The ride commenced at approx 6.40pm from the Blacksmiths Arms, Broughton Mills the weather was superb but unfortunately only four riders turned out. They were Paul, George ,Jamie and Ian who led the ride. We set off down the lane from the pub but we were soon met with a very steep climb as we headed towards Great Stickle gaining almost 1000ft within the first mile!! This meant that even Jamie had to get off and push. The single track down hill to the Ulpha road was a just reward. We then followed the Upha road and turned right just before the bridge where we disputed the bridle path direction with a young local. Here we headed towards Stickle Pike more pushing. The views on this lovely summers evening were superb once over Stickle Pike we covered some excellent single track with tricky down hill sections until we reached Jackson ground. We then proceeded along the track to Stephenson Ground where we joined the road back to Broughton Mills at around 9.20pm.
Sounds great, thanks to GT for the on the spot reporting. CU next week at the Ullswater ride, meet in Hartsop village car park (drive through the village).
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