9 riders set off from Hawkshead car park (after a short delay deciding wot to wear!) The route goes something like this: head out of Hawkshead in an anti-clockwise direction taking the off road route called 'Scar House Lane', then after a little discussion head left and right heading through Outgate on the road, then take a right into 'Snake Bite Alley' (yes one puncture) past the tarn and out to the road heading to High Wray.
Then instead of going up to Base Camp, take the lane a little further on and look for a right turn up a track to a stack of logs then up a route through the forrest, around Scab Moss another route discussion took place, something along the lines of when are we heading back, any hills left and my lights are running low....so the extra route to the lake shore for a romantic stroll was cut out... and we headed up to the guide posts, took a left turn down the rocky descent a quick right turn at the bottom and up again, a quick dab at the rock cliffe and up to the fire road. Back round to the guide posts and head west for the downhill into Hawkshead and the quick sprint into the car park, avoiding 4x4's! All in under 2 hours and Ian's lights were still glowing, or was it the moonlight shinning down on us?
A quick 'alf in the pub afterwards and the topic of the week was border crossings!
Next week a ride round Newbigin on Lune, Yes Paul's tour, see you there.
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