Lake District Drive

[thegraveltrap]

SmilerFTM said:

Found some pics from the loop when I did it in my previous 5

nice twisty roads on offer

[Allyc85]

Well my trip to the lakes has been and gone, and despite some horrible weather and a satnav that nearly got launched out the window, it was a great trip. My Garmin seems to have a habbit of creating way points on routes I have made myself, which I can't skip. Theres no way i'm driving 500 yards down a bridleway then turning back! so in the end I just used my map and aimed for anything twisty and which had "pass" in it's title!

This is what I did on the Wednesday, including a stop off at the Lakeland Motor Museum, which is well worth a look.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/54.3098603,-3.01...

Then on Thursday I did a mix of mountain biking in Grizedale and Whinlatter forest, taking in the Honister Pass on the way back.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/54.3425555,-3.02...

The roads are incredible and far bumpier and twistier than any pictures of videos could prepare me for! The blind crests on Hardknott and Wrynose passes made it so hard to see where the road even went! Good fun though!

The only bad thing is the speed of the traffic, which seems to have a self enforced speed limit of 30 in a 60mph zone! Saying that though loads of people were very kind and waved me past, it's shame more people in Devon can't be like that!

I shall upload some pics at some point, though they are not quite as nice and sunny as the ones above!

[giveitfish]

Looking forward to the pics!

Was it you who posted on my Birkett Fell YouTube vid? How was the gearbox if so?

[Allyc85]

Nope not me, but cheers for the recomendation of the road, it was a lot of fun! Shame Ulpha to Bank end was mostly spent at sub 20mph, behind some muppet who was driving down the middle of the road!

[giveitfish]

[Allyc85]

A few pictures off of the phone, as I was too lazy to take the DSLR!

Wrynose Pass

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

Hardknott

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

Lakeland Museum

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

Ullswater Lake

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

My very basic camping pod at Grizedale Camping!

http://www.grizedale-camping.co.uk/?HOME

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

Kirkstone Pass

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

The sun did shine, while I was out on the bike around Grizedale Forest! Nice trails, but very expensive parking!

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

The detour home via the Yorkshire Dales was a lot of fun, barely got stuck behind any cars. Infact the only drama was some kamikaze Geese on the B6479 to settle. This road and Buttertubs was incredible!

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Trip by Alastair Cummins, on Flickr

So to summarise, they were all amazing roads, but I would never visit in the summer! Windermere was crazy busy and the roads are fun and twisty, but far too hard to pass on!

Cheers to all who gave me info for the trip!

[Red Devil]

Allyc85 said:

The blind crests on Hardknott and Wrynose passes made it so hard to see where the road even went! Good fun though!

I did warn you.

Cracking photos.

Been a long time since since I did Buttertubs.