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Riding from
Ambleside to Patterdale
Start
time 10.30am
Kilometres
covered
47.1
Kilometres
covered from the start 62.8
Time taken
including pub pit-stops
11.07.00
After breakfast the pair headed off to Ambleside
town, Chiefy decided he needed a bigger rucksack
so he ditched the new old one & opted for a new
aero-back one 'Mmm..nice'. The climb
out of Ambleside was on steep tarmac which gave
way to tricky technical wood tracks. once through
the woods it was down to Troutbeck & the campsite.
The pair picked up the valley track heading
towards the days big climb 'The High St'.
The pair rode until the front wheels became
airborne, so it was a big push for the summit. 3/4
of the way up Kidder & Chiefy were hit by a rain
squall, so they dug in & ate their pack-ups, with
rain dripping down their necks all the pair could
do was laugh at each other..! 'You won't get
a better day than this you know'
On the top of the High St, the pair got to do some
riding, it was only because they couldn't be arsed
to walk anymore. The pair of them dodging boulders
the size of small hatch-back cars, one wrong turn
& it would be 'Mountain Rescue call out time'.
For some reason Chiefy decided to ride over
Loadpot Hill, probably because it was in
front of him. Now a nice downhill run to the 'Cockpit'
& a direction turn towards 'Ullswater
Lake'. The trail after Sandwick
turned into a battle of physical & psychological
destruction all the way to 'Patterdale'.
(If you've been on it, you'll know what they
mean)
At Patterdale Y.H.A. the pair were greeted by a
female German member of staff who ordered them to
wait until she had finished her tea before
checking them in. So the pair headed off to the
kitchens to make a welcomed cup of tea, only to be
confronted by the 'Storm-trooper'
who ordered them to check in now she had had her
meal. The room at the Y.H.A. was more like a
prison, dark & damp, so the pair high-tailed it
off to the pub to get bladdered. Full of lasagne &
Guinness, Kidder & Chiefy sipped there pints
watching a pair of lesbians making out in a corner
of the pub. (Beats T.V. any day)
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Lakeland Loop
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Pictures by kind permission from
Bicyclemania.co.uk |
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The U.K.'s
Toughest
mtb Challenge
The Lakeland Loop
2005
Do you like my new
rucksack?
What are we doing..!!
This is one of the easy sections along the High St |
