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Just came across this thread or i would have commented earlier. 4 yrs ago, according to my fb feed, i cycled the C2C but spread it over 3 days and based myself in Hexham and used the trains to get to the stages. I used the reiver route which effectively follows Hadrian's Wall roughly. I used my singlespeed with a freewheel hub because hills. It was pretty good and the wall route is eminently doable. The best bit is by far getting off the train at Whitehaven with a dozen blokes pushing tricked out MTB and Road bikes who then see the overweight bald idiot with a singlespeed and a C2C t shirt with just giving info.
'Jesus you're not doing it on that'
'Weight saving fella, that derailleur looks heavy'
and away I went.
The route i used was significantly less hilly than yours and the daily distance was reduced to about 40-50 miles. Even then i was ruined at the end of it.