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Riding from
Patterdale to Bassenthwaite
Start
time 10.00am
Kilometres covered
40.2
Kilometres covered from the start
113.0
Time taken
including pub pit-stops
07.00.00
Kidder & Chiefy cruised around the shore line of
Ullswater Lake warming up before the road race to
Dockray. The trail was easy going on
the 'Old Coach Road' so the pair
turned the cranks to the crossing off the A66.
Stopping in Threlkeld for some lunch
& sorting their lives out for the next big push.
The pair had a tough ride up the valley between
Lonscale Fell (714m) & Saddleback
(868m). Once on top they cranked it to
Skiddaw House a very bleak spot & moved on
for the last push next to Clough Head
(726m). From the top of the downhill run to
Bassenthwaite they could make out the land mass of
Scotland across the Solway Firth. Kidder & Chiefy
whizzed downhill to Bassenthwaite village & the
well deserved pints of Guinness at the Sun Inn.
After a pint or two Kidder & Chiefy mounted up &
wobbled their way to that nights pit-stop at the
Castle Inn. Once checked-in & bikes locked away the
heated indoor swimming pool beckoned, with a swim
& sauna easing the days aches & pains away it was
time for some tea. Ping-pong & Pool finish the pair
off for the night, so they retired to the room in
the west wing.
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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
Making good progress
along the old Coach road
The trail beneath
Lonscale Fell 714m |
