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THE
LAKELAND LOOP TRIP |
Making good progress
along the old Coach road |
The trail beneath
Lonscale Fell 714m |
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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 |
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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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Pit-stops
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