Some mighty fine weather coincided with a day off yesterday so despite bugger all fitness due to injuries and lack of riding I thought I’d get up early and head to the Lakes for a little ride. Set off from Grasmere and headed up Helvellyn via Grisdale Tarn and Dollywaggon Pike and then followed the ridge North before dropping down to the Old Coach Road and then back to Grasmere. Bloody marvellous (and extremely!) tiring day out. The views up top were stunning 🙂

[url=https://flic.kr/p/WDmmDc]20170717_082713[/url] by Simon Barnes, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/VBuQmH]DSCF6380[/url] by Simon Barnes, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/VBsmDT]20170717_094733[/url] by Simon Barnes, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/WR5HZT]20170717_101307[/url] by Simon Barnes, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/VBuQnp]DSCF6386[/url] by Simon Barnes, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/WA26cN]IMG_20170717_202857_113[/url] by Simon Barnes, on Flickr

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/WA3DKS]DSCF6405[/url] by Simon Barnes, on Flickr

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/WA3DLU]DSCF6406[/url] by Simon Barnes, on Flickr

That’s the type of ride I wanted to do when I was up there working last week, had to settle for doing the north and south loops at Whinlatter though due to only having a couple hours spare!

Brilliant pics 8)

I just want to be the first to say:

BAAAAARRRRSSSSTAAAAARD! 😆

Apart from that, nice one.

BAAAAARRRRSSSSTAAAAARD!

If it helps I’m rather sore & tired today 😉

If it helps I’m rather sore & tired today

It doesn’t help.

Canny really beat riding on a ridge on days like that, not the best descent off there, but still looks like you had an awesome day!.

lush.

very jealous!

Nice…. And no motor in sight. 😉

fantastic Simon… extremely jealous

Great pics , did Helvellyn last weekend again not a cloud in the sky, would be back every weekend but life gets in the way 🙁

jealous lots

Aces!

I’d have chosen to do it the other way round, but still dead jealous 🙂

I’d have chosen to do it the other way round, but still dead jealous

That would have been a push up and a carry down for me 🙂

lowey – Member
Aces!

This.

that looks awful, i insist we swap for a week or 2.

Chapeau …on a hard tail 🙂

I live in Kent. We don’t have hills/ views like this. Jealous.

Oof, quite an effort climbing to grisedale tarn and on to dollywagon, but a lovely sunny ridge ride. How were the boggy bits over the Dodds?

That. That is why I ride my bike.

How were the boggy bits over the Dodds?

They were fine 🙂