
... ironically it was a cycling event that closed most of the roads in the Lakes on the Sunday of the forum Lakes Megameet 2019 weekend so we ended up going off plan and doing across to Middleton-in-Teesdale and then down the Yorkshire Dales to Ribblehead Viaduct and back around instead ....
I did advise the Forum it was the Fred Witton on that May Sunday of the meet - 100
miles & all the big climbs .
Also advised - The Keswick to Barrow walk on the Saturday - 4000 walkers on the road ! - including me

Always happy to advise anyone on the forum who's planning a trip here on specific routes ( when open again ) -
Found most of our great roads by cycling them first over the last 40 years.