22nd March 2018 - Pelter Bridge - Elterwater

Charlie, Jamie and CT met up in a deserted car park (free after 6pm;) Charlie was coming out for some practice and brought cake, let's hope that is a lesson for everyone...here's hoping;) So up the hill, what up to start for the warm up! yes we've done it before and it's OK, so up to the caves, steady away, possibility of rain later but OK now and mild enough, ease up to the caves and onwards up Loughrigg terrace, past Deerbolts and past the YHA into Elterwater, along the road through Chapel Stile and up the road until the bridleway on the LHS then along the woods and north above the quarry. Stop for cake, ok so now some drizzle, no need for Goretex just yet, head down the lane and back to Elterwater, up past the YHA (where we saw frogs, it's that time of year again watch out) and down past Rydal water and back before 9pm, nice and easy.
No photos from the ride but some a few days later, Spring :)
Next ride Whitbarrow

They're back and in the garden pond!

View from Wray castle

View from Latterheath, Ings-Troutbeck lane

15th March 2018 - Ings

Grant, Phil, Jamie and Ct met up at Ings for a nice evenings ride, nice and easy was the request so we headed up Dubbs for a steady warm up. Phil was finding it tricky to get used to his non-fat semi-fat almost thin 3" tyres but probably better in the mud! There'll be no mud tonight... Garburn calls, wot I hear you say the big ride, not over the top Garburn, let's see if they have finished the bottom section of stone sets. So up Dubbs and left for the downhill, set dropper post and enjoy...Grants chain kept coming off from ring, these thick/thin tensioned single ring jobbies are over rated;) And yes they have finished the stone track, very nice we were able to clean it down easily, not sure about climbing back up, maybe we'll see later;) Now we headed up Kirkstone road, past Lime Fitt and we stopped at the intersection of the road and bridleway, not sure on the option we tossed a coin, Phil called heads we head up the lane into Troutbeck and heads it was, so on for a lap of Wain and Mirk, down Wain it was ace! The climb back up was a muddy start and a walk in places, but steady away, Grant had chain issues again. We eased back into Troutbeck and headed down by the church, sweat single-track, but not we were back at the bottom of Garburn so we may as well try out the climb. It is rideable, just keep going, keep peddling and head on up, managed to clean from bottom right up to Dubbs lane, here we turned right, had some more of JBs cake:) Then enjoyed the fast descent down! and back to the pub for a beer. About 24km.
Next ride Pelter Bridge

8th March 2018 - Gilpin Bridge

Jamie, Joel, Phil and CT met up at the lay-by, Phil thought it sounded a bit odd to meet up on a dark evening in a lay-by and drove round a couple of times as no one was there, but two of us cycled over, two had fat bikes, two 29ers;) all good so we set off north on the road and were honked at by a car, we just thought it was a MTB lover, but Phil thought it was one of his family relatives! Keep on going until the hotel and take the left bridleway up the tricky climb and it's tricky, keep going and meet the main lane, here we paused and heard some screaming sounds, could have been a werewolf, could have been some pesky kids or lambs crying for there mums...we shall never know as we didn't hang about. on-wards for a while then tee off left and nav' yourself up and over the tops, through some trees, over some rocks, enjoy the view back south, Blackpool perhaps? Steady away on this nice evening, virtually spring like, down to Beck head and over past Witherslack school and down into the woods, a tad muddy at this point, I shall not lie, JP did not like the mud! A top notch ride, great pope cake or is it hope cake by JB; we really must up the snack game folks! Back to the cars and a ride home for two of us, I had forgotten the M6 junction closure and so was dogging juggernauts down the A6!!
Next ride Ings

"Nice Words!"

A nite ride:)