Lake district riding routes

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eh up yawl,

I am likely to be heading to the lake district for a few days away in a few weeks (first ever proper even if small bike trip)


Any suggestions for 3 days worth of riding, I am going with anna who is on here and is fairly new to biking so nothing to serious, but something with a bit of a challenge.

we are staying at the bottom of windermere lake so cant get pretty much anywhere.

any ideas are much appreciated!

Thanks
Dave

What route are you taking up there. Motor way to get there quickly or avoiding motorways?

i think m40 then m6, poss m6 toll depends on the traffic reports, I dont really know any other routes up there really, I want to get there quickly really but I am always open to other routes that are waaayyy more interesting

Only ever gone up in the car so use the motorway. Was hoping you had found a more interesting route that i could borrow
Anyway have a great trip.

sadly no, dont know any other routes, if I find some though, i'll let you know, hopefully I will have a sense of more adventure during the trip and may take an alternative route home

Just looking through the latest issue of RiDE (March issue??) They have a tour of northern England and day 3 (page126) is in the Lake District.
Might be worth a look.

just got mine in the post today so will certainly take a gandering look at that.
Thanks for the heads up stu