17th April 2014 - Lowick

Evening still young

The Bank Holiday weekend was approaching, but the weather was holding fair and it was a great evening, 5 met up near the Red Lion (maybe back for last orders); Neil, Jamie, Grant, Phil and CT; Neil had even had time for a day ride out Clapham way - nice warm up:) So we set out north west for a tour of the common, pretty usual start, bar for one wrong turn down a farm lane;( then onwards, Kiln Bank first then Tottlebank, here we headed over to Cockenshell, then west to Green Moor, down the grassy fell (we sometimes climb this and it is very fast downhill) and along the bridleway and through the woods to the road, then up the fell to the west of Yew Bank. Here we often head right, but stayed on the trail and descended to the road at Torver, then along the main road and right to take the first bridleway past Moor farm, a nice section through woods, then out onto Torver Low common, good track past the small tarn, but somehow Jamie managed a puncture, so rest stop, jackets on as the wind was around, then off again. Keep south and basically meet up with the usual route back to the cars, but at the next lane junction, it was still a nice evening and so we continued on looking for a route south, somehow we went more west and so had to do a bit of navigation over the fell, at least the stars were out so the 'Plough' was useful to check north/south, even to double check the GPS! A little use of sheep trods, a couple of cairns and we found our way out of the fell moss and back onto a bridleway we knew, then just the matter of about 6 miles home and one steady big climb out. Might be useful to see the route in daylight;) and back at the cars for 11pm, just missed last orders! In summary: useful to have a map and know where you are and have spare food in your backpack. Next ride is Sedbergh, meet at usual car park.

Some data from Neil:
Distance: 19.72 mi
Time: 2:41:10
Avg Speed: 7.3 mph
Elevation Gain: 2,972 ft
Calories: 1,223 C
Avg Temperature: 42.1 °F

Additional info:

Time:	2:41:10
Moving Time:	2:36:30
Elapsed Time:	4:25:24

Avg Speed:	7.3 mph
Avg Moving Speed:	7.6 mph
Max Speed:	28.4 mph

Also off Strava (same Garmin!):

• 31.7km
  Distance
• 906m
  Elevation
• 2:45:03
  Moving Time
• 1,159
  Calories

Heading to Green Moor