Riverside and Woodland

Riverside and woodland...
Sunday 13th June 2021
12:45pm from Route 72 cafe - Newburn Industrial Estate
19 miles
**option to join the leaders earlier on the route, making it 25 miles in total - message for more details**

Ride description:
Leaving Newburn, we’ll follow the river Tyne, crossing from north to south using the iconic swing bridge. After riding past the historic Dunston Staithes, we'll turn off the Tyne and join the river Derwent and ride through Derwent Walk Woodland Country Park, where we'll stop for a cuppa and cake. We'll return to our start point by crossing another of the river Tyne's iconic bridges.
The route is mostly flat, with just some gentle inclines!
The route is suitable for all bike types.
The pace will be steady and sociable.

What should I wear?
Whatever you feel comfortable in! Some people will wear cycling kit, some will just wear casual clothes.

What should I bring?
A spare inner tube to fit your tyres (check the size AND the valve type!) and/or a puncture repair kit... The leaders can help you fix a puncture, but only if you have the right size inner tube for your bike and/or a puncture repair kit!
You might also want to bring a cold drink.

Housekeeping:
In order for the ride to leave promptly, please be punctual so we can carry out bike checks, etc. prior to us setting off. Please make sure your bike is in working condition PRIOR to arriving for the ride. Although the leaders can help with minor mechanical enroute, we cannot assist with bike repairs prior to setting off.
Although helmets are not mandatory, we strongly advise wearing one as we'd prefer not to be dealing with any head injuries!

If the weather is poor, we will only contact you if we are cancelling the ride and will do so 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.

Places on rides are very limited, so if you book on this ride and then find you have to cancel, please do so as soon as you can so that your place is available to someone else.

PHOTOGRAPHY - The organiser of the ride may take photographs or videos of the ride and riders for publicity purposes. By registering to participate in the ride, you agree that photographic images of you or containing you, may be used by the organiser, sponsors or promoters of the ride for publicity purposes


COVID-19
Please note the following:
• We will not share any equipment so please be organised and bring your own items eg drink, spare inner tube, tyre levers and pump, sun cream and hand sanitiser.
• 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. British Cycling HQ will then contact everyone who attended the ride.

You can contact the leader(s) directly via the ‘Message Ride Creator’ tab in the ride posting on Let’s Ride.

We look forward to seeing you.

Susan and Wendy