Welcome to the 2nd annual New Year ride. 7 riders turned out to meet at Nab ferry car park and to skid on the ice (no gritting on the car park!) we caught the 10.20am ferry and headed up the road to Far Sawrey, then we took the right hand lane after the post office leading to the bridleway up to Moss Eccles Tarn, a bit icy at the start! We carried on to Hollin Band plantation and took the downhill technical towards Scab Moss before turning left back up to the guide posts. We then enjoyed the downhill heading to Hawkshead for lunch at the Sun Inn, after a warm by the fire, soup, sandwich and chips and a little banter with the chief we headed back for the ride to snake bite alley....the name says it all and we warned everyone.... but we still had 2 punctures and it took Rod a couple of minutes to realise he had one, he then commenced to repair the inner tube with a patch!
At High Wray a few of the group took the low route back along the Windermere shore and 3 of us headed up the track to base camp for the ride over the top to enjoy the rewarding downhill from Far Sawrey. In the end Tim took a different route down and met up with the other group and Simon and myself took the downhill and then raced back for the ferry. All in all a very good ride to start the New Year.
Next week the first Thursday night ride from Ings in 2006.
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