27th February 2014 - Satterthwaite for a bit o' Grizedale

Grant, Neil, Jamie and CT turned up, after dealing with the diversion at Haverthwaite, I diverted via the pig farm and there was a flood, hence I was a tad late, now to start we climbed up the lane then left and west into the forest, see link for Neils route, a few fire roads to start, then just as Grant was mentioning lack of singletrack we headed left towards Lawson Park, initially Neil did not recognise this route, when we do it we normally do it the other way, now it s a tad tricky with tree roots, but god fun, especially as it was not raining but wet under hoof! Now climb back up and round the NF, interesting the forest looked different this evening and it took a while to work it out.....but there have been many trees felled or blown down and so stretches have been cleared and so the land looks different. There are a few rock sections to try out and some variations on timber board walk ( I bailed off the NF climb timber and had to go back to re-ride it), some sections are damaged, but it looks like it will be removed when a new route section is opened. We ended up with the descent down to the cars, just watch out for the drop offs, Grant I said WATCH out... Ooops OTB, luckily no one was hurt. Back to the cars around 10pm and great starry night. 23km in 2 hours!! Next ride is Clappersgate.