thx1138 World Chat Champion
Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :
|
Posted: 19:06 - 29 Sep 2018 Post subject: Hardknott and Wrynose passes both ways |
|
|
Damn that was hard work. Eskdale to Ambleside and back.
Wrynose on the way back was just relentless and into the wind. I cycled much of it overall but got off and pushed a few times cos I was either knackered and or had to stop for a car (or cattle) and couldn't get going again. Keeping the front wheel down and thinking I was going over backwards was one of the problems, kept popping little wheelies when I got going.
And I had a stupid rucksack to keep my d lock and cable loop in.
The descents were fun in a scary rollercoaster I don't want to die kinda way. About 5,000 ft of climbing in 36 miles.
But, my friends own a cafe in Ambleside and I got a free lunch and met old friends I haven't seen for years.
https://i.postimg.cc/mrJcnZz2/WP_20180929_14_47_53_Pro.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/j5fWYVP6/WP_20180929_14_26_36_Pro.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/pdphk5d6/WP_20180929_10_54_31_Pro.jpg[/img] |
|
thx1138 World Chat Champion
Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Karma :
|
|
Dave.... Trackday Trickster
Joined: 13 May 2016 Karma :
|
Posted: 19:19 - 29 Sep 2018 Post subject: |
|
|
Some proper cycling that.
Passed a few guys last week and looked at my Strava flyby to see where they were going as it was quite a remote section.
Turns out they were cycling from Blackpool to Glasgow
And back again in the same day
Some Audax thing which is a name I have heard but never knew exactly what it was. Google it if you're interested. ____________________ Honda Africa Twin |
|