Whitley Bay In Regular Clothes
Number fourteen in our series: An early spring evening and a bike with saddle springs:
As I came out onto the sea front next to Beaches & Cream in Cullercoats, I saw this lady ride past. I caught her up a hundred yards or so down the road and complemented her on her bike…
- Sensible (I mean SENSIBLE) bike? Check! In fact it’s a Pashley Princess Sovereign - the ladies version of my bike, Siegfried
- Handbag and Useful Things in front basket? Check!
- Panniers fixed for extra luggage capacity? Check!
- Sensible shoes? Check!
- Fleece half-open in the unseasonably warm February evening? Check!
- Rosy cheeks and a feeling of being sixteen again? Check!
- Big smile? Check!
Say hello to Tricia, the Pashley-riding lady of Cullercoats!
Pashley have to surely be an icon of British engineering along with Raleigh.
Love the photo!
This is a great blog. I was disappointed to learn that David Hembrow’s blog has followed in the way of Crap Cycling in Waltham (?) Forest, but I wouldn’t miss reading yours for quids - lots of variety and interest.
Hope it goes on forever - keep up the good work!
@Rob “…I wouldn’t miss reading yours for quids…”
Please send large quantities of non-sequential, non-marked bank notes to the usual address.
Thank you.
Thrilled to see myself on the site. Was travelling from Whitley Bay to Tynemouth as I had been to a private tuition session (I’m a maths tutor)and my sensible panniers contained my textbooks etc. Nice to meet you Karl on such a lovely early sping evening.
Love the site!
Lovely to have you here, and lovely to meet you on Tuesday evening!
Hopefully you also found the Newcastle Cycling Campaign site.