My Cycling Diary: Sat, Mar 19, 2011 - 42.67 mi Ulverston Coniston Windermere Loop

Sat, Mar 19, 2011 - 42.67 mi [Cycling]
42.67 mi in 03:24:49 hours at 12.50 mi/h on Carrera Road. [Cycling] Beautiful day for a cycle over the top to Broughton Beck then up the Crake Valley to Coniston followed by a lovely cycle along the quiet east shore road. Then a nasty one up Hawkshead Hill before dropping into the Drunken Duck for a well earned pint of Tag Lag. Next it was back down off the Hill and past Wray Castle to Windermere following the west shore to the Ferry at Sawrey - then it was back via the rolling, hilly roads through Greythwaite, Oxen Park & Mansriggs.

Here is a short Video of me cycling along the East Shore of Lake Coniston

Longest ride of the Year & TOUGHEST !!

Full details uploaded onto my blog.
Posted from My Cycling Log

Photographs :

5 Miles - The Village of Broughton Beck

9 miles - First signpost for Coniston

12 miles - Looking across the length of Lake Coniston and
towards the Old Man in the distance.

12 miles - The Old Man of Coniston !

14 miles - A jetty on Lake Coniston

14 miles - Another Old Man of Coniston

17 miles - Hawkshead Hill which is 500feet higher than
Lake Coniston - top of the climb :-)

19 miles - The Drunken Duck Inn :-)

19 miles - Still at the Drunken Duck Inn and with a Pint of
Tag Lag which is brewed on the premises by
Barngates Brewery.

19 miles - That's not my bike but there are so many
roads to choose from.... Fortunately mine was
downhill all the way to Windermere.

19 miles - By the way this is the view I had to look at whilst sipping my
Tag Lag - looking Northeast towards Clappersgate
Not Bad eh ?

20 miles - My first view of Windermere

22 miles - The road along the west side of Windermere
after Wray Castle isn't the smoothest of rides.

24 miles - A Day Tripper cruiser just going round Belle Isle

24 miles - a Sea King Helicopter went past me about 100 feet away -
by the time I stopped and got my camera ready it was off across the lake
and about to Buzz Bowness