Lakeland Terrors

Here's the finished Jersey straight from the factory modelled by Ellie. She'll grow into it!!!

Just need to do the challenge now!

The Lakeland Loop

Well I'd paid my £20 so apart from only having about 2/3rd lung capacity half a voice and a annoying cough I did the loop.

Andy and Keith and I set of from my house at about 08.30 giving us just enough time to drive to the start at the Old Dungeon Gill in Langdale and get riding by 10.00.

68 miles isn't that far. Well the first 58 is great, its the last 10!

Hardknott comes just before Wrynose which is just before that Bas***d climb at the end (think its called Side Pike).

However I love the last 3 climbs as climbing on a bike is what I'm good at so even with whats was left of my cold I passed more people in the last few miles that I had seen all day.

The route

The video below is mainly Hardknott taken hand held while still riding, so the steepest bits are missing. This picture is Great Langdale from the top of the last climb (Side Pike) just before you drop down into the valley.

A great day out.

lakeland loop 2012.wmv

The Lakeland Terrors

This is the final version of our new jersey, inspired by:

1. Beer.
2. The tourists who think as they own a Range Rover they have the right to drive it down the middle of the road so they don't mark their alloys. Not the ones that actually respect where they are and get their wheels dirty.
3. Doug and his love of beer.
4. People who make beer.
5. People who drink beer.
6. Riding bikes, especially while doing inspiration 7
7. Overtaking people who drive Range Rovers down steep hills too slowly.
8. People who don't take life and inspirations 2 and 7 on this list too seriously.
9. Oh and more beer.
10. A combination of 2, 6 and 7 with 1 and 9 is only acceptable if performed consecutively. Wrynose heading east is good for 2, 6 and 7, stopping at the Three Shires for 1 and 9 and to socialise with 4, 5 and 8, whilst reminiscing over 3.

Well I say final the finished version should have the climbs of the Lakeland Terror on one side and the Valleys on the other but they wouldn't show up on this any way. So all we need to do now is decided when we're going to do the challenge now the jersey has sparked a crazy idea! - I'll blame Phil for that one.