Here's the intended route:
Day 1: St Bees Head to Eskdale (52.8km)
Day 2: Eskdale to Ambleside (33.9km)
Day 3: Ambleside to Kirkby Stephen (75.8km)
Day 4: Kirkby Stephen to Osmotherley (92.9km)
Day 5: Osmotherley to Robin Hoods Bay (97.9km)
(From memory)
Day 1 is fairly easy and involves just one decent climb out of Ennerdale, it's a carry.
Day 2 is a bit more brutal as you travel through South West Lakeland. There's an amble through Dunnerdale (easy to get lost in here I recall) and a cracking descent to Seathwaite if you hook into the right path. From Seathwaite it's the stinker of a climb up Walna Scar road. Last time we rode this it was absolutely belting it down.
Day 3 we start to crank up the miles, hauling up Kirkstone Pass, down to Patterdale, along 'The Ullswater Single Track' then again up and out of the Lakes via Moor Divoc. We skirt just north of the Howgill Fells, plunder a couple of tea shops before easing into Kirkby Stephen.
Day 4 begins with a rude awakening up to the top of Nine Sisters but the reward is a thoroughly enjoyable coast down through the beautiful Swaledale. We pick up a country lane and bomb through Reeth, a breather in Richmond then finally on to Osmotherley.
Day 5 is an amble through the North Yorkshire Moors as all eyes are on the eastern horizon to catch the first glimpse of the North Sea. It's down into Robin Hoods Bay for a swim before cruising up to Whitby for a well earned pint, get in!
I'll be attempting to flesh out the details of each day providing maps, pictures and the odd observation as Team Rear banter their way along the route.
Day 1: St Bees Head to Eskdale (52.8km)
Day 2: Eskdale to Ambleside (33.9km)
Day 3: Ambleside to Kirkby Stephen (75.8km)
Day 4: Kirkby Stephen to Osmotherley (92.9km)
Day 5: Osmotherley to Robin Hoods Bay (97.9km)
(From memory)
Day 1 is fairly easy and involves just one decent climb out of Ennerdale, it's a carry.
Day 2 is a bit more brutal as you travel through South West Lakeland. There's an amble through Dunnerdale (easy to get lost in here I recall) and a cracking descent to Seathwaite if you hook into the right path. From Seathwaite it's the stinker of a climb up Walna Scar road. Last time we rode this it was absolutely belting it down.
Day 3 we start to crank up the miles, hauling up Kirkstone Pass, down to Patterdale, along 'The Ullswater Single Track' then again up and out of the Lakes via Moor Divoc. We skirt just north of the Howgill Fells, plunder a couple of tea shops before easing into Kirkby Stephen.
Day 4 begins with a rude awakening up to the top of Nine Sisters but the reward is a thoroughly enjoyable coast down through the beautiful Swaledale. We pick up a country lane and bomb through Reeth, a breather in Richmond then finally on to Osmotherley.
Day 5 is an amble through the North Yorkshire Moors as all eyes are on the eastern horizon to catch the first glimpse of the North Sea. It's down into Robin Hoods Bay for a swim before cruising up to Whitby for a well earned pint, get in!
I'll be attempting to flesh out the details of each day providing maps, pictures and the odd observation as Team Rear banter their way along the route.
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