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Fred Whitton 4 seasons

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  • October 1, 2009 at 8:42 am #11969
    Old Cranky

    Anyone ridden this?

    Without feed stations I’m worried about finding places on the route to buy water and grub. I telephoned various cafes and hostels and there is no guarantee they will be open ‘out of season’.

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  • October 2, 2009 at 7:39 am #631221
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    Simon_MacMichael

    Had a look at the results
    Had a look at the results page Old Cranky flagged up – looks like the two who completed it were a father and son team, given the ages – and looking at the timings, father beat son by 28 seconds – maybe he was looking forward to a pie so much that he dropped him on the way into Gosforth đŸ˜‰

    October 2, 2009 at 7:02 am #631219
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    Old Cranky

    I’m planning on doing the
    I’m planning on doing the ride on a (dry) Saturday in November.

    I will carry bars and gels but, for the distance, I will need to refill my two 750ml bidons twice and have at least one feed stop around the 70miles. Perhaps I’ll try to snack at Buttermere and then have a longer stop at Gosforth.

    The results page looks as though only 2 riders have done the 4 seasons since it was set up – http://365.sportident.co.uk/home/event.html?eventid=5544c8e9-ae0f-4431-b957-c742c25f409d

    October 1, 2009 at 4:06 pm #631217
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    Tony Farrelly

    There’s a shop in Gosforth
    There’s a shop in Gosforth that’s open until late and if you are doing it during the week Gill Unsworth’s pies (bakery in a row of houses just along from the shop) are fantastic. My wife is from around there and we always (well all right I always) go and have at least one pie on every trip up – worth riding 89 miles for, in fact you could treat yourself to two.

    October 1, 2009 at 9:36 am #631215
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    dave atkinson

    the checkpoints are
    the checkpoints are at:

    Kirkstone Pass Inn (14.7 miles covered) 015394 33888
    Buttermere Youth Hostel (52 miles covered) 0845 371 9508
    Ramblers Cafe in Gosforth (89 miles covered)

    so i guess your best bet is to get in contact with those three, can’t find a contact number for the rambler’s cafe but there’s plenty of pubs in gosforth too so unless you’re doing it at some godforsaken hour of a sunday you should be okay…

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