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

only the best........

devils bridge ! about 20mins from windermere

thats a certain stop off point, will be interesting to see how many bikes are there during the middle of the week

I go there on a regular basis, but not at this time of the year! Doubt there will be any bikers unless there's a heatwave.

we can always hope and pray for a really mild spot at the end of jan

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