Fancy a Lake District mountain bike adventure with a bit of a difference? Doing a bit of east-west adventuring by bike and need a short cut across Lake Windermere? Left the family, shopping in Windermere for a few hours and fancy a lap of Grizedale? Or just want to be a bit contrary and do a bike ride that involves a boat? Well, we have some good news for you for the summer.
The popular ‘Bike Boat’ scheme offered by Windermere Lake Cruises will return to operating a daily service from Saturday 20 July 2019, running eight crossings each-way throughout the summer school holiday period.
While foot passengers are welcome to use the cycle-friendly service, priority will be given to cyclists for each crossing.
Crossing between Brockhole – The Lake District Visitor Centre on the eastern side of Windermere and Bark Barn jetty on the traffic-free western shore of the lake – accessed by the Wray Castle/Ferry House bridleway, the Bike Boat will operate seven days a week until September 1st.
Single tickets are £3.60, with a return costing £6 for adults, or £3.60/£2.22 for children. Family tickets are also available.
Single and return tickets are available.
Details are online at https://www.windermere-lakecruises.co.uk/cruises-fares/bike-boat. Although you can’t buy tickets online, you just pay at the ferry jetty.
Bikes are also welcome on other boats for an extra £1, although foot passengers take priority on those services.
Time for a bit of a bike/boat adventure perhaps? The route opens up several east/west routes – from the likes of Kentmere and Staveley in the east, over to Hawkshead and the trails at Grizedale forest, without having to navigate the tourist throng of Ambleside. Or you could park at Grizedale, do some hot laps of the forest and then head east for some ‘proper’ mountain adventures over towards Kentmere or Troutbeck.
Obviously, packrafters may have other ideas 🙂
