22nd March 2015 ride Gawthrop (Page four)

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22nd March ride to Gawthrop (Page four)

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Moss on a wall on the climb out of Dentdale.

The view looking down Barbondale.

The bridleway sign near Blindbeck Bridge in Barbondale

A tree at side Barbondale Road near Blindbeck Bridge.

Late afternoon sunlight on the trees in Tuplot Wood near Whelprigg

The cake photo at the cafe at Casterton Golf Course.

Late afternoon sunlight on daffodils in Whittington.

A door in Whittingham.

A tree at side of the road on the climb into Arkholme.

Late afternoon sunlight near the Redwell Fisheries.

Late afternoon sunlight looking towards the coast from Kirkby Lonsdale Road.

A lamb in a field at side of Kirkby Lonsdale Road.

Ride report by Simeon Orme For those of you new to this website, I decide last year to do more of my cycling starting from my front door than the back of my van, yes maybe the first ten miles maybe boring sometimes but you notice the changes in the landscapes when cycle pass them every few weeks, like the early spring flowers usually start to into bloom a lot nearer the coast than further inland or deer crossing over the road as you head to morning cafe stop. To be honest I don’t see the point using car or van to drive 10 to 15 miles to starting point for ride when I already live in one best cycle touring areas in England, in fact the last I drove a car on public highway was in December last year that was to my mum to family gather. My own van as be sitting on my driveway seen early December with broken exhaust pipe waiting for me to get it fix and now a flat battery, once I have got it fix, I am going to sell it, as not really miss using it, the only different its made to my life is that I go food shopping twice a week instead of once a week and do that cycling home from work. Anyway the reason why, I advertise where I am going on Sunday each week on this website is to give my self goal and reason for getting up on the Sunday morning when I hear the rain bouncing off the roof of my bungalow where I live in Halton. Its always a nice surprise if someone taken the trouble to get up early on Sunday morning to join me for the ride out to the morning brew stop and in my case as found out over the Winter months this event is rare and when it happen its like seeing pigs flying over the River Lune but I do find when you out by your self, you have time to chat to other folk who are enjoying the delights of the English countryside. Any way getting back to the ride report, I will bore you where I got to, I was intending going all the way to Dent but when got to Gawthrop I decided to do the climbing out of Dentdale on tarmac than up track like Flinter’s Gill and some thing to do amount time I had spent taking photos on the way up the Lune Valley and Dentdale. The morning ride started with me riding up cycle path at side of the River Lune to the Crook O’Lune, then the climbing started as followed Park Lane through Halton Park to the Kirkby Lonsdale Road then it was plain sailing as followed tarmac up the Lune Valley and crossing over the county border into Cumbria on the outskirts of Kirkby Lonsdale where I stop for a morning brew of coffee and cake at The crossing point cafe in the Market Square. I know there other cafes in Kirkby Lonsdale and not as many as they use to be Lord Kenner if he get up on Sunday as promise to show me one he use’s in Kirkby Lonsdale. From Kirkby Lonsdale, I followed the lanes through Kearstwick, Mansergh and then up to Rigmaden before crossing over the River Lune via Rigmaden Bridge, then I headed along Low Lane Track to Abbey Farm which gets a bit interest half way along as Abbey Beck flow along part of the track. I soon join the Sunday speedway between Hawes and Kirkby Lonsdale where motorbikers seem to try brake record in getting between to places in fastest time possible and few each year don’t always make it, this section of the speedway is the A683 which I was only on for half mile before following the lanes around to Middleton Bridge where join it again for mile and a bit before heading along Jordan Lane and then I was soon on to another track as follow the bridleway from Jordan Lane up to Hue Bank, where I rejoin the tarmac again and head up Holme Fell where I stop for lunch with fine view of the Howgill Fells in the distance. After lunch, I drop down into Dentdale which is always delight what ever season of the year travel up it or down it as you can see from the photos of my ride up to Gawthrop, the daffodils seem to be about week behind from flowering but did really matter as quite ride up to Gawthrop where use to be good cyclist cafe many years ago by the bridge. Unfortunately for me in Gawthrop, I had the climb out Dentdale to face, yes I hold my hand up I walk up it and again unfortunately for me again at the summit of the climb there was head wind blowing up Barbondale which spoil the usually wonderful ride down dale and few strange looks from passing motorists as had to peddle again the wind. The cafe at Casterton Golf Course was calling as followed the lanes down Barbondale into the Lune Valley, I was soon enjoying a coffee and cake which was two pound cheaper than price would pay a mile further down the road in Kirkby Lonsdale. After my cafe stop, I cross over the River Lune via Devil’s Bridge and then followed the tarmac back down the Lune Valley back to Halton. You can click here to see the photos of 5th April ride to Sulber Gate or you can click here to download the 47.3 mile route or you can click here to see what’s new on the website.