Going to Windermere on Monday for a family holiday and would not mind doing a 2-3 hour loop within a 20 minute drive of Windermere. Anyone got any suggestions?
Cheers Mark

Bike or car onto the ferry – round the back and over Claife Heights and maybe a bit of the west side of Grizedale if you’ve got the time.

Or Troutbeck and Jenkin Crag riding direct from Windermere. About 2 hrs worth there.

Both routes are in the Vertebrate Graphics guide, and I’m sure Biketreks in Ambleside will have route cards.

Or head to Staveley and do a shortish loop taking in Garburn pass.

Cheers Martin, done the Claife/Grizedale on a previous trip might try Troutbeck Jenkin Crag.

Any other suggestions from the morning shift?

You could drive to the dubs res track, it’s about 5 mins from Windermere. Ride up past dubs, on to garburn, over the top down to kentmere, then back up past kentmere hall, on the Bw, that brings you out near high borrans, and back to the car from there. You will probably need an os map if your new to the area, just to get you back out of kentmere. Or if you have more time, there are plenty of options in kentmere to have a longer ride.