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You could bail at the summit of the Calf and either retrace you the ascent, or you could descend via [url= http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=368150&y=497947&z=120&sv=368150,497947&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=765&ax=368150&ay=497947&lm=0 ]Cautley Spout[/url]. Much shorter and misses the rides signature singletrack. However, once you have done Bowderdale, then you are pretty much at the furthest point from the start.
You could bail at the summit of the Calf and either retrace you the ascent, or you could descend via Cautley Spout
I hadn't even considered those, as they'd be too soon in the ride for all but the most novice riders!
There are 2 excellent downhills, Bram Rigg and White Fell, both about 400 uninterrupted vertical metres of steep grass strewn with rocks, but they're evening 2 hour rides.
Cautley OTOH is vertigo territory, [b]very[/b] steep and a vestigial track...