From Warkworth to Allnmouth there is a cycleway parallel to the road. Last year it was very rough due to tree roots and a lot of the material having been washed away. It was a nice surprise to find it has been tarred and smooth as silk.
Julian is ahead and as i round a corner here are a pair of overtrousers on the road. Fell off the back of a bike guv. Honest. (Julians)
As you come over the bridge into Alnmouth there is a small garden area with 2 bench seats. We stop and have a pork pie and share a banana.
At Embleton I am ahead. I remember from last time a small shop which i intend to get some juice. The small roads there make a quadrangle. I wait for julian but he does not appear. I go back to the last junction just in time to see a cyclist disappearing around the far corner of the quadrangle. I decide to nip back to where i had been as Julian would see me there. I sprint along but just in time to see him pass the road end. I head down to that junction but only in time to see a cyclist passing the village speed limit sign. I curse and forego my shop visit.
It turns out it was not Julian but another cyclist in a red jacket. Julian had left something on the wall at 'Eleanors Tearoom ' and was still behind me. Thankfully we made contact via the mobile.
We opt to continue on the B road as its quiet and get a straight line to Bamburgh. I am hungry again and need something hot and filling. I find the butchers and they can heat a Cornish Pastie for me. Julian declines. It hits the spot.
On we go and see dark clouds ahead. It has been dry all day and just warm enough for light clothing. I can see rain 2 or 3 miles ahead and the air temp has dropped. Oh well we have had 45 dry miles. Luckily we dont get rained on but the roads are soaking after a local downpour.
We head for a campsite shown on the map. It isn't anymore but a mobile home park. We find out there is no campsite in Berwick now but there is a new hostel. We get the last 2 beds in this modern hostel, an old granary. It is fab. There are nice photos of what the building looked like before the conversion to hostel. An astonishing amount of work has taken place here.
We put the bikes in the huge bikeshed then have to take them back out 20 mins later as a party of 17 cyclists arrive and threaten to jam ours in.
Another game of Cribbage and Scotland win. England now lead by 2.
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