Coast to Coast - Whitehaven to Tynemouth 212KM

Bike Packing? I had never done a Cycling tour before so a mate and I cycled from Whitehaven on the East Coast of England, South of Carlisle, across the Lake District, North Pennines, Consett and Newcastle finishing up in Tynemouth. We had some relatively unused bikes which we used, which actually served us really well! The ride took us 2.5 days, we spent a couple of nights in Airbnb's, 1 the night before, then 2 along the route. I will add the full itinerary below. I was really interested to see how bike packing works, or if this even was bike packing? I would like to do something else where I camp along the route, but lets wait for the weather to pick up first! ITINERY Thursday 14th October PM Newcastle Central - Whitehaven 2hr 45 – 3 hr train with 1 change. Friday 15th 8:30AM Depart Whitehaven - Penrith 88KM 1500M Elevation Saturday 16th 8:30 Depart Penrith - Consett 93KM 2200M Elevation Sunday 17th Depart 9:30 Consett - Tynemouth 47KM 35M Elevation Land in Tynemouth ready to watch Newcastle VS Spurs 4:30 Kick off!