Introduction to Shorter Tours and Challenge Rides

TdL00151 copyDon’t have a week, or fancy doing it quicker?

There are, of course, a number of alternative ways of carving up the Lakes & Dales Loop other than six day-ride sections. Don’t have a week? Fancy yourself as a racing snake? Here are some options for covering the ground in fewer longer rides:

  • Five Day Tour: Penrith to Cockermouth (37 miles), Cockermouth to Broughton (47 miles), Broughton to Kirkby Lonsdale (48 miles), Kirkby Lonsdale to Orton (29 miles), Orton to Penrith (35 miles)
  • Four Day Tour: Penrith to Cockermouth (37 miles), Cockermouth to Broughton (47 miles), Broughton to Sedbergh (63 miles), Sedbergh to Penrith (49 miles)
  • Three Day Tour: Penrith to Gosforth (65 miles), Gosforth to Kirkby Lonsdale (68 miles), Kirkby Lonsdale to Penrith (64 miles)
  • Two Day Challenge Ride: Penrith to Newby Bridge (101 miles), Newby Bridge to Penrith (95 miles)
  • One Day Challenge Ride: Penrith to Penrith (196 miles)

Back-O-Skiddaw from the east