12th March 2009 - Staveley

7 1/2 riders came out, 8 started after a little bit of tinkering, i.e. Grant needed new disc rotor, but the old one was not for coming off, so the old one stayed with some make shift pads, Charlie had to fit her brand new tyre again after it went flat and when Joel came he had to fit his chain, even through he dropped a small piece of chain link in the grass (to be lost forever) his mates came to the rescue with spare parts. So off we went past Scroggs farm for a change and the testing climb up to the lane, then on to Staveley head and 2 streams to Long Houses. At the road Joel had run out of lights and so headed back, the rest went on up Kentmere and down 3 rivers, well at least that is the local name for it, even through there may not actually be 3 rivers AND we did not actually cross 3 rivers....but we know where we went OK! Through the 2 rivers, feet wet and down the rocky patch all OK and back to the cars. No pub stop. As a few of us are heading to Scotland next weekend, I think we shall postpone the Elterwater ride, so the next ride is Thursday 28th March at Hawkshead car park.