I can confirm that this "pot-hole ridden horror show" is indeed great fun on 32mm tyres. A really beautiful, traffic free ride surrounded by gorse, views into the valley, a few cows, etc. A little iron work to watch out for here and there but generally a perfectly rideable stretch.

Cold Dark North

September 4, 2020

Road cycling

This old concrete road is disused by motor vehicles - it's a bumpy, pot-hole ridden horror show on 23mm tyres but it'd be fun on a gravel or MTB.

Paul W

December 6, 2024

Road cycling

A good way to get up to the A6 but surface is poor in places, take care!

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1. Ullswater Lakeshore Road – Scenic Country Lanes loop from Patterdale

73.6km

03:16

670m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Chippy Chippy loop from Bampton

17.9km

00:55

220m

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. Appleby-in-Westmorland – View of Sunbiggin Tarn loop from Lowther

90.5km

04:42

1,090m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Location: Shap Rural, Eden, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom

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Disused Concrete Road, Lake District National Park

1. Ullswater Lakeshore Road – Scenic Country Lanes loop from Patterdale

2. Chippy Chippy loop from Bampton

3. Appleby-in-Westmorland – View of Sunbiggin Tarn loop from Lowther

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