25th January 2018 - Clappersgate round Loughrigg

4 met up at Clappersgate, it was a very wet drive over but faired up for most of the ride, George, Grant, Jamie and CT, Grant remembered his shoes, bonus, forgot his helmet battery, not so good, but gave him an excuse to cycle slowly at the back :) We headed back along the under Loughrigg lane as a warm up, then up to the caves, along the fell and down to the beach, up around to top of red bank, down into Elterwater and a little circuit, back along Elterwater river and back via the lanes, nice ride in the end, cold but not freezing as long as you kept moving. No pub stops, no cafe stops, not even cake;) but managed to ride 19.43km, with 539m climbing and it looks nice round route on the map!.
Next ride Troutbeck.