Richmond - Ulverston, June 22, 2010

Distance = 84.7 miles

Time = 6 hrs 46 mins

Elevation Gain = 5800 feet

Weather = Sunny, Very Hot - beautiful riding weather

Bike = Pinnacle Hybrid

Route :

Across to Holly Hill and up and over Hipswell Moor, then straight on through Wenslaydale to Hawes via Redmire, Carperby & Askrigg. Stopped for a fuel break in Hawes (Wenleydale cheese sandwich and a fantastic pear which was cold out of the fridge !)
Then it was onward and upward along the Ingleton road reaching a maximum elevation of 1464 feet just before the turn off for Dent and a fast descent through the Garsdale Head viaduct down into Dent and a quick half of Summer Lightning in the Sun Inn.

From Dent there's no easy route to Ulverston - I chose to go up the Barbon Road which turned into a 550 feet climb in just over a mile but the views along the valley were well worth it !!
From Barbon it was past the Kirby Lonsdale Golf club and through a private road over the Lune and then along numerous tiny roads and another nasty climb up to the M6.
From the M6 its down through Gatebeck to Sedgewick and along the A590 to Grange over Sands at which point my Garmin died !!
From Grange straight along the coast through Flookburgh & Cark to Haverthwaite turning left before crossing the Leven which takes you along a minor road to a footbridge which crosses the Leven at Greenodd - then its along the A590 again into town.

Photographs :

Richmond castle from Holly Hill

The road back down the long climb up Hipswell Moor

The view to Pen Hill from the top of Hipswell Moor

A big tree in a big sky near Bellerby

Bolton Castle

Old cross at Carperby

Ancient Cross at Carperby circa 1674

Typical traditional Swaledale Barn

Hawes Marketplace

Highest point on the Ride 1464 feet up on the Hawes to Ingleton Road.

The Road down to Dent

Garsdale Head Viaduct

Dent

The view to the fells north of Dent

The Sun Inn, Dent

The view back down the Barbon Road - 550 feet climb in 1 mile.

The view of Barbondale Road from the top of the climb.

More views of Barbondale - not seen by many people

 Crossing the M6 just south of Kendal

The Lancaster Canal

Morecambe Bay at Grange over Sands

Morecambe bay near Ulverston