17th May 2018 - Lowick, heading west

4 met up near the Red Lion, Lowick, Jamie, George, Grant and CT. After the usual faff at the start, do we need lights etc, we set off west for a lap of Blawith Knott, but could we navigate the way, it's been a while! Head to Kiln Bank, then over to Tottlebank, left up tarmac and then off-road, cross road and keep going, JB and Grant headed up, George and CT kept to the low route, this meant they got a blast of a downhill:) Then along and round to Climb Stile, as it suggests a hill;) Snack at the top before the nav' over/through woodland fell, which basically looks like a large mogul field! We managed to get back on route and back via Tottlebank, all good;) Useful time to go as not all the plants have grown up!
Next ride Grasmere

Nice evening!

10th May 2018 - Grasmere

Jamie B, Grant, Phil, Jamie M and CT met in Grasmere for a sunny evening, so we headed up Easedale tarn for something different, up past the waterfalls, some boulder steps to negotiate and also memorise for the descent back down;) We got to the tarn and Grant decided he needed new brake pads for the descent and promptly started taking his bike to bits...at the most exposed and windiest point on the ride, even Phil put on a jumper!! eventually Grant got it all back together and we started the descent, which was fun, make sure you have brakes and a dropper post!

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We all made it back, down in the village Jamie Mac' decided to play safe and head back, so now we were four. So we headed for Red bank and climbed the bridleway up to Loughrigg terrace, here we saw a young deer just 25 yds away, earlier we had sight of a red squirrel, always good to see. Then we did the terrace and down to the caves, then cross over the main road and up to the coffin route, along and back down to white moss, along the river and back via the woods. All good 20km.
Next ride Lowick

3rd May 2018 - Keswick, lap of Latrigg

Jamie, Charlie, George and CT met up in Keswick for a quick lap to Threlkeld and back, now the old railway line still has some bridges down following the 2015 floods, so we headed up Spooneygreen lane, yes the steep warm up route! we topped out above Latrigg near the car park, nice steady start;) then headed east to Wescoe, no easy bridleway link, so we headed to Threlkeld and took the road back up past the Blencathra centre and onto the fell track. Here we did the usual up and down the valley, we stopped to look at the track ahead on the other side of the valley, it is high and exposed! Carry on and check out the hydro scheme, fairly low impact with just the pump house, other works have blended back into the landscape nicely. Now back with some head wind to Latrigg and enjoy the descent back to the cars:) 25km 700m climbing, all good.
Next ride is Grasmere

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