Ride up Newlands Valley from Keswick, the narrow road beautifully clear of traffic. A bitter wind at the col but plenty of flow in the waterfall.
Sunny intervals round Buttermere and Crummock Water then Lorton and back over Whinlatter Pass. Snow lingering in the gullies on distant Helvellyn.
The window in the weather didn’t last so although that was my first ride of 2026 on my Ninja Z250SL, it wasn’t a long one.
