Mad,I don’t do Bivying! I will be staying in a nice heated cottage in Ambleside half term week. My favorite route ever is going from Windermere and up over Garburn Pass and then finshing in Ambleside, and refilling with the best choc brownie in the world at the rattle grill cafe behind the tourist information centre in Ambleside!. I do it as a day ride.

If you want the route I can share it off my memory map thing! Where in Mid Wales did you go? I live in Llandrindod Wells!

Thank you people, will follow up. Looking forward to some dusty trails after a great refreshing summer! 8)

Yes, good to hear there are some honest folk out there!

Hi there, did it on Sunday, be prepared for it to be windy on the top, talybont nice to stay, oh and the George Pub is good.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/177956324

It’s a pleasure to get to ride there, today I passed it as was on route to a meeting, now that was cruel!

Yes we all have different opinions but it caters for a wide group of riders, and at the end of the day we just want to ride our bikes!

Hi there, go clock wise from talybont, it really is a classic route, and also you usually have a tail wind climbing up to the gap!

Mmmm, may have to do that route over christmas!