This weekend Kev and I are setting off to the Lake District to climb the second mountain of our personal three peak (in three years) challenge; Scafell Pike, the tallest mountain in England standing 3,209 ft above sea level. We’re both taking a couple of days off work to give us a long weekend away, we’re going to make the most of it by riding some great roads and visiting Alt-berg’s to get me some proper boots for the trip to Spain later this year. Here’s a rough outline of our schedule for the trip:
Day 1 – Motorways to Wasdale Campsite – 369 miles.
Day 2 – Climb the Pike – 8 mile circular walk via the summit.
Day 3 – Ride to Altberg’s – This is a great route out via Hardknott Pass, Wrynose Pass and through the Yorksire Dales and then riding back through the Yorkshire Dales, Kirkstone Pass and Honister Pass – 228 miles.
Day 4 – Home via Motorways – 370 miles.
Kev, as always, is well prepared for the trip and has got the routes (and the schedule above) all ready and planned for us, he’s sent over the routes so I can share them with you all:
Unfortunately, no matter how prepared you are, nobody can predict the weather and it seems like we’re in for yet another wet trip. We’ve both travelled in the wet before, in fact the bad weather seems to be a recurring theme for the trips we do together. I think after seeing Ted Simon last night and with Bournemouth – Torrevieja 2009 always in the back of my mind, the rain is now simply another learning experience, I can’t control the weather any more in Spain than I can here so I might as well get some practise in!
I’ll try and fit a couple of mobile blogs in over the weekend to let you all know how we’re getting on. I’ll be leaving my house at 08:00 tomorrow morning… See you soon!
