Dirty Weekends in the Lake District
- Mountain and Trail riding - the best of both biking worlds
- Learn trail skills from a Cyclewise mountain bike coach
- Rediscover the traditional bike routes of the Lake District
- Ride Whinlatter, one of the UK`s top Trail Centres
- Find out about KE`s worldwide range of bike adventures
From the mid 1990's, KE regularly ran weekend mountain biking adventures from our Keswick base. After a brief interlude, these Dirty Weekends are back and with an exciting change in emphasis now offer the best of both biking worlds - Mountain and Trail. On the Saturday, we'll take you on a classic Lake District off-road ride - there are endless routes to choose from. The group will be accompanied by an experienced KE biking leader and during the ride you will have the opportunity to talk to him (or her) about KE's adventures abroad. Early on the Saturday evening, before going out to dinner, there will also be an optional informal talk and visual presentation about our worldwide range of biking holidays. Where this weekend programme differs from previous KE Dirty Weekends is that this time we are working with Cyclewise, who are one the UK's foremost MTB leadership and coaching training companies. One of the Cyclewise team will lead the group on the Saturday and coordinate the Sunday ride on the superb 'Altura' trails at nearby Whinlatter - probably the best Trail centre in the UK. This will allow us to incorporate an additional element of skills training into the weekend. The cost of the weekend includes comfortable accommodation at a centrally located guesthouse on a B&B basis for the Friday and Saturday nights. However, we are also happy for you to make your own accommodation arrangements and will apply a discount of GBP75 to the cost of the weekend if you choose to do this. The best source of information if you are looking to book accommodation in Keswick is www.keswick.org
Please note that if you can't make the chosen dates, we can organise a weekend especially for you, providing you have a group of between 6 and 8 riders!
Is this holiday for you?
FAT TYRE ADVENTURE. We run these weekends from our base in the north Lakes town of Keswick, which gives us access to some great riding. On the Saturday, depending on the prevailing weather and the make up of the group, we will choose a classic, full-day Lakes 'Mountain' ride that will take us on rough tracks, bridleways and singletrack, with a minimum of tarmac riding to access the off-road stuff. There are many routes that we could choose and typically these will involve 30 to 40 kilometres of riding, with a lot of ascent and descent. On the Sunday, we will meet at the Cyclewise base at Whinlatter and set off on a coaching-based guided ride in and around this excellent Trail centre. Our Cyclewise instructor will help you pick the best lines, dial in your descending - and ascending - techniques and generally increase your opportunity to enjoy Trail riding. On both days, there will be plenty of breaks for refuelling, photo opportunities and discussion, with possibly a cafe stop, too. The terrain we are likely to encounter during the weekend can fairly be described as challenging and is not suitable for absolute beginners. At the lower end of our INTERMEDIATE grade, this will provide a fun challenge for regular weekend bikers with reasonable off-road skills. BIKE HIRE AVAILABLE LOCALLY.
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