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If Achilles prevents planking, do them testing your shins on a cushion instead, same core effects.

Scam, as you have found. However, sportshoes.com often have really good montane deals, and are a reliable retailer.

Depending on where you live, the Plymouth Roscoff ferry is a lovely way to access west brittany.

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Proper pointy- Lion ridge (italian normal route) of the Matterhorn. Not climbed it but looks a good objective, you’d want to build up to it and be acclimatised (as for any >4000m summit). Carrel hut currently closed making the approach significantly longer, but should be open next year.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/crags/matterhorn-2106/southwest_italian_or_lion_ridge-47849#videos

Could make a real event of it by continuing the traverse down the Hornli and finish in switzerland.

Another recommend what you have- lakeland trail hound, ideally rehomed:

Yes, not on BW but no change from previous.

Still closed and well fenced, not passable I’m afraid. Ongoing local controversy with UU applying to extend the closure indefinitely.

edit- yes, can cycle the track/forest road east of A591 between swirls and bottom of dunmail, at least you could when I was last there a year or so ago.

Saw thread title, immediately thought of you and yours and Winifred!

Wow- fantastic racing!

We just replaced our leaking shower after drips of water through kitchen ceiling below. A joist needed sorting as had rotted through with the leak,so would suggest everything needs to come up to inspect before deciding next steps.

Very easy Braithwaite to portinscale on either good tarmac shared use path alongside a66, or more pleasant, cross the a66 at braithwaite and take the old road, recross a66 the other end. From Portinscale either continue to take the bike path and road, or go through portinscale village and across the footbridge then footpath through the fields across the howrahs.

most efficient way up to whinlatter is on the road, but you could go along to thornthwaite and up the forest roads.

Not descending, but the track along the river from elterwater to refreshments at Chester’s skelwith bridge and back is a lovely out and back ride, very easy, done it loads when the kids were younger.

On a nice day without a head wind, the old coach road east to west from matterdale. There is some uphill but overall pleasant, well made track.

Far worse than my swan attack

A male swan can break a man’s arm with one beat of his wings, but a female swan can break a male swan’s heart with just one look……..

Joined in about 2007 to ask if I should buy a full sus bike, ended up with a nice Chumba VF2 frame from Si at Progressive bikes who was very helpful in the forum, as were all the folks on here who helped with advice as I built it up with a variety of bits from classifieds and new.

Nice rough and ready site at Buttermere though- syke farm, or Seathwaite farm borrowdale for heading up Scafell pike.

There’s camping at the Kings Head, thirlspot, not sure about how it’s booked. Lanefoot farm Thornthwaite is an easy stroll from Braithwaite pubs.

edit: and Chapel House farm borrowdale, near Scafell hotel for pub.

@Sanny

Here’s a vid from my mate Rich to give you a feel for Glaramara:

YouTube

Glaramara- apart from the rocky summit the route down thorneythwaite is a good ride from memory, a bit vague above raven crag becoming a fun, all rideable good path. Its many years since I rode it but often there on foot. Can’t comment on east side, can’t imagine it being much fun.

Gable- SE ridge is a steep pitched path, maybe ok if you like that sort of thing, not my bag, and agree aaron slack isn’t great either.

Great trip report- I wouldn’t go over to scafell pike from GE for fun with a bike, it’s bad enough on foot!

It looks like it’s an old review, are PP still going? Any new products? Listed after a shan at one point…..

This review first appeared in Singletrack World Magazine issue 131

It may be more expensive, but more effective, to seek a private GP consultation rather than just a battery of tests. Without a clinical context, many test results are potentially confusing or unhelpful, and having some directed plan or pre test concern could help specify which tests may be useful.

Edit- what qwerty said!

Thanks all, new Wahl clipper on its way.

Keswick area- whinlatter bikes in town, Cyclewise at whinlatter. Grisedale forest also have rentals.

Incidentally, this is one of the bits of the national NHS that works poorly- we see a lot of visitors in the ED I work in, and it is virtually impossible for me to refer to other areas’ fracture clinics directly, and there are a wide variety of systems. Unfortunately creates unnecessary hassle for patients and clinical staff, and lots of duplicated effort.

Might be worth ringing fracture clinic at your local hospital (call switch board, ask for fracture clinic and tell them your story) and see if they will accept you rather than getting GP involved. If the minor injuries place were not able to forward your images they will need repeats done.

Try some La sportive mutants, seem surprisingly good in slippery conditions, although probably due to quite soft rubber so may not last. Look to have some cushioning compared with a fell shoe.

La thuile this week- cold, excellent snow above 1600m, staying in good condition all day on the Italian side, the south facing stuff over in La Rosiere softening a bit in the sunshine. Brilliant condition for Easter- having a great time.

In my bit of the lakes- chapel house farm or hollows farm in borrowdale, Skye farm in Buttermere, the one at the south end of ullswater accessed from Patterdale (name escapes me) are all ideally placed for bikes and trails. Duddon valley as above is a quiet corner of the lakes.

It was a beautiful day- managed to get to 1350m above sea level on my paraglider above skiddaw, which gave a great view of the worsening erosion. I agree with others that the increased awareness via Strava/ heat maps and YouTube, plus the fact that skiddaw is almost custom made as a ridable summit for e-bikes, has increased the traffic with the results you have seen. Shame really, but I am not sure what the solution is.

I work in an Emergency Department, and agree that it’s not an ideal situation. Hands, especially thumbs, are important, and there are some injuries that won’t heal without intervention- ulnar collateral ligament rupture, for example. GPs aren’t commissioned as a minor injury service- so what does the poor patient stuck in the middle do? I think it would be reasonable for a walk in centre too see you, image/treat/refer if necessary. It’s the sort of thing we see often in the ED and I’d be happy that it was appropriate (while clearly not an emergency) if you’d exhausted other avenues, although you’d be triaged as a low priority.This is common now for our work across a whole range of conditions as the health service slowly disintegrates, the only door that is open is the ED. If it was me I’d visit the local walk in centre, explain your ongoing pain/loss of function and delay to primary care availability and see if they can sort you out. Good luck.

(Incidentally, doesn’t sound like a scaphoid injury)

Ride report please! Beautiful day in the lakes, hope you made the most of it….

With tomorrow’s forecast I’d want to get up high, so from Seatoller I would spin up the road to the top of honister (largely off road alternative reversing the bash). Then push up relatively easily to Dale Head summit then either across to Hindscarth to descend to little town and return over hause gate, or shorter, descend to dale head tarn then enjoy the high ridge of high spy and maiden moor and hause gate descent towards grange.

Alpkit/sonder certainly do a flat bar Camino, with fast wheels could be an option?

By the way, fit notes are not in the purview of a & e, just in case anyone’s going to sit and wait for a few hours to try to obtain one. Cheers!

I dislocated mine several times before surgery to repair the lip on the glenoid, since when it’s been good. Shoulder specialist physio at the hospital after surgery was brilliant- a weekly circuit training type class for shoulder strength and stability and homework with theraband exercises- this was key to recovery I feel. There will definitely be some rotator cuff injury, and your glenoid fracture will likely cause instability and may need addressing (I am not an orthopaedic surgeon). Listen to the specialist, do the exercises and have patience!

Hazards may not be apparent even to experienced moutaineers, and aren’t exclusively in the highest mountain areas. A good appreciation of avalanche hazard goes with the other technical experience mentioned:
Chalemain gap avalanche

Would the 4 pot caliper not be better up front? Nice bike, I hadn’t seen 240 droppers were available so will keep in mind for next build……

Yup!