It was slightly tricky organising yesterdays mountain bike ride to fit in with people's other commitments, but I'm sooooo glad that we managed to because we had a great day.
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| Steve's new bike and Abi's test bike, the 'Juliana' |
Abi was demoing a posh bike from Bike Treks, and Steve arrived with his brand new shiny Whyte M109s, which weighed about as much as a toaster. My bike and Rachel's were suitably 'well loved' (dirty with rusty chains)!
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| Great views looking North |
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| Rachel storming.... |
We headed South from Ambleside on some newish cycle tracks that avoid the road (nice tracks), before getting to Wray Castle, where we happened upon a cycle event. One poor competitor from the South of England (I now consider Stoke the border between the South and North) had lost his BMW car key somewhere on the course (!!!). We promised to keep an eye out for it as we headed into the forests of Claife Heights.
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| Abi flying |
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| Messing around on the rocks |
The tracks were great, I'd last been here in 2009, and had forgotten how nice it is. We started noticing various rubbish/debris on the trail, tyre levers, a packet of wet wipes, rubber clothes, and then I spotted the car key. It looks like his bag had been shedding bits of kit for a mile or so. Pretty lucky that I spotted the key as it was small and quite well hidden. It looked like the actual key was missing, or maybe it was a keyless push button car. Anyway we sent the key back with another rider.
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| Steve and the new steed.... |
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| Hanging out.... |
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Steve and Abi were both flying on their bikes (maybe 29ers do rock) as we blasted some down hill towards Sawrey. We stopped at an amazing artisan cafe, Frithy's at Far Sawrey and had a great coffee. I just wish that I'd taken more money as the cakes looked amazing....
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| Great stop off |
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| The mighty coffee..... |
We blasted back along the West shore of Windermere. It looked like some areas were getting rain, but it stayed dry all day for us. Brilliant 25 km ride......
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| Steve and the wild garlic |
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| Lovely bluebells |
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