The week’s storms have passed and the wind has turned to a fierce Tramontane from the West, hence the super-clear blue sky. Good to get out on my Marin Palisades Lite to the beach park at Borély and pedal the Corniche Kennedy: the cycle lane improvements have been completed with the separate cycle lane extended.
Derwent Water seen from Surprise View
Riding my Rockhopper up to Watendlath Tarn (265 m.). A straight climb up to Ashness Bridge, much photographed. A bit further up there’s Surprise View lookout over Derwent Water towards Bassenthwaite Lake and Skiddaw. Once out of the Lodore Woods there’s the enjoyable high valley fed by the beck from Watendlath Tarn. The bridge at the end of the tarn is another stone bridge, also heavily photographed. Picnic on a windy bank above Watendlath Farm. There are routes onwards to either Thirlmere or Rosthwaite but not for me today.
Hot, humid air from the Sahara, arriving in Marseille across the Mediterranean with nearly 100% humidity so dripping rain laden with red sand, making Marseille feel tropical and fetid. Even out at the beach park at Borély, where the air is usually relatively clean and clear. Wet t-shirt ride, but not cold: 28°C,
Keswick and Derwent Water from Latrigg
Keswick - Applethwaite - Underscar - Latrigg summit (368 m.) - Brundholme - Keswick
Latrigg is only a small bump in the Lake District but the view from its rounded top is superb. Back via Brundholme Woods, so a pleasant local circuit.
More photos: Ride round Latrigg (368 m.) - Lake District National Park