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@lemonade
Back from 3 days in the Lake District, wow it is absolutely beautiful. Well, two half days and one full day really, as the train journey takes roughly 4 hours from Euston to Windermere. Stayed at YHAs Ekdsdale and Hawskead for the princely sum of £10 each a night, with massive breakfast for a fiver extra and three course evening meals with plenty of beers coming to less than £20. All in, the total trip including return trains was £120 - not bad! Virgin Train's bike reservation system is bloody annoying but the staff were great and it worked ok in this instance - helped by seeing on the forum that you can use East Coast's website to book a bike reservation online.
The views and scenery were amongst the very best I've seen anywhere in the world, the roads were empty except for sheep, the drivers were considerate and the hills were punishingly steep on the way up and exhilaratingly fast on the way down. Anyway enough words, here's some maps and crap photos that don't do it anything like justice.
(Apologies for loads of big pics)
Day 1:
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1774987
Day 2:
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1775124
Day 3:
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1775132