cool.bits)

Free car parking is available in the park.

Starting at Herrington County Park the route takes us on quiet roads and downhill all the way to Cox’s Green. Crossing the River Wear here, we’ll join the NCN7 and follow this route towards Sunderland. Once on Barmston Lane we follow the cycle track/paths over the Sunderland Highway and follow it around the outskirts of Nissan, arriving at Elm Tree Farm for some delicious food.

Our return journey retraces the route backwards, yes that means going up Cox Green Bank and part of Langdale Road bank in Penshaw before we do a little detour through the housing estate back to Herrington Park.

On this route we will be cycling over a variety of different terrains including quiet roads, cycle paths, shared paths, muddy tracks, wet leaves etc. Therefore, this ride is only suitable for Hybrids and Mountain bikes.

IMPORTANT STUFF….
In view of COVID-19 we will be taking this into account with our ride leading and we will follow govt. guidelines. Please note the following:
• Participants must be booked onto the ride via www.letsride.co.uk. If you are not booked on then unfortunately you cannot join the ride.
• Your personal contact details must be correct and up to date on your Lets ride profile.
• Maximum ride number to be 6 (including leaders). This may change as govt guidance dictates.
• We will not share any equipment so please be organised and bring your own items e.g.
Drink,
Spare inner tube,
Tyre levers and pump,
Sun cream,
Hand sanitiser,
Suitable clothing,
• Helmets are recommended, but not mandatory.
• You should pay particular attention to your bike being in good working order before attending a ride so as to minimise risks and disruption to rides.
• We will ride taking social distancing into account. At the time of writing British Cycling recommend riding 2m apart.
• Participants must not attend a ride if they have COVID-19 symptoms or have been in contact with anyone with symptoms.
• Anyone who develops COVID-19 symptoms during a ride must inform a leader.
• Anyone who develops COVID symptoms after a ride must contact the leader who will inform British Cycling HQ who will then contact everyone who attended the ride.
You can contact the leader directly via the ‘Message Ride Creator’ tab in the ride posting on let’s ride unless you have their direct contact details already.

For any queries please contact Sara at [email protected].
For any last minute cancellations on the day please text 07958344888 (note this phone is only for the day of the ride) otherwise use the option to cancel when you log in to letsride.co.uk.
If the weather is bad we will only contact you if we are cancelling the ride and will do so no later than 9am on the day by putting a message in the ‘conversation’ tab in the ride. You should receive a notification by email if there is a message. If you have not heard from us we are still riding.

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First-timers welcome!