After a 5 hour drive up, the Austrian was dying to be unleashed on the lakeland countryside.
There wasn't a plan as such but a few places I wanted to visit (whilst it was dry :laugh: )
Headed from my base in Keswick to Grasmere, stopped and bought the Kendal Mintcake as requested and headed off to Coniston the back way (Red Bank??)
Back on the main road and posed by a small lake before Coniston ( can never remember the damn name!)
Through Coniston centre and headed to the Bluebird Cafe to pay homage to my hero Sir Donald Campbell
Last came here on NYD and the cafe had been moved to a portakabin due to flood damage on the original site.
It was good to see that the new premises had finally been built, very nice indeed.
Flood line...
Departed after being at a table next to two screaming babies and another on a picnic bench having its nappy changed (too much brown stuff there :sick: ) my chocolate tiffin just didn't seem the same after :laugh:
went to fill up at the services when suprise, suprise the newly repaired sidestand broke where the bolt goes through to the subframe.
Rendered useless as this was where it had previously been fixed I tossed it in the bin and didn't bother with fuel in a mard :laugh:
Headed over to Tarn Howes but due to lack of leaning blocks no photo of Tarn just greenery .
Then headed over to a near UCR recommended on here.
Bearing in mind the Byways of Northants aren't steep , but generally rut-heaven this was fun :laugh:
Haven't ridden on rubble and rock steps in a while
In hindsight p:P bably shouldn't of been there on my own but you know it would of been rude not too. Lesson I nearly learnt the hard way, never apply front brake on loose rock/stones. :laugh: Think washed out riverbed on a hill :laugh:
stopped only for a couple here.
Natures sidestand!
Realising I really needed fuel instead of heading back to Coniston rode over to Ambleside.
Set off back the same way but headed over to Wrynose/Hardknott passes.
At what point does Wrynose become Hardknott?
Photos
His'n'her GS's
Few panoramics off the phone.
Got to the end of the pass past 'Foot' and came to the first 'major' t-junction.
put in Keswick on the satnav and realised I was 42 miles from Keswick ...doh.
One roadride later past Sellafield, through Gosforth , Cleator Moor (deliverence country) edge of Cockermouth and back past Bassenthwaite lake by which time it felt like December :laugh:
Tomorrow's forecast is a bit moist, but the aim is Whinlatter pass and maybe Honister too , find the 'struggle' apparently.
I reckon I must of put in a good 100 miles today, it certainly feels like it on that KTM park bench :laugh:
Nunight Campers B) :laugh:
