Coast to Coast Run 31st July 2021
Coast to Coast run 31st July 2021
Coast to Coast run 31st July 2021
Yvonne and Ian attended the run from the newly refurbished Art Deco Midland Hotel in Morecambe Bay to the Grand Hotel in Seaburn, Sunderland, an event that had originally been planned for 2020 with numerous start dates suggested as the Covid crisis changed.
Martin & Jackie and Geoff & Liz, had also planned to join the event but their circumstances changed and they could not attend. We were surprised that friends from Torquey who we know from previous runs, were on the run and placed on our table for the first night.
The run from MK to Morecambe is around 174 miles using no motorways, so we decided to start on Thursday 29th and break the journey at Chorley, in Lancs then next morning complete the last few miles refreshed and arrive by mid-day on the Friday ready for the banquet in the evening.
The route was A5, A50, A51 then A6, this went well with the car only suffering brake squeal (which is another story). The Midland Hotel has featured in the TV programmes the Bay and Hercule Poirot, food service and sea view room was fantastic.
The run on Saturday morning started and stopped within a few metres for a photo shoot at the foot of the Eric Morecombe statue, it then went through the Lake District and Hawkes Head, Windermere and Ambleside to Kirkstone Pass Inn for coffee at 1,481 ft above sea level.
Then on via the A592 through Glenridding, Ullswater, Watermillock to Alston for lunch at the Cumberland Inn. After lunch we follow the A689 SP Durham using the winding and undulating roads we enter County Durham. The views and road were great and something we all should try and do at least once.
After 154 miles we arrived via Sunderland at the Grand in Seaburn for a well-earned G&T and chat with our colleagues and evening meal.
Sunday was a later start to the Beamish Living Museum, a real look back into history, Yvonne made me walk miles and I was glad to get back to the hotel for a rest.
Monday morning we left for home and used the A19, A1 and finally M1 to Ashby- de-la Zouch to see family, then via the A44 to the A5 home and our first real rain as we headed through to Towcester.
The trip was a mere 650 miles and it cannot be bad as we have already booked for next year which finishes in Scarborough, the information on this will be circulated and I will include on the web site
Ian
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