Sunday 12th January 2014 - Staveley round to Claiffe via Ambleside

So a couple of us Jamie and CT set off from Staveley just after 9 to see where we could get in the decent weather window. First head out Browfoot lane and up the tarmac for the warm up! then along to high borrans, up Dubbs road and then down Garburn bottom section to the road, up to Robin lane in Troutbeck (see photo) and along to Jenkins Crag and down to Ambleside for coffee and a Bath bun! Say hello to Keith at Biketreks! The round to Clappersgate to head into Claiffe, along the way we noticed some NEW gravel road side trails between Pull Garth wood and low wray, worth using to get off the tarmac sections, take note. We then turned off up to basecamp, but instead of taking the fire road up choose the technical bit and this gets you along to Nor Moss and then Scab Moss, after this we experimented and ended up crossing a bridge (see photo, it needs concentration;) we looped round to High moss and picked up the Moss Eccles bridleway to Far Sawrey and then enjoyed the climb! and descent:) to the shore and then back for the ferry, we could see that the ferry was in and rode quickly to the ferry....it had left a few secons before we could get there....BUT the driver kindly came back (the ferry was maybe 12 feet away, too big a gap to jump!!!) and we got on, along with two other cars, so they doubled their takings! Over the ferry and just ride up the hill into Windermere and back along the cycle route back to Staveley, arrive back around 3.15pm for a coffee and food at the bakery, NICE:)

View from Robin Lane

Riding the plank!