After the tea, the bacon butties, feed & walk the dog time & finally open all of our pressies, thank you to all for those!!...
We got out of the house for a Christmas morning sneaky local ride!! Oooh happy days...
After the last few days of heavy rain, it was good to see a sunny morning here in the Lakes, the air was clear & the temperature nice & warm... Mud & water abounded, with loads of local roads still having 'closed' signs on them as we've had a lot of flooding up here, so the lanes were all draining away that water, leaving behind some interesting water damage on even the most stable of surfaces.
The back roads were all covered in debris as rivers overflowed & tree branches & leaves had been washed off the road edges & onto the tarmac.
We managed to find some good deep puddles, plenty of mud & a couple of river crossings to play in, as well as visiting a couple of friends en route.
Old favourites were the choice for the day, The Coach Road of course, Longlands & lots of the smaller lanes that link all of these... great stuff, some challenging riding & a little bit of playing on the rocks adjacent to the roads...
The clouds started to gather & roll in from the west, as they do around here, so the Coach Road was grey & misty, but that just made it more atmospheric!!
Lucy cruised down the downhill section, her skills & confidence growing all the time, but a shortage of fuel had us running to Keswick, where we managed to be the last people in the garage to get fuel as they were closing for the rest of the Christmas Day.
So back home for more tea, chocolates, family calls & christmas dinner... Christmas at it's best!!
We got out of the house for a Christmas morning sneaky local ride!! Oooh happy days...
After the last few days of heavy rain, it was good to see a sunny morning here in the Lakes, the air was clear & the temperature nice & warm... Mud & water abounded, with loads of local roads still having 'closed' signs on them as we've had a lot of flooding up here, so the lanes were all draining away that water, leaving behind some interesting water damage on even the most stable of surfaces.
The back roads were all covered in debris as rivers overflowed & tree branches & leaves had been washed off the road edges & onto the tarmac.
We managed to find some good deep puddles, plenty of mud & a couple of river crossings to play in, as well as visiting a couple of friends en route.
Old favourites were the choice for the day, The Coach Road of course, Longlands & lots of the smaller lanes that link all of these... great stuff, some challenging riding & a little bit of playing on the rocks adjacent to the roads...
The clouds started to gather & roll in from the west, as they do around here, so the Coach Road was grey & misty, but that just made it more atmospheric!!
Lucy cruised down the downhill section, her skills & confidence growing all the time, but a shortage of fuel had us running to Keswick, where we managed to be the last people in the garage to get fuel as they were closing for the rest of the Christmas Day.
So back home for more tea, chocolates, family calls & christmas dinner... Christmas at it's best!!
