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| Cockermouth pool to Keswick | adey_g | Apr 26th 2011, 10:00 | 16.2km | ||
| WMB 117 Howgills Beginner (Blue) Route | Matt_Skinner | May 13th 2011, 01:26 | 14.4km |
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| Start/Finish Main Street, Sedbergh. SD 657 920 (alternative start point Cross Keys pub at SD 697 969) Total distance 14.7km/9 miles Time 1.5 to 3 hours Maps Ordnance Survey Explorer OL19: Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley 1:25,000. Route summary Tarmac warm-up followed by low-level singletrack return along valley. From Sedbergh, follow the one-way system through Main Street onto A683. At junction with A684, stay on A683 (signed Kirkby Stephen) and follow road north-east. It’s a wide road but vehicles can be fast so make sure you’re visible, ideally equipped with lights if weather is poor. After 7km, you will reach the Cross Keys pub (an alternative start point). Next to the pub is a bus stop and path down to the river – walk down the steps and across the river on footbridge to pick up bridleway as it descends from Narthwaite. Turn left, keeping the river on your left, and pass below Cautley Spout, bearing left at junction to cross smaller river on footbridge, following path between walls to gate. Continue along bridleway as it heads south-west down the valley, contouring and maintaining reasonable height as you cross streams and pass through gates. Maintain direction as you cross open section of pasture below Cautley – look for gate in fence opposite to guide you back to singletrack as it continues around the fell and becomes a walled lane between hedges. Emerge at Fawcett Bank and stick with bridleway as it becomes doubletrack. Pass through farm at Thursgill then join minor road to descend back to valley floor. Turn right at junction with A683 and return to Sedbergh via road you exited on. Follow the one way system to return to the start point. | |||||
| WMB 117 Howgills Intermediat (Red) Route | Matt_Skinner | May 13th 2011, 01:35 | 16.1km |
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| Start/Finish Main Street, Sedbergh. SD 657 920 Total distance 16.2km/10 miles Time 2.5 hours + Maps Ordnance Survey Explorer OL19: Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley 1:25,000. Route summary One big climb followed by one big descent and very little else in between. From the centre of Sedbergh, take Howgill Lane and head north on NCN68, bearing right at t-junction after 2.5km and crossing several valleys. At crossroads before Howgill (heavily signed for NCN routes), turn right to pick up bridleway which ascends through Castley to the fell. At fell boundary pass through gate, drop to river and pick up track that climbs up the spine of White Fell. Endure long, sustained and partly unrideable ascent to the top of The Calf, bearing right as gradient diminishes to find trig point at summit. Ignore several smaller tracks heading to left and stick with wider, eroded path that climbs to summit. From trig point take wide and well maintained path south to Calders. Drop steeply on loose and rocky track to saddle of Rowantree Grains before ascending over shoulder of Arant Haw. Follow fast, wide and grassy descent down towards Winder. Take care to pick correct left turn off saddle between the two hills – ignore the first and continue along the ridge until narrow singletrack appears on left. Do not start to climb ridge towards the summit of Winder but take singletrack left and descend in a southward direction towards Sedbergh, visible below. Follow this track as it widens slightly, passing through several small cuts in the hill and always heading towards Sedbergh. At clear area of earthworks bear left to drop increasingly steeply above Lockbank Farm – watch out for a rocky stepdown which appears without warning on fastest section. Pass through two gates at foot of fell, cross the farmyard and pick up lane to minor road. Turn left to return to start point in Sedbergh. | |||||
| WMB 117 Howgills Classic Ride | Matt_Skinner | May 13th 2011, 01:35 | 37.8km |
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| Start/Finish Main Street, Sedbergh. SD 657 920 (alternative start point: Ravenstonedale NY 723 040) Total distance 38.3km/23.8 miles Time 4.5 hours + Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL19: Howgill Fells and Upper Eden Valley 1:25,000. Summary A true classic, including one massive climb to start and some of the best sustained singletrack in the UK. From Sedbergh, take Howgill Lane and head north towards the fell (signposted as part of NCN68). After nearly 1km, take bridleway on right (signed as ‘permissive path to the fell’), climb lane. Go through gate at rear of farmyard. Climb steeply to the saddle between Winder and Arant Haw, staying with the bridleway to climb Rowantree Grains to the summit of Calders. Follow the path to the summit of The Calf (marked by trig point). From Calf summit, bear right past the tarn to take the bridleway, then right again at second tarn to begin descent into Bowderdale. Follow obvious but potentially boggy singletrack down to Bowderdale, initially steep but becoming more gradual and crossing several streams while staying on the left side of the river at all times. Approaching Bowderdale, pass through several gates and join the road, descending to the A685 slip road then turning right to veer away from the main road and head for Weasdale. From Weasdale follow minor roads then bridleway to Ravenstonedale, before heading south out of the village along dead end road signed Artlegarth and Adamthwaite. At top of road climb take bridleway on left that descends steeply to river crossing and then gently to Murthwaite. When meet track before Murthwaite bear right, crossing open fell before technical drop through woods to ford. Cross field and climb track to Narthwaite, bearing left through two gates from farmyard to drop to another ford. Pick up singletrack on the other side and follow past Cautley Spout back down the valley to Thursgill. Follow road from farm at Thursgill, joining A683 for spin into Sedbergh. | |||||
| Kendal to Lockerbie (7) | Rebel Ian | May 17th 2011, 01:39 | 104.6km | ||
| Lockerbie to Glasgow (8) | Rebel Ian | May 17th 2011, 01:40 | 125.3km | ||
| Glasgow to Glencoe (9) | Rebel Ian | May 17th 2011, 01:41 | 147.5km | ||
| Glencoe to Inverness (10) | Rebel Ian | May 17th 2011, 01:41 | 116.7km | ||
| 5 Lumps & More, 107km (2700m) | thunderthighs | Jun 2nd 2011, 10:59 | 107km |
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| A circular route starting and finishing at Skelwith Bridge. This is a pretty demanding ride with 5 steep climbs scattered around it (and some other lumpy not inconsequential stuff in between), that takes you through a whole range of scenery from mountains to open fells to coast. | |||||
| End to End 2000 - Day 7 Kendal to Lockerbie | gazza_d | Nov 6th 2011, 08:08 | 117km |
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| Copy of Etape Du Dales | rilem | Nov 26th 2011, 02:44 | 169.8km | ||
| 24 in 24 day 2 | nick rogers | Dec 19th 2011, 01:11 | 23.7km | ||
| 24 in 24 1 | nick rogers | Dec 19th 2011, 01:28 | 26.1km | ||
| Copy of WMB 83 Ambelside, Lake District Beginner (Blue) ride | mickeyb0305 | Dec 26th 2011, 12:30 | 15.4km |
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| 15km (9 miles), 429m (1407ft) of climbing, 2-4 hours ride time. Stony double track, some singletrack, a long climb and fairly steep descents. Rated blue, with red descents down Colthouse/Belle Grange. | |||||
| Copy of Copy of WMB 83 Ambelside, Lake District Beginner (Blue) ride | trailsntracks | Dec 26th 2011, 06:37 | 15.4km | ||
| 15km (9 miles), 429m (1407ft) of climbing, 2-4 hours ride time. Stony double track, some singletrack, a long climb and fairly steep descents. Rated blue, with red descents down Colthouse/Belle Grange. | |||||
| MBUK 273 Lochrigg Fell | Kim MBUK | Jan 27th 2012, 10:07 | 13.2km | ||
| Circuit_of_longsledale_and_kentmere on GPSies.com | sardar | Jan 29th 2012, 03:36 | 39.2km |
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| Circuit of Longsledale & Kentmere fro Ashes Lane | |||||
| Copy of Ambleside - Robin Lane Loop | tone-s | Feb 24th 2012, 06:31 | 9.6km |
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| Beautiful quick loop from Ambleside; best done anti-clockwise to appreciate the rocky downhill bit in the woods | |||||
| Giggle, Wham, Wiggle, Toss | twinklydave | Feb 27th 2012, 01:33 | 58.7km |
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| Townsend Test Ride | coffeeandcakes | Mar 11th 2012, 10:05 | 66.9km | ||
| 11/03/12. EF. JT. NG. PA. SC. VS. | |||||
| Day 5c: whitchurch to Warrington Central Premier Inn | angus.kirsty@virgin.net | Mar 23rd 2012, 08:57 | 55.3km | ||
| Day 5b: Bayston Hill to Whitchurch | angus.kirsty@virgin.net | Mar 23rd 2012, 10:09 | 36.5km | ||
| Copy of Etape Du Dales | graham.putnam@mac.com | Mar 30th 2012, 02:06 | 169.8km | ||
| Day 6a Warrington Central Premier Inn to Kendal | angus.kirsty@virgin.net | Mar 30th 2012, 07:37 | 122.1km | ||
| Copy of Wrynose pass loop from Coniston | mrkwr | Apr 3rd 2012, 09:14 | 42.3km |
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| tour de stavely | UncleTidy | Apr 27th 2012, 11:20 | 79.6km | ||
| Lakes route #2 | coffeeandcakes | May 2nd 2012, 06:18 | 131.8km |
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| Lakes route #4 | coffeeandcakes | May 2nd 2012, 06:31 | 114.3km |
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| MBUK 276 - Grizedale | Kim MBUK | May 4th 2012, 12:48 | 36.8km |
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| E2E Day7 | steve0780 | May 4th 2012, 02:11 | 105.6km |
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| Penrith to Gigglewick | |||||
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