Anyone ridden down to the lake like to comment on the difficulty.

No chance surely!

Do you mean like this?
[video]http://vimeo.com/14277664[/video]

I can’t do it all, but it is pretty good trail if you go Kentmere-Garburn-Along the ridge to Highstreet-Nan Beild-Haweswater-Up to the top of Gatescarth then back over to the top of Nan Bield again, then down the pass. Plenty of gnadgery stuff with a nice drawn out descent to finish it off. You get more time with gravity on your side than on the traditional 3 passes route.

Yep like that! but how easy do those guys make it look!, some fantastic lines.

David some of the features they ride look ace, just wondering whether they are eminently doable by mortals with a little less speed.

Yeah, its allright taken slowly. There are a few bits that those guys just jump off/over which I didn’t fancy having a go at, but my braver mate cleaned nearly all of it with some track standing and a little bit of euro hopping. It is a really good, though way techy/steep ride that.