Lakeland 300
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:26 am
This weekend, Steve Waters and myslef attempted the Lakeland 300.
We set of from Staveley at 7pm on Friday night and managed to get to Grisedale visitors centre for our first bivvy / camp.
The next morning we were up at 530am with a dry start but it wanst long before the rain and wind set in, and we had a tough day ahead.
We rode to about 7pm, at which point, i was pretty dead.
We stumbled across a pub, which had a litttle shed with a bunk bed. I immediatley ordered food / 4 pints and had a good rest.
It meant we had to cut out the section over high street, but the time constraints with getting back home for 6pm on Sunday meant that we couldnt fit in in.
It was a cracking ride, but tough, very wet, cold and generally just blinking hard.
Will defo come back again at this one, but will travel lighter with bivvy instead of tent and also do in height of summer when its bone dry.
Video of the ride is here:
https://youtu.be/-V_MIzcc2V8
Strava here:
https://www.strava.com/activities/3186821554
We set of from Staveley at 7pm on Friday night and managed to get to Grisedale visitors centre for our first bivvy / camp.
The next morning we were up at 530am with a dry start but it wanst long before the rain and wind set in, and we had a tough day ahead.
We rode to about 7pm, at which point, i was pretty dead.
We stumbled across a pub, which had a litttle shed with a bunk bed. I immediatley ordered food / 4 pints and had a good rest.
It meant we had to cut out the section over high street, but the time constraints with getting back home for 6pm on Sunday meant that we couldnt fit in in.
It was a cracking ride, but tough, very wet, cold and generally just blinking hard.
Will defo come back again at this one, but will travel lighter with bivvy instead of tent and also do in height of summer when its bone dry.
Video of the ride is here:
https://youtu.be/-V_MIzcc2V8
Strava here:
https://www.strava.com/activities/3186821554