Keswick

[Spinney]

Sorry meant Kirkstone Pass ..Not looking to blame but its my better half's fault she was talking about Honister Pass.
Bang goes my multi tasking then, typing and talking
One thing I do know its gonna be hard...But the decent to Ambleside should be good..

Weather looking good for Saturday too

Down 'The Struggle' ?
Very steep and windy in places - hope you've got good brakes!

 

[Stu Smith]

Down 'The Struggle' ?
Very steep and windy in places - hope you've got good brakes!

Stop trying to put me off

 

[Andy_R]

Down 'The Struggle' ?
Very steep and windy in places - hope you've got good brakes!

and eyes like a hawk and the reactions of a ferret - that's the single track favourite route of many a "Sunday Driver"

 

[theloafer]

Sorry meant Kirkstone Pass ..Not looking to blame but its my better half's fault she was talking about Honister Pass.
Bang goes my multi tasking then, typing and talking
One thing I do know its gonna be hard...But the decent to Ambleside should be good..

Weather looking good for Saturday too

hey stu
kirkstone is a cany climb also and as spinney says go cany down the struggle on your way back to Keswick once you have got over dunmail raise look out for a left hand turn its a great little road that takes you round thirlmere and off that main road ... see map

 

[Stu Smith]

hey stu
kirkstone is a cany climb also and as spinney says go cany down the struggle on your way back to Keswick once you have got over dunmail raise look out for a left hand turn its a great little road that takes you round thirlmere and off that main road ...

Thank You for that. You wouldn't know of any routes back to Troutbeck from Keswick avoiding the A66 would you ?

 

[ColinJ]

Thank You for that. You wouldn't know of any routes back to Troutbeck from Keswick avoiding the A66 would you ?

Try THIS.

 

[Stu Smith]

Nice one Colin. Thank You. Cycled from Penrith to Keswick on the A66 last summer not the best road I've ever cycled..

 

[ColinJ]

Nice one Colin. Thank You. Cycled from Penrith to Keswick on the A66 last summer not the best road I've ever cycled..

Yes - I'm not a fan of busy A-roads either!

 

[Spinney]

Thank You for that. You wouldn't know of any routes back to Troutbeck from Keswick avoiding the A66 would you ?

+1 for doing the west side of Thirlmere

If you don't actually need/want to go back into Keswick, but just to get back to your start point, try this:

the short stretch along the A66 when you are almost back to Troutbeck has a cyclepath on the footpath - very few peds to get in the way!

 

[MontyVeda]

Do you mean Kirkstone Pass? Honister's off to the west of Coniston

Honister Pass is just down Borrowdale Valley from Keswick, on the way to Buttermere and Crummock... got halfway up it once, turned back

 

[Spinney]

Honister Pass is just down Borrowdale Valley from Keswick, on the way to Buttermere and Crummock... got halfway up it once, turned back

I must have been thinking of Wrynose - north from Coniston then through Little Langdale

(helps when correcting people if I get it right myself )

 

[Stu Smith]

If you don't actually need/want to go back into Keswick, but just to get back to your start point, try this:


the short stretch along the A66 when you are almost back to Troutbeck has a cyclepath on the footpath - very few peds to get in the way!

Thanks.Ive no need to go into Keswick. I'll print this return route off from Google maps.

 

[Spinney]

Thanks.Ive no need to go into Keswick. I'll print this return route off from Google maps.

Enjoy !
If you are pootling around the area north of the A66 and east of Keswick, pop into the Cycle Cafe in Greystoke. Tea and nice cakes, plus track pump etc if you need it. They're not open every day, though...*
http://www.greystokecyclecafe.co.uk/around_greystoke.htm

*Edit: having actually read the link - they ARE open every day if you arrive by bike.
Not if you arrive by car/on foot.

 

[Stu Smith]

Enjoy !
If you are pootling around the area north of the A66 and east of Keswick, pop into the Cycle Cafe in Greystoke. Tea and nice cakes, plus track pump etc if you need it. They're not open every day, though...*
http://www.greystokecyclecafe.co.uk/around_greystoke.htm

*Edit: having actually read the link - they ARE open every day if you arrive by bike.
Not if you arrive by car/on foot.

The Greystoke cycle café looks very inviting I will definitely be calling in..May incorporate this into a ride on Monday..Can't see me riding very much on Sunday, My legs will be rebelling after riding up Kirkstone Pass Saturday

 

[Pale Rider]

I think there's a newish cycle path from Ambleside to Coniston which you might be able to include in your travels.

Decent, high-end bike shop in Ambleside - Biketreks.

The website includes a route advice section.

I'd post a link, but the site doesn't want to open for me at the minute - a google of the obvious will get you there.