4 met up at Barley Bridge, Charlie, Grant, George and CT. We considered Longsledale route but due to weather, winds, lack of legs and Grants bike test (newly serviced just like new...!) we decided 1 river crossing, Kentmere church and long houses. Nice steady start up the road, fiddle with lights to check home-wired LEDs (see photo showing LED board, heat sink, driver and cables), good to feel that boost does not get too hot. Along the top track cross river, up and over for the descent into Kentmere, here Grant enjoyed himself by passing others...whooooping and a' hollering...at some point he is alleged to have passed Charlie while splashing through a puddle (yellow card if it's true). Down the road and left for route up long houses, thru' first gate, onward and through second gate, uphill section starts but being a tad too muddy for clean runs, get to third gate, you know the pair of 5 bar gates, Grant or Charlie opened the right hand gate, CT wondered which way they wanted to go and said we usually take the left hand gate, no the others said you must be mistaken, it was the right hand gate; so CT thought he would go with the flow and see where it lead to..once through the gate and after a moment of looking ahead the others realised their mistake and agreed the left hand gate was the one, especially as it has the blue bridleway sign attached...! Up the hill through the stream crossing, where Grant promptly felt right into the water for a right soaking (justice for the earlier splashing some think). Now it was raining steady, shelter behing a wall for some fine flapjack from Charlie, now a quick head down HP out of the wind, quick peddle down the lanes, back to the cars for home, a wash and to dry out. Next ride Elterwater, park on the common.
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