Central Lake District Motorbike Guide Tour Video
The Central Lake District is a unique area of the UK, It offers rugged mountains mixed with scenic valleys and spectacular Lake's. These bike tours will guide you on a magnificent tour of some of the most amazing scenery the Lake District has to offer including the rugged beauty of Ullswater, and the tourist destination of Windermere. The Motorbike Tour Guide Video has everything you need to plan a days adventure in the Lake District.
The tour starts at Grasmere. The village swarms with visitors in summer, most of them here to see Dove Cottage - still much as Wordsworth had it in his most creative years. The village offers an interesting collection of old buildings, antique shops, book shops, tea shops, specialist clothing shops, some of the best Lake District galleries and a good selection of pubs and restaurants. Most of the buildings date from the 19th or early 20th Century, though the farms around Grasmere are much older.
A very few minutes' drive north on the A591 is Thirlmere, a beautifully set lake beneath the slopes of Helvellyn. It was enlarged into a reservoir, with the scene best enjoyed from the quieter road on the west side of the lake. On the east side looms Helvellyn, one of the Lake District's four 3,000-foot peaks.
Continue on the A591, south of Keswick follow the sign off right to Castlerigg Stone Circle, an ancient enigma above Derwent Water. This ring of 38 stones surrounds a rectangle of 10 more in a field high above Derwent Water, with a breathtaking view of fells. The best times for pictures are morning and evening.
Continue on to the A66, turning right towards Penrith, turn right on the A5091 towards Windermere. At the junction with the A592 find on your left the car park for Aira Force. This idyllic Lakeland beauty spot centres on a plunging waterfall. From the car park, walk up to the bridge over the slender fall of water, where the Aira Beck makes a sudden plunge in this little wooded ravine. The waterfall is at its best after rain or on a misty morning. On a fine day, though, it's well worth walking a bit further. The path rises above the gothick folly of Lyulph's Tower to a modest summit for a magnificent view over Ullswater.
Leaving the car park, turn right on the A592. The road runs alongside Ullswater - scenic perfection, which approaches the grandeur of Scottish lochs. At Howtown Pier and walk back along the eastern shore, for outstanding views with a rewarding combination of waterside stretches and higher ground - from which to see more sweeping vistas. On the best and most popular stretch, Howtown-Patterdale-Glendridding, you will meet quite a few other people in summer.
Drive south along the A592, climbing the Kirkstone. All the way are great craggy views. Nine miles south of Glenridding, on the far side of the pass, fork left to Troutbeck, a delightful settlement of ancient farms strung along a steep valley.
