Grabbed a Walna Scar route off the web, headed up to Torver early doors and had a cracking ride. I can't believe how few people I saw. The Lake District is open people - go and use it!
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Great pics.
Makes a change to see you on an MTB.
*likes*
Nice pics!
Makes a change to see you on an MTB.
I'll have you know that's my 6th mtb ride since Easter!
(we'll ignore the year before that where I didn't ride one at all)
I just did that ride on Thursday.... Absolutely stunning - and what a fun descent!
No, not jealous at all...!
I miss those type of landscapes sometimes. Nice pics-
I miss those type of landscapes sometimes. Nice pics-
I've decided that this year is going to be the year of big hills and big skies 🙂
(we'll ignore the year before that where I didn't ride one at all)
Welcome back. 😀
Great pics! Makes me feel quite excited about my first trip to the lakes in 3 weeks, especially picture 3!
Lovely pics. Stunning scenery.
Makes me feel quite excited about my first trip to the lakes in 3 weeks, especially picture 3!
You'll love it. It's an amazing place.
love walna scar.
what route did you do?
what route did you do?
This one but with a different ending as I missed a turn 🙂 (also did a little extra climb up to Brown Pike where I had lunch and took in the stunning views)
http://www.pedalnorth.com/content/walna-scar
Absolutely cracking pictures.
Brilliant pictures. I need to ride here one day.
I need to ride here one day.
Just do it 🙂
It's even better when that is right on your doorstep 😉
(About 5 miles to Torver from where I am sitting... and an easy couple from the bottom of Parkamoor).
Unfortunately I am still waiting for surgery on my borked ankle so won't be riding anywhere for some time, and have been off the bike since September. Debating throwing caution to the wind, and putting the Aircast through some serious abuse at the moment!
Beautiful. How long did it take you ?
It took me forever as I kept stopping to look at the stunning surroundings and take photos. Didn't matter though as I had all day 🙂
Great pics, thanks for sharing.
Nice pics. It was beautiful at the top of Cadair Friday too. What a week of great weather.
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Nice 🙂
bit to much saturation for my liking 😉
Here you go postie 😉
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Brown Pike - one step beyond! Beautiful - thanks for posting. I used to do the Walna Scar on a regular basis - then I realised last year that I'd been avoiding it - getting older + don't bounce so well - so I try and force myself to get up there at least once a year now.
Great pictures, i hope the weathers like that when i'm up there at the end of next month!
How's Walna Scar riding these days? I haven't been up there for quite a while. In fact they had just resurfaced it last time i was there and was pretty loose. What's the Lickle valley like as a climb, always thought it was a cracking descent but it's quite hard to fit into a route without missing something else out? Also, anyone know if it's worth extending the route westwards around Stickle Pike and Great Stickle?
How's Walna Scar riding these days?
Was my first time riding it so no idea how it used to be. Was pretty loose in places though.
jambalaya - Member
Beautiful. How long did it take you ?POSTED 19 HOURS AGO #
simondbarnes - Member
It took me forever as I kept stopping to look at the stunning surroundings and take photos. Didn't matter though as I had all day
This and what billyboy says, as I get older and stiffer I have to consider whether I wish to push myself through the pain barrier again 🙄
My last ride was from Conniston along to Torver, up through the mines, turn left up Walna. Then down the other side and left over the boggy bit towards Broughton, onto Stephenson Ground and into Seathwaite. Then up and over Walna back to Conniston the same way. Something like 18mls in 6hrs inc soup etc at the pub.
Lickle as an ascent - you can always go up the fireroad on the other side of the valley i.e. from the forest and they've surfaced the section from natty bridge up to the top bog so it's pretty ridealbe now either way
Nice pics
As thestabiliser says, definitely climb the fire road parallel to the Lickle singltrack, joining it at Natty Bridge. I often climb up this,down the lickle singletrack, across and down to the Newfield (Duddon) and then return over Walna to Coniston or Torver.
The Walna scar is riding well at the moment (as of last Monday), most of the sanitisation has washed out on the two sets of hairpins, leaving steep, loose gravelly turns with lots of exposed bedrock. Once the gradient reduces it's then flat, smooth and dangerouly fast (30+mph on gravel marbles!) to the turn-off for Torver via the Tranearth quarries. If you continue instead towards coniston, it's pretty much flat gravel.
Good photos OP, we're a lucky bunch having a place like that. Really need to go there more often.
Loverly.
Liking the enthusiasm as much as the pics 🙂
Seem to have got some mtb mojo back Steve 🙂