Events such as the Fred Whitton Challenge have given the Lake District a fearsome reputation when it comes to cycling, but it is also possible to find journeys through quiet, secluded valleys. With this in mind, Craig Manor Hotel has produced a guide aimed at beginners and families.
The infographic below features three suggested routes – Coniston Water, Low Yewdale and Kendal to Windermere – plus a checklist in which they’ve misspelled ‘tyres’.
The three routes also have the all-important café stop clearly marked.
5 thoughts on “Infographic: Lake District cycling routes for beginners and families”
Did they confuse cycling with
Did they confuse cycling with walking? A 3 mile route taking 1-2 hours?
Yorkshire wallet wrote:
You’ve never been on a ride with small kids then? Even if doesn’t take that long, sometimes it feels like it.
The route guidance seems
The route guidance seems aimed at novice riders but the bike checks discuss aligning brake pads and adjusting chain tension?
In the interests of pedantry
In the interests of pedantry I must point out that ‘tire’ is not a spelling mistake, even in British English. It is derived from the word ‘attire’, as in clothing. Before it was used for the rubber things we put round wheels it was used with this spelling for the metal hoops that people used to put round wheels. ‘Tyre’ is a variant form of the word.
Johnson said that ‘tiara’ has the same root, and ‘tire’ is used with this meaning by Spenser, Pope, Shakespeare et al. This quote from Pope seems strangely prophetic of its current meaning: “When the fury took her stand on high, A hiss from all the snaky tire went round.”
ConcordeCX wrote:
This is the level of pedantry I love to see on this site.
However, I think you’re slightly mistaken (judging from my few seconds of google-fu) about the ‘tyre’ being a variant of ‘tire’ – it seems that ‘tyre’ was the original:
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