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My last day in the Lakes. Yet another damp morning from condensation.
Leaving Langdale, when will I return next?
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Turn left then right to Ambleside then right through Windermere
With the overfed Swans
Another Fish & Chips sat outside in hot sun in Bowness, I was watching the clock, I had to get a specific train to be home before dark.
Nice part about a Brompton is it will fit almost anywhere, here it is hidden between seats
sorry could not get it not-blurry - moving train!
Bags overhead
Back to Keighley then bike up to my mum's with the encouraging positive sounds of uniformed school children
I was aware the camping would not be unpacked for a long time so I took it all out and dried it carefully before packing.
The end of the trip.
Statistics
- Day 1 - Keighley-Langdale, biking, house to train 1.6miles , train to campsite 12 miles 1000ft ascent.
- Day 2 - Langdale - Wasdale, bike / pushing , 23mile, 3300ft ascent
- Day 3 - Wasdale - Braithwaite, bike 36miles, 4000ft ascent
- Day 4 - Braithwaite - Langdale, bike 29 miles, 2800 ft ascent
- Day 5 - Langdale - Keighley, 14 miles, 1300 ft ascent
- Total - 116 miles, 12400ft ascent.
Since then I sold the Brompton and the Neoair All Seasons. I've ordered a new Brompton and will move parts around to make a commuter, a daily rider, and a tourer. Whilst Bromptons are not the best for specific trips, e.g. the gearing and the brakes and handling not the best, it is a generalist and sticking to the one family of bikes allows for interchangeability. As I type this I actually have a M2R-X and a S6L-X and a Schlumpf Mountain Drive removed, within a month I'll have a M2L-X, a S6L-X with the BWR Brompton Wide Range Hub and a S6R with the Mountain Drive.
I'm beginning to think about my next tour, it might be across USA, say north through San Francisco and onto....... Portland....... ?