wow wha a trip - will write more later when I've got photos to hand etc.
Gatescarth Pass was fab as Dadba has said, Maverick (its a Maverick Dadba :smile: ) romped up it, but it really is a test of driver and machine in the wet like that. I'd say no one part is that hard but its so relentless, climb and hairoin after climb and hairpin for wha seems like for ever but is actually about a mile or so. If anyones ever been over Hardknott or Wrynose imagine them but narrower, steeper, tighter hairpins and on gravel with lots of rocks thrown in and some steps to climb etc.
Dadba left us after the pass but we did more laning that afternoon before heading for the campsite just outside Conniston.
"Lashings of ginger beer" lat night left some sore heads this morning (and this evening actually) so we had a very leisurely pack up and then nto conniston for a nice sit down and a brew before more lanes this afternoon.
As I say more on te lanes later.
The final lane was Rusland Pools and unfortunately the second ford was just too deep and drowned the Mav, only electrics s got it towed back out and started up after a bit of drying out - I just hope the same will be able to be said for my rand new phone (bought thurs evening) and my sisters DSLR camera a Canon EOS 400D which both got wet when the passenger footwell filled up.
Sometime my alternator packed up too but without the light coming on so I didn't realise. It was missing a bit when we left but stopped altogether on the motorway on the way home. Swapped batterie with a mate whos got a winch and twin batteries which got me going again and then swapped em back a bit later on after he'd charged mine up enough to get me home - so ts a new alternator next week.
What a trip - will work out a bit expensive but worth it - oh and I'e dinged the front corner of the OS wing, not sure when but its popped it right in.
