Had a bit of a quick MTB session today, set off sunny so shorts and t-shirt a bit of a risk, especially as everyone else I saw was all wrapped up. Still it was sunny. Quick ride up the roman road above Burtersett, past a group of bikers who were a bit more flash and bling than usual. Across Beggermans road and aimed for Cam and then down past the forestry near Snaizeholme and back to Hawes. I say forestry but most it gone now for logs and the whole track is now a rocky mess. It was at this point that I noticed white stuff in the wind, pollen maybe. No, it was snowing in May, on the tops in Yorkshire unbelievable!! and cold. Here are a few of images.
Having recently changed my phone from an iPhone to an Android phone I have been trying out various free apps to map my bike rides and walks. I had been using the excellent MotionX iPhone app.
I`ve tried a few MapMyRide etc but have found the best for me to be endomondo sports tracker. It seem to let me easily change between different bike type, walking etc. and automatically uploads to the endomondo site all my routes and shows me loads of stats about my activity. It will even let me look for routes that other people have posted.
as it says on the website
Endomondo is a sports community based on free real-time GPS tracking of running, cycling, etc. Bring your mobile on the track and get a complete training log.
What has suprised me the most is that on my old iPhone the batteries only lasted for an ahour and a half with GPS on, but with my new phone it seems to last most of the day. I realise this probably isn` the App but my old 3G must have had rubbish batteries!
I`m only using the free app at the moment as it seems to do all I need, although the paid for version lets you ride against yourself, ANT+ monitoring etc. It`ll do loads more than I need at the moment, but I like the interation and stats that the website adds.
After yesterdays walk up Inglebrough, we decided to have a go at Pen-y-Gent as it was on the way home for one of the walkers. So we parked up in Horton in Ribbledale at the Car Park near the 3 peaks cafe and having decided to do a circular walk, too the track by the side of the Trading Post and walked up on the track between the walls before going up the fron side of the mountain to the top. Then we took the path back down to Horton that is the main one for the Three Peaks walk down the ridge and the grassy fields. The sun eventually came out as we descended so a couple of nice pictures were obtained. Then back to the cafe for a pint of tea each.
Here`s a zipped .gpx file Climbing-Pen-y-Gent.zip of the route for your GPSes created with endomono on Android
Had walk up Inglebrough today. Set off from the Chapel le dale Church car park. The straight up the front of the mountain following the now mainly Stone flagged path. Very misty on top could not see any views, but on the way down having followed the ridge round the mist did clear a bit to get a view of the Ribblehead Viaduct. Then back past the Hill Inn for a swift pint. Great pub for walkers and bikers!!
Here’s a zipped .gpx file Climbing – Inglebrough of the route for your GPSes created with endomono on Android
Thought I`d have a quick ride up the Roman Road above Burtersett on my Mountain Bike to see if there was any snow left and to come back over the top towards Semerwter. However, it ended up being a bit longer than anticiapted as the snow was too slippy/slushy to pedal through on the tops and/or for me to downhill by myself, so I deceided to take the longer way and took the road back down from Cam. Still thats a good steep hill and gets plenty of speed. The off-road tyres don`t half roar.
So basically from Hawes on the Road to Burtersett, then a right turn up the Roman Road (about a mile past Burtersett), its all up hill so a bit gruelling for about 3 to 4 of miles, then along the top on the track to the Road end on Cam and whizz back down to Hawes through Gayle.
Updated the focus on felt website again at the weekend. Andrea has put on her latest work for 2012. Until mid May some is available from the Biscuit Factory in Newcastle, where she is exhibiting and some direct from her at her focus on felt workshop.
Take a look at her latest work here: www.focusonfelt.co.uk
