Now out of print (as of Feb 2012)

Off Road Trails and Quiet Lanes - Cycling in the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales

Description: Guidebook
Code: ISBN 0-9548131-7-0
Manufacturer: V-Publishing

Now out of print (as of Feb 2012)

Off Road Trails and Quiet Lanes - Cycling in the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales

Off-Road Trails & Quiet Lanes Cycling in the Lake District & Yorkshire Dales is a guidebook for the leisure cyclist, the family rider and the enthusiastic mountain biker. It is for the cyclist who values fun, views and lunch stops over grimaces, effort and aching legs and is ideal for those wanting to use cycling to get fit - in short, it is a book of enjoyable bike rides.

Twenty cycle routes, from 5 to 23km in length, explore the best traffic-free lanes and off-road trails of two of Britain's most cycle-friendly national parks.

A number of routes stick entirely to quiet roads while others tackle rocky mountain bike trails as they explore hidden valleys and climb to stunning viewpoints. Never too long, too difficult or too remote, the rides are great fun and challenging for cyclists of all ages and abilities. Whether you are a keen rider or part of an enthusiastic family of cyclists, these rides are your route to exploring two of Britain's greatest national parks.

Ridden and written by a local rider, these rides are clearly described using step-by-step instructions and feature original maps, route profiles and local area information.

Route List

1. The Winster Valley
2. Old Hutton & Killington Lake
3. Kendal to Sizergh Castle
4. Bowness to Ambleside
5. Ashes Lane & Bell Hill
6. Longsleddale
7. Settle, Feizor & Wharfe
8. Ambleside to Troutbeck via Robin's Lane
9. Pelter Bridge & Loughrigg terrace
10. Kingsdale
11. Kirkby Lonsdale to Mansergh
12. Claife Heights
13. Low Borrowdale & Howgill Lane
14. Clapham, Norber & Crummackdale
15. Ings to Kentmere
16. Twisleton Scars & Ribblehead Viaduct
17. Casterton & Barbondale via Bull Pot Farm
18. Kendal to Windermere
19. Orton to Crosby Ravensworth via Oddendale
20. Appleby to Crosby Ravensworth