Ambleside rides

slowmart
slowmart Posts: 4,516
edited December 2014 in Tour & expedition
Off for a long weekend and I was hoping for suggestions for a 40 odd mile ride which misses out A roads and offers great scenery.

Thanks in advance
“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”

Desmond Tutu

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  • Solis
    Solis Posts: 166
    Ambleside - Clappersgate - Bog Lane - Drunken Duck - Knipe Fold - B5285 to northern edge of Coniston - down east side of lake - Lowick Bridge - Spark Bridge - Bouth - Ealinghearth - Newby Bridge - short stretch of A592 (quiet) to Fell Foot - Gummers How - Strawberry Bank - refreshments in Masons Arms, best pub in the Lakes! - Bowland Bridge - A5074 Lythe Valley road (nice road don't worry about the "A" - Bowness - A592 (Kirkstone Pass) - Kirkstone Pass Inn then left down the Struggle (take it easy) - Ambleside.

    42 Miles avoiding heavy traffic!
  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516
    I've just plotted this on my garmin and it looks a cracker.

    Cheers
    “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”

    Desmond Tutu

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