30th November 2017 - Three rivers and a cold wind

3 of us ventured out, Joel, Jamie and CT, probably on the cusp and just above freezing (but still some ice around), but much wind chill with the wind, so perhaps keep off the tops. JP even had two layers on, I had 4 and a spare! So to keep it simple we headed up the road and left at the bridge to basically head up three rivers, relatively straight forward except for the wind, actually strong enough even at this low-ish level to make you deviate from your line choice, no chance of cleaning the first climb, but we did see some other lights across the valley, looked like MTBers. We sheltered behind any walls we found along the route, up and over to descend to Kentmere, fairly technical due to areas of ice. Building work progressing at Kentmere Hall, will be interesting to see it develop. Next down the road  and pass three other bikers, guess who...yes Heather and her crew; we were heading back via Long Houses but JP decided to head back along the road, so just two of us off-road. A bit of ice along the track, but we actually cleaned the climbing section to the second gate! Now blame the ice for the next section, head back via HP non-plantation;) due to vehicle access and general erosion this has changed and is more technical, so watch out and back along the road, watch out for ice. Head home to warm up, not too bad out of the wind.
Next ride Troutbeck
A few pics from a ride in Yorkshire last week, also cold and icy