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#181 Nanook

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Posted 08 September 2008 - 03:55 pm

QUOTE(Hartside Man @ Sun 7th Sep 2008, 09:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
As i missed the bunkhouse (forgot to send me money before summer hols) I will be turning up for the saturday rideout.

If there is interest in a run to and around the lakes please add your names here.

I am planning a run from bellingham over the full length of hartside then onto keswick and a clockwise passes run from there. taking in honister or whinlatter, then hardknot and wrynose then up to side gates and red bank. and finally the struggle to kirkstone and down and around ullswater. this takes in most of the views around the lakes.

it's not a compulsory run more of a seperate choice of run for those that dont fancy whatever other run is being organised good.gif



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#182 dandywarhol

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Posted 08 September 2008 - 04:24 pm

QUOTE(Nanook @ Mon 8th Sep 2008, 04:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
1. Nanook. Unless it's persisting down excl.gif

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Posted 08 September 2008 - 04:25 pm

I'm In wink.gif


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Posted 08 September 2008 - 04:55 pm

I phoned today to see if they had any room for camping,

They asked what size of a tent i had, i said its not very big.




















#185 bondy

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Posted 08 September 2008 - 06:10 pm

QUOTE(Guinness @ Mon 8th Sep 2008, 04:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
... close, but wasnt fully laden and wasnt wet :-)
but did still have a jerky-at-low-speed 900 and the missus riding pillion and UP HILL on the slow, narrow twisties it was not a pleasant experience
like guiding a bucking horse thru a mine field.

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Posted 08 September 2008 - 07:25 pm

I'm up for Marks run around the Lakes as long as it's not pissing down & it doesn't turn into a race given that Mark & Alan are pretty quick ! I want a chance to see the views and take some pics without my arse being in tatters ! laugh.gif

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#187 GrahamI

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Posted 08 September 2008 - 09:35 pm

If I make it to the G2G then the ride out sounds good to me

So is that 5 1/2?

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2. Nanook
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Posted 09 September 2008 - 07:54 am

QUOTE(GrahamI @ Mon 8th Sep 2008, 10:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
1. Hartside
2. Nanook
3. Dandy
4. Aircooled
5. Hawmaw
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#189 Matlock

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Posted 09 September 2008 - 08:26 am

QUOTE(ChrisG @ Mon 8th Sep 2008, 07:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Matlock, I'm toying with the idea of camping somwhere in the west midlands or North West on Thursday night and then taking a scenic route to bellingham, have you/Pete/Ivan figured out where you're meeting yet?

We're still discussing the route Chris, but we'll let you know where we're meeting up. If you need a bed for the night on the Thursday, you're welcome to stay at mine - PM me if you don't get a better offer wink.gif

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Posted 09 September 2008 - 08:28 am

1. Hartside
2. Nanook
3. Dandy
4. Aircooled
5. Hawmaw
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Posted 09 September 2008 - 04:53 pm

QUOTE(DKM AUTOS @ Tue 9th Sep 2008, 09:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
1. Hartside
2. Nanook
3. Dandy
4. Aircooled
5. Hawmaw
5.5 GrahamI
6. Tedeum
7. Dkm Autos

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#192 Hartside Man

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Posted 09 September 2008 - 08:59 pm

itsa looking like there is a rideout then good.gif

do ya think you guys could find your way to hartside for a bite and i will meet you all there yeahyeahyeah.gif (saves me coming over to bellingham just to come all the way back to hartside Cafe)

I will of course post up a route as soon as i get a few moments to draw it up. badgrock.gif

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Posted 09 September 2008 - 09:21 pm

QUOTE(Hartside Man @ Tue 9th Sep 2008, 09:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
itsa looking like there is a rideout then good.gif

do ya think you guys could find your way to hartside for a bite and i will meet you all there yeahyeahyeah.gif (saves me coming over to bellingham just to come all the way back to hartside Cafe)

I will of course post up a route as soon as i get a few moments to draw it up. badgrock.gif



. . . . . looks like i might be the only one left not going to the lakes on Saturday huh.gif , was planning on going to the lakes on Sun PM and Monday, then head home on Tuesday.

Was hoping to do a trip around Kielder, Hadrians wall and the border on Saturday, looks like i will be eating all the cakes on my own . . . (will have to check which route you guys did last year)

Just hope it stops bl**dy raining for a few days, there can't be much more rain up there !!

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 12:10 am

DazzerB,

that falls in with what I was going to suggest.

I would do that...... good.gif

maybe end up at the coast for dinner some where?

If no one else minds splitting the Pack up.

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 02:29 pm

Oooo, decisions decisions. Planning on heading through the lakes on Sunday as I'm not back to work until Tuesday so makes sense for me to keep further north on Saturday. I quite fancy St Mary's Loch and the bit east of there that Hawmaw mentioned. There was also some interesting looking roads south of there that we didn't get to last year.

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 03:33 pm

I'm unsure which way to go unsure.gif

I wouldn't mind a run over to the East coast I have never being over that way.

I think Chris and me will be travelling over by the lakes on the way home on Sunday.
















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Posted 10 September 2008 - 05:30 pm

Well I have been granted permission to attend this. Wife is doing a skid-pan day with the N. Wilts RoADAR on the Saturday, so I am all on my lone-some.

If the weather forecast is not too grim, then I am going to drive up on Friday evening and camp. Hope to get there before closing time.

In line with my claim to be the slowest TDM rider in the UK & Ireland, I prefer the sound of the Cake-Cruise than the Lake-Lash.

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 06:45 pm

Nanook how is the list for how many are going including camping :huh

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#199 Hartside Man

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 06:55 pm

QUOTE(MarkyMark @ Wed 10th Sep 2008, 05:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well I have been granted permission to attend this. Wife is doing a skid-pan day with the N. Wilts RoADAR on the Saturday, so I am all on my lone-some.

If the weather forecast is not too grim, then I am going to drive up on Friday evening and camp. Hope to get there before closing time.

In line with my claim to be the slowest TDM rider in the UK & Ireland, I prefer the sound of the Cake-Cruise than the Lake-Lash.



Let's get one thing quite clear from the begining rolleyes.gif

Riding round passes in the lakes will DEFFO NOT BE A LASH or A DASH laugh.gif

the very nature of the passes and the narrow lanes and high banks kinda preclude anyone who has one or 2 brain cells from trying to LASH around.

it will be a nice run at sensible speeds (until the downhill section on kirkstone) rotflmmfao.gif

Honestly though you have to be mental to try and ride fast around tourists who are watching the scenery more than the road, sensible pace and very good eyesight req.



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Posted 10 September 2008 - 08:56 pm

Hartside,

Im looking at your route around the lake, and know most of the passes you describe. . .but you've foxed me with "red bank" and "side gates".

I think "red bank" is the road to the SW of Grasmere ??, but cant find "side gates" anywhere !!! can you give me a clue help.gif

Have you ridden Newlands pass before, is it worth considering ??

Found this good web site - http://www.visitcumbria.com/roads.htm

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