The weather is pants so let’s see your favourite pics of riding in the big hills and mountains of the UK to remind us just how good the UK is on a sunny day!

Sanny

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033 by michaelpark41, on Flickr

Oops, sorry, not UK… 🙂

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P9130076 by ir_bandito, on Flickr

P5250022 by ir_bandito, on Flickr

Trudge by ir_bandito, on Flickr

Sanny, you may recognise the second one 🙂

Carn Liath descent by CaptainMainwaring1, on Flickr

Descent from Lawers by CaptainMainwaring1, on Flickr

ooh, where’s that captainmainwaring?

Most of my big mountain stuff is in Europe and you’ve seen all of them anyway! I saw BikeVerbier put some of mine up as their banners 🙂 Here’s some Coniston shots from 2010 – the last reasonably big mountain ride I did in the UK actually

How are things? I’m having to work another weekend but should be able to get out for 3 hours’ riding on Saturday morning.

These are outside the terms of this thread…I’ve recently stopped using digital and picked up an old school SLR…was getting frustrated with mediocrity of my digital shots…looking forward to using this thing in a big-mountain situation.

These are all just from rides with Nirvana Cycles or in one case Commercial Road car park (best place in London to practice wheelies!) – definitely not big-mountain

what film and filters are you using in those shots jhw? very good.

Nothing much new from me this year… it’s been a bit sh!t for various reasons.

Not UK but very awesome big mountain.

Thanks! Lomo redscale film, no filters. If you set it at about ISO 25, it brings out blues and oranges really well (but need lots of light obvs) – if you set it at ISO 200 it looks all red and post-apocalyptic. Fun to play with.

Some suspiciously large-looking UK mountains above!

I haven’t taken the camera out much lately but here is a sunny day on Cader Idris last year…

Chipbutty

Is the first one Torridon?

What is the big one on the last picture where you are pushing up?

Messiah

Is that the Gorms? looks very Gorms like to me.

ir- bandito

Where is the second picture taken? looks ace!

Captain

I wonder who took that pic of the descent off Ben Lawers – Ha! Ha!

Cheers

Sanny

Chapaking

That looks bloody brilliant!

Sanny

And this is us going up and then down Cadair a couple of years ago.

I need to go to Wales!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big mountain..check
Riding…check

Ah, Ben Lawers, found it.

Sanny – its looking back at the Nan Bield Pass from Kentmere

Oh yeah, Wales:

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Llyn Colwyd

I’ve never done a ‘proper’ mountain in the UK. Which I can’t quite believe myself. 2012 needs to change that. Multiple times…

Pont Scethin

Sanny, here’s a few more you’ll recognise. 😛

A couple from the Lake district back in January

Great thread

Some from last weekend

Keep them coming

Hi Graeme

That looks ace!

I’ve still to do that ride. Got a moster from Ambleside to Keswick planned that will take a good 12 to 14 hours for the Spring.

ir-bandito

Nan Bield right enough. Not used to seeing it from that angle.

Loving all the pics guys.

ss

Sgurr Goath and Carn Ban Mor if I’m not mistaken? Nice pics there fella. Any of the descent of Sgorr Goath? I like how you rode up the main descent path. Far more fun than the landy track the next valley up.

Sanny

Trickydiso

Is the first one High Street? It looks vaguely familiar.

Where is the second one?

Cheers

Sanny

Correct, the path from CBM to Sgor Gaoith is fine, easy riding but not very interesting. The view from Sgor Gaoith is proper braw.

Cheers

Trickydiso

Is the first one High Street? It looks vaguely familiar.

Where is the second one?

1st one is going up snowdon and 2nd is stopping half way up cadair

(did both on the welsh coast to coast)

The weather took a turn for the worse by Pimpmaster Jazz, on Flickr

Halfway Café by Pimpmaster Jazz, on Flickr

Sanny, 12 to 14 hours 😯 where you stopping overnight at ? 😉

Messiah

Is that the Gorms? looks very Gorms like to me

I’ll chime in on that. It’s looking up towards Ben MacDui from the top of the Sron Riach ridge. Don’t think it’s the gig this year as Messiah was leading at that point. (And every other point for that matter)

The view from Sgor Gaoith is proper braw

Sure is

Loch Einich from Sgurr Gaoith by CaptainMainwaring1, on Flickr

Beinn a’Ghlo Munros

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P1000497_stitch by DavidHodgson, on Flickr

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Some pics from the gap back in june
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Wales:

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Scotland:

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IMG_3645 by Ewan Panter, on Flickr

Er, not the UK…

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IMG_09382608 by Ewan Panter, on Flickr

Lakes:

IMG_17122508 by Ewan Panter, on Flickr

Canada:

IMG_3581.jpg by Ewan Panter, on Flickr