Well this turned into an epic, what a day, a 22 degC welcome to the lakes and a great place for a ride after work, just don't forget your energy bars, Neil turned up to lead, v'good effort after being bed-bound with a bug at the weekend (not a hangover either!), Charlie, Grant,
Jamie and CT made it as well, we parked on the common car park to let the pub goers use the pay & display. So what route choice, straight into a climb up to Dale End, down to the ford, left to Stang End and up High Arnside, head right to Tarn Hows; along the way pick up some discarded sunglass's !? then take the path to the left of the toilet block and head downhill on the permitted track, apparently this is about 1 mile of downhill and you end up at Monk Consiton. Now we ventured into the north west end of Grizedale, stop to admire the views, snack on pretzels and head into Monk Coniston Moor and we trekked round the fire road to find some tracks used on some previous Grizedale challenges, these sections of singletrack are steep but great to ride. Stop for more snacks, hand out energy bars and start the route back which involves the descent back to Landhead, this is great for racing along, what another great downhill! Now down the road and up Great Intake to get to High Tilberthwaite, back to the ford and the dash for the cars. A great ride, just over 3 hours, 22 odd miles, 3 owls flying by the tracks and a load on energy bars! next week a gentle bash around Winster.
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