Great Dun Fell
Posted: 08 Feb 2017 11:47
Anyone ridden up this guy here?:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Dun_Fell
There's a road from Knock (close to Penrith) that ends up on a service road to the radar station that apparently is closed to vehicles but open to cycles and in really good condition. At around 800m ascending its about as close to an alpine col as we can get in the UK.
I was going to crack the whip up it last year but didn't get round to it so planning to take a trip up there on the train this summer. If anyone wants to join we could have a small Beacon delegation visit?
There's also a radar station at the top and as a radar scientist this excites me. I am not ashamed of this.
Dave
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Dun_Fell
There's a road from Knock (close to Penrith) that ends up on a service road to the radar station that apparently is closed to vehicles but open to cycles and in really good condition. At around 800m ascending its about as close to an alpine col as we can get in the UK.
I was going to crack the whip up it last year but didn't get round to it so planning to take a trip up there on the train this summer. If anyone wants to join we could have a small Beacon delegation visit?
There's also a radar station at the top and as a radar scientist this excites me. I am not ashamed of this.
Dave