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Riding over Coniston next weekend and have a few routes pulled off for it from gpsies.com and the singletrack PDFs but a few personal reccommendations would be good too.
Cheers..
I hope you have you got the garburn pass loop or I ain't coming. 😉
walna scar via parkmoor -see boggies web site for routes also has them in mmo and gpx I thin
I dont ride with them if their leader is anything to go by they must be xxxx 😆
http://www.bogtrotters.org/rides/gallery/
http://www.bogtrotters.org/list_routes.php
EDIT:not sure if above is on there but basically round coniston and finishes at walna scar but a long ride 26 miles ish iirc
Bit of a bump for the Sunday night peeps, any other top choices for Ambleside direction?
Garburn is a [b]long[/b] way from Coniston...
Walna Scar might be an acceptable alternative
Just a heads up about Ambleside for the 4th/5th Sept - its the great north swim in Windermere so I reckon traffic/parking over that way could be a bit of a shocker. According to the website there are 9,000 people taking part 😯
http://www.greatswim.org/Events/British-Gas-Great-North-Swim/Default.aspx
Another vote for walna scar. When i got to the top, put my lungs back in, i vowed never to do it again. But now i really want to. And grizedale is the other side of the lake if that takes yer fancy, bresty haw is ace!
North Face (red) Grizedals Forest.
When i got to the top, put my lungs back in
Yes it is hard going pushing a bike..i did not clear it walking without stopping 😳 We did have a 24 mile approach though.
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/dave-lowe/3990138372/ ]Grizedale from Coniston[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/dave-lowe/ ]lowey.com[/url], on Flickr
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Cheers Lowey, got quite a few now! Do you have the Coniston to Grizdale as a GPX file you could email me?
Er... I logged it with my tracks so might have... i'll have a rummage around. I can deffo send you the MMO tho.
You wont go wrong with them 2 though mate. I would say they were the best routes when based in Coniston.
Dont forget to get a pint of Olivers Pale Ale in the Bull.. ,uch nicer than the Bluebird... but they do charge like a wounded rhino.
*EDIT*
Well I "think" I;ve sent it to you from my phone. Let me know if it works or not.
traffic/parking over that way could be a bit of a shocker
Erm, the great North swim is based around Ambleside\Waterhead, the routes above all start in Consiton, if there is a parking problem in the Consiton area something has gone horribly worng !!