Rockhopper in the marsh

Scarness

Applethwaite - Scarness - Bassenthwaite

Riding my Rockhopper hardtail mountain bike round the northern edge of Bassenthwaite Lake, still with a bit of snow on Skiddaw (931 m.) looming above. Again the dramatic clouds. Staying low to avoid the chilly wind but finding another hazard: marsh and mud where the lake regularly floods the tracks on this farmland. So using the low gears I associate with hill climbs for the torque as the fat Ground Control tyres squelch in the mud. Plenty of birdsong. Riding back the direct route spun off much of the mud. Took a while to clean up the bike, and me. But good fun. And I stayed sunny side up.

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