by Danders
Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:37 am
As a pretty regular Wednesday night rider, but seldom weekend rider I thought I might try and make amends by being a bit more organised for 2015. Unfortunately my organisation is limited.....
My wife is going to do a trail running series in the lakes - see here:
http://www.trailrunning.co.uk/index.cfm ... th=&page=1
Which means that I have 6 or 7 definitely free days for riding (in the lake district), and I thought I'd extend the invitation to others. (For those of us that have done MTB weekends in the past you will know that running around in circles, or going off and doing your own thing is just as acceptable of cycling around in circles – you don’t have to cycle!)
So, I have a book of mountain biking in the lakes, lots of maps, a compass and a pretty good sense of direction (I’m happy to lead). In most cases I expect to be at a campsite as close as possible to the following locations – most likely for the Friday and Saturday nights. Rides will be too/from the campsite, unless someone can provide a lift (Luan wont be happy if she returns from the race to find the campervan missing….)
My proposition is as follows:
Saturday 18th April @ Hawkshead (Sunday own arrangements)
Saturday 9th May @ Staveley (Sunday own arrangements)
Saturday 5th September @ Keswick (Sunday own arrangements)
Saturday 3rd October @ Consiton (Sunday own arrangements)
Sat and Sun 7th/8th November @ Glen Ridding (not sure about accommodation for this one…… will post some ideas neared the time)
Also 21st March @ Cartmel – but not sure about nearby trails – we might need to travel by car from camping to start of MTB ride.
My intention is to post up ride and accommodation info about 6 weeks before each of these weekends.
That’s it for now folks….
David
My wife is going to do a trail running series in the lakes - see here:
http://www.trailrunning.co.uk/index.cfm ... th=&page=1
Which means that I have 6 or 7 definitely free days for riding (in the lake district), and I thought I'd extend the invitation to others. (For those of us that have done MTB weekends in the past you will know that running around in circles, or going off and doing your own thing is just as acceptable of cycling around in circles – you don’t have to cycle!)
So, I have a book of mountain biking in the lakes, lots of maps, a compass and a pretty good sense of direction (I’m happy to lead). In most cases I expect to be at a campsite as close as possible to the following locations – most likely for the Friday and Saturday nights. Rides will be too/from the campsite, unless someone can provide a lift (Luan wont be happy if she returns from the race to find the campervan missing….)
My proposition is as follows:
Saturday 18th April @ Hawkshead (Sunday own arrangements)
Saturday 9th May @ Staveley (Sunday own arrangements)
Saturday 5th September @ Keswick (Sunday own arrangements)
Saturday 3rd October @ Consiton (Sunday own arrangements)
Sat and Sun 7th/8th November @ Glen Ridding (not sure about accommodation for this one…… will post some ideas neared the time)
Also 21st March @ Cartmel – but not sure about nearby trails – we might need to travel by car from camping to start of MTB ride.
My intention is to post up ride and accommodation info about 6 weeks before each of these weekends.
That’s it for now folks….
David