Spotted this over on bookface

https://www.cicerone.co.uk/bikepacking- ... rict-first

New Cicerone guide to bikepacking in the Lakes. Out next week

That second pic is just up the road for me - Loweswater.

Bearded chap in a BB jersey pedalled past me this arvo in Keswick - own up??

Is the main picture on the side of Lonscale Fell? If so, not been there for 20 years but remember it being a hoot

Have they a dedicated section of where to build the fire?

Bearded chap in a BB jersey pedalled past me this arvo in Keswick - own up??

Wow male and with a beard...certainly narrows things down

You can work out the routes from the image they give.........

I was out walking near Ullswater and it looks like some are Wainwrighting on two wheels these days from the tyre tracks

The bloke who wrote this is a very good mate of mine and I was lucky enough to accompany him on a scouting mission last year. I can't pretend to remember where we rode, but it was all very beautiful and ed promised to scrub some of the more mental boulder field/hike a bike sections from the finished article! It's available to preorder with a special 20% discount code if anyone is interested?

Copied from one of Ed's FB posts -

*Hi there, sharing with admin approval! My name is Ed and I've written a new bikepacking guidebook for the lovely people at Cicerone Press. It's called Bikepacking in the Lake District, is suitable for mountain bikes and covers 8 challenging rides of 2-5 days, including the Lakeland 200. All routes are accessible by public transport and showcase the best of Lakeland's passes, tracks, green lanes and bridleways.*

*The guidebook also includes:*
* *Clear route description, planning tables and elevation profiles*
* *Routes graded from Moderate to Very Hard*
* *Plentiful accommodation, although (wild) camping is also an option*
* *Accommodation listings, bike shops and suggested kit list*
* *Iconic road climbs such as Hardknott, Wrynose, Whinlatter and Honister; off-road passes including Sticks Pass, Stake Pass and Black Sail; and England's highest bridleway over Helvellyn*

*Cicerone has given me a discount code so if you'd like to pre-order a copy of Bikepacking in the Lake District you can get it for 20% off using the code **edhunton20** at checkout on the Cicerone website.*

*https://www.cicerone.co.uk/bikepacking- ... rict-first*

*Thanks, Ed.*

*Instagram: @ed.hunton.bikepacking*

voodoo_simon wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 8:01 pm Is the main picture on the side of Lonscale Fell? If so, not been there for 20 years but remember it being a hoot

Yes it is,

True dat, but the jersey detail cuts it right down - who'd wear one of those in public

boxelder wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:14 pm That second pic is just up the road for me - Loweswater.

Bearded chap in a BB jersey pedalled past me this arvo in Keswick - own up??

Was he a little bloke with a massive beard on a singlespeed?

slarge wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 5:51 pm

boxelder wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:14 pm That second pic is just up the road for me - Loweswater.

Bearded chap in a BB jersey pedalled past me this arvo in Keswick - own up??

Was he a little bloke with a massive beard on a singlespeed?

Fair bit bigger than Javi and the beard was white (if that's who you were thinking)

Sounds like father Xmas having a day off

benp1 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:54 pm Sounds like father Xmas having a day off

He only works one day

boxelder wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:27 pm

slarge wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 5:51 pm

boxelder wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:14 pm That second pic is just up the road for me - Loweswater.

Bearded chap in a BB jersey pedalled past me this arvo in Keswick - own up??

Was he a little bloke with a massive beard on a singlespeed?

Fair bit bigger than Javi and the beard was white (if that's who you were thinking)

How is the Spanish postie fell runner, singlespeeder, general all round great bloke?

slarge wrote: ↑Fri Aug 11, 2023 9:28 pm

boxelder wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:27 pm

slarge wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 5:51 pm

boxelder wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 7:14 pm That second pic is just up the road for me - Loweswater.

Bearded chap in a BB jersey pedalled past me this arvo in Keswick - own up??

Was he a little bloke with a massive beard on a singlespeed?

Fair bit bigger than Javi and the beard was white (if that's who you were thinking)

How is the Spanish postie fell runner, singlespeeder, general all round great bloke?

Dunno, not seen him for a long time.

I once bivvied under a giant lawnmower in the snow with Javi, as you do. Tempted to switch it on in the night to give him a beard trim .

Oh, and in the same spirit as Private Eye's "Andrew Neil With Dollybird On His Arm" photo mickey-take, "I wonder if anyone has any photographs of bikepackers crossing raging torrents on dodgy log bridges" photos........

I ordered from the publisher, bit of a discount, I like Cicerone guides, this looks good, lots of maps and useful inf, first impressions just one improvement would be to have had larger scale maps but this would have taken up more space, so the guide on its own wouldn't be sufficient for navigation.

Never received mine, so cancelled the order. Didn’t need it anyway, was just an impulse buy to have a nose

voodoo_simon wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 10:56 am Never received mine, so cancelled the order. Didn’t need it anyway, was just an impulse buy to have a nose

mine took a long time to arrive in the post.

I got a despatch notice by email on Aug 19 with inf saying 'UK deliveries should arrive in 1-2 working days'.

it finally came last week while I was away!