Last week my brother and I tackled the Hardknott, the steepest pass in the UK. We camped in Windermere, from where we set out. First stop was the second picture where we had a ice cream in this little value and saw a Typhoon zoom past us while we were having an ice cream stop. The pass lived up to its name but I must say the road service in places were quite trying. We ended up going up Wast water (the last picture) and a circular route through Keswick back to Windermere. A very good day out with some lovely corners for an XT.

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2010 XT660Z Blue, Exan can, UFO high front fender, SW Motech baseplate, heated grips, 12v point, Kevs Fuel & O2 mod, DNA Stage 2 Filter and cover, Givi tall screen, Mefo mfe 99s, Kevs throttle mod, TT high seat and 'compass'

Lovely scenery Jacque, your brother must have enjoyed his visit to the UK! Steve

He certainly did but now thinks me a liar with all my rain warnings. We camped 13 days straight with only 2 hours of rain on the first day. How lucky can you get.
Only problem was the midges in Scotland, but I did expect that. Never thought I'd be wishing for the wind to blow.

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2010 XT660Z Blue, Exan can, UFO high front fender, SW Motech baseplate, heated grips, 12v point, Kevs Fuel & O2 mod, DNA Stage 2 Filter and cover, Givi tall screen, Mefo mfe 99s, Kevs throttle mod, TT high seat and 'compass'

Road surface not service. Oops

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2010 XT660Z Blue, Exan can, UFO high front fender, SW Motech baseplate, heated grips, 12v point, Kevs Fuel & O2 mod, DNA Stage 2 Filter and cover, Givi tall screen, Mefo mfe 99s, Kevs throttle mod, TT high seat and 'compass'

We keep it that bad for a number of reasons;

1) It deters the sportsbikes,
2) It deters too many visitors
3) it's perfect XT territory !

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Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

You are very very lucky to live in the lakes. Even our ride to Cockermouth was great.

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2010 XT660Z Blue, Exan can, UFO high front fender, SW Motech baseplate, heated grips, 12v point, Kevs Fuel & O2 mod, DNA Stage 2 Filter and cover, Givi tall screen, Mefo mfe 99s, Kevs throttle mod, TT high seat and 'compass'