Charlie, Grant, Jamie, George and Joel met up up the A6 out of Kendal...no sign of thunder so they set off, north up the bridleways to Jungle cafe, thencross over the road and head down the fast track to the lanes and round to the climb up the masts, guess who raced who up the climb, 26ers vs 29ers!...watch this space for more news...
Joel writes: Jamie suggested an alternative start to the ride so we began by climbing up by thorn cottage, this also became the final descent. From Kids Howe we took the track to Ashstead and through a number of gates and farms before reaching the climb up to the transmitter, at least this is only done once a year! Grant and Charlie raced off leaving Jamie to take the challenge of catching them both, Grant said that he couldn't hear Jamie talking to him as all he could hear was the sound of his heart pumping, Jamie did catch him rather quickly. At the top it was beginning to get dark so we decided to descend in twilight rather than complete darkness. We then followed the valley floor until the farm where we stopped for cake supplied by Jamie. After this it was a small climb (JP spilt and cracked his knee, no pads this evening!) before following the river along and then back to the road and the final bridleway next to the caravan park and back to the cars.
Next ride was scheduled as Ribblehead, but it also clashes with the Westmorland show at Crooklands which usually clogs up the roads, so we shall go local and swap it with Troutbeck.
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Jamie suggested an alternative start to the ride so we began by climbing up by thorn cottage, this also became the final descent. From Kids Howe we took the track to Ashstead and through a number of gates and farms before reaching the climb up to the transmitter, at least this is only done once a year! Grant and Charlie raced off leaving Jamie to take the challenge of catching them both, Grant said that he couldn't hear Jamie talking to him as all he could hear was the sound of his heart pumping, Jamie did catch him rather quickly. At the top it was beginning to get dark so we decided to descend in twilight rather than complete darkness. We then followed the valley floor until the farm where we stopped for cake supplied by Jamie. After this it was a small climb (JP spilt and cracked his knee, no pads this evening!) before following the river along and then back to the road and the final bridleway next to the caravan park and back to the cars.
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