Got up in the dark this morning and left at dawn, I was in the Lake District National Park by 8:30 - before most of the tourists. Did the Kirkstone, Hardknot & Wrynose passes and ended up on the coast near Sellafield. Seemed to have the A595 pretty much to myself on the way back, which was nice There weren't that many bikes about today, but saw quite a lot of the new BM GS Adventures though. They seemed to be a bit of a handful over Wrynose . I thought I'd seen Amarko/Hartside Man on Hardknot when I caught up with a white Tiger 800, but then realised it couldn't be him as I'd caught him up . Highlight of the trip was approaching a hairpin on Hardknott, looking up and seeing a huge Buzzard flying about 4 feet above me. Cake of the day was the Tiffin at the cafe at Elterwater .
Somewhere in the middle of nowhere.
A view across the Wrynose Pass.