Know it well - I live 3 miles to the west and work 1 mile to the east of that junction 🙂 You should have dropped in for a cuppa 😉
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was a delight with well thought out cycle lanes.
It's okay innit - mined ewe, not many major junctions on the left help.
I hadn't thought of that! But a three lane road converted into a two lane road with wide cycle lanes has to be a good thing.
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The A590 into Kendal itself was not nice, but there is an alternate local road route which I could have taken.
Not been further than Lancaster on the A6, how did you find getting as far as Kendal?
Lancaster to the A6/A590 junction was the best bit. A bit flat perhaps, but a good cycling road. Mind you - I enjoyed going over Shap Summit the following morning even more. -- remove remove to reply
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The GPS has a self calibrating barometric altimeter. If the air pressure drops while the unit is switched off it shows an elevation above that of the actual elevation, and if the air pressure rises it shows a lower elevation. It takes about 15 minutes after being switched on for the unit to accurately calibrate the altimeter, and then it's altimeter is accurate to about 3 meters.
Which GPS are you using? Seems pretty good to me!
Etrex Summit. I bought it for hill walking but it was a real boon for my recent cycling escapade. I've had it just over a year and have only just understood how the altimeter works. At the bottom of hills I was concerned that the altimeter was not showing the correct height, but on reaching the trig points and trying a manual calibration I found that it was only one or two meters out. Now I understand that this was because when first turned on the altimeter used the old barometric setting, and it takes about 15 minutes to gather enough satellite data to auto calibrate. (Of course it takes me several hours to climb even a modest hill.) -- remove remove to reply
Etrex Summit. I bought it for hill walking but it was a real boon for my recent cycling escapade. I've had it just over a year and have only just understood how the altimeter works. At the bottom of hills I was concerned that the altimeter was not showing the correct height, but on reaching the trig points and trying a manual calibration I found that it was only one or two meters out. Now I understand that this was because when first turned on the altimeter used the old barometric setting, and it takes about 15 minutes to gather enough satellite data to auto calibrate. (Of course it takes me several hours to climb even a modest hill.) -- remove remove to reply
The one to get now is the Garmin Geko 301, has WAAS and altimeter, compass, plus all the usual stuff and only weighs 3.4 oz. We usually sell GPS now instead of cycle computers.
The one to get now is the Garmin Geko 301, has WAAS and altimeter, compass, plus all the usual stuff and only weighs 3.4 oz. We usually sell GPS now instead of cycle computers.
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On Monday 11th I set off from Penzance Station for Land's End. My destination was John O'Groats on 28th August.
.....(snip)..... Eventually I reached the
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town of Lockerbie. The sign to the station was an irresistible draw, and it was to there I went.
30 minutes later I was on the train back home.
There's always next year!
Bad luck, you can't do much about a bad bout of whatever it turns out to be. But you were going well so at least you know your legs, heart and lungs can do it no problem next year. That road out of Carlisle is a bit hairy, especially the bit over a bridge where the small bit of a hard shoulder vanishes but the lorries are still doing the same speed they left the M6 at. It'll be just as hairy next year, I'm sure you'll find. Good luck and enjoy the winter planning, tony R.
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That's more than just a "try". I'd say well done for getting that far - you might not have made the final destination but that's a pretty long distance in not too long a time. Better luck next year though.
Here are the stats - please remember I was carrying full camping equipment including tent, sleeping bag, sleeping mat, camping stove, saucepan, eating utensils as well as two sets of cycling clothes and two sets of non-cycling clothes:
Pooft!
When I was young and fit (many years ago) I (once) did Edinburgh to Gloucester in ten days - but I was carrying one lightweight sleeping bag and one change of clothing. What you did was one hell of a trip anyway. In the weather we've been having it was still more epic. Carrying all you were carrying it was little short of heroic.
If I were you I would not be feeling any sort of failure.
No, but I'll bet you didn't wave to me, so how would I ? 😉 Was just curious as I've considered cycling up to the lakes from here (Preston) and wondered what route you took and how it was.
Doing it in the other direction, I've left the A6 at Penrith and taken the road up Ullswater, over the Kirkstone Pass and down to Windermere, then down Windermere to it's foot and then via the A580 to rejoin the A6 just south of Kendal.
Only the Kirkstone Pass is tough; for the rest there are no real hills. But the roads are pretty busy, at least in summer. The west side of Windermere is a lot quieter than the East.
