Never believe it'll be downhill until you get to the beach!!

Next stop Stanhope and then a bugga of a climb up Crawleyside. Could probably have walked it quicker but was determined by this time to ride the whole route. It was interesting watching the JCBs scooping all the sand off the road and putting it back in the escape lane from which it had been washed out over the previous 2 days!

Decided to avoid going through Consett and carried on via Edmundbyers giving me a fabulous downhill all the way to Shotley Bridge where there was yet another sharp hill to climb back onto the Waskerley Way which is where I last saw the 'team' until getting to Tynemouth.