High Street (Lake District)

fasterthanaspeedingbullet
fasterthanaspeedingbullet Posts: 268
edited April 2010 in Routes
I'm planning to do the "High Street & Swindale" 60km killer route from the "Lake District Mountain Biking" route book by Staton / Gore.

The directions in the book are ok but the route map is split over several pages. I've tried looking for the CD of the book so i can print a decent map of the route myself but it looks like it's been discontinued.

Does anyone know where i might be able to get my hands on a map and / or GPS co-ordinates for this route?

Also, if anyone has done this ride before, got any tips?
It's all good fun until someone loses a bollock.

2010 Orange Crush

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  • hoochylala
    hoochylala Posts: 987
    If you are able to 'copy' the route from the book you could use www.bikehike.co.uk to plote the route on a OS map then save as GPX and a transfer to your GPS for your desired use. :)

    Any help?
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  • fasterthanaspeedingbullet
    fasterthanaspeedingbullet Posts: 268
    Yep, i've used BikeHike before but i don't want to rely on GPS alone.

    With it being a long ride, and me being a slow rider, i also want a hard copy map with me just in case the ride outlives the GPS battery life!
    It's all good fun until someone loses a bollock.

    2010 Orange Crush
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    fasterthanaspeedingbullet wrote:
    Yep, i've used BikeHike before but i don't want to rely on GPS alone.

    Why can't you just print the BikeHike map off?
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  • fasterthanaspeedingbullet
    fasterthanaspeedingbullet Posts: 268
    Rolf F wrote:
    fasterthanaspeedingbullet wrote:
    Yep, i've used BikeHike before but i don't want to rely on GPS alone.

    Why can't you just print the BikeHike map off?

    Can't print OS, only OSMcycle :roll:
    It's all good fun until someone loses a bollock.

    2010 Orange Crush
  • cambo
    cambo Posts: 125
    Why don't you look at the High Street route on Colins site Nick? He advertises it as a 2 day 43 mile epic, which is similar in distance to the one you're proposing?
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  • fasterthanaspeedingbullet
    fasterthanaspeedingbullet Posts: 268
    cambo wrote:
    Why don't you look at the High Street route on Colins site Nick? He advertises it as a 2 day 43 mile epic, which is similar in distance to the one you're proposing?

    Yep, seen that one mate. Again, good directions but i was after a better map. :wink:
    It's all good fun until someone loses a bollock.

    2010 Orange Crush
  • rowlers
    rowlers Posts: 1,614
    I've got the cd, pm me your email and I'll send the map :wink:

    Pleased I bought it when I did!
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