I'm from Cumbria and spent a lot of time in the Lake District when I was growing up. Whenever I get the chance I head up there because it's where I feel most "at home"
Morning Bruce. I'm still catching up on your adventures, wow. Oh the joys of the prostate in older gentlemen - I'm familiar with that 😂. Enjoyable ride, thanks for sharing. Not been around that area for a few years, more the pity. So this ride brought back some very happy memories 👍. I see it's not just our old mate Gary that had the mishap through a loss in consentration. Gary even rode into the back of a bus once as his were glued to a pity young lass walking along the high road. And he once rode 1988 Kawasaki 1300cc! Never a dull moment when Gary got distracted 😂!
I love the Lakes and have spent many happy days on the roads you featured up there. I love seeing them again on this video since I can't get up there myself for the foreseeable, and when the restrictions are lifted they will be packed every weekend. Can't wait.
Great vid again Bruce. For me the big lesson in that accident is, do you know who your riding with!! I’m not saying it was the others guys fault, but you do get to know how your close mates ride and what to expect. The guy behind you also just missed you... I now only ride with 3 guys who I know well.. never ride close to someone you don’t know.
Aye, we caught up with this chap and I had literally just accelerated to overtake him when he hit the brakes! I thought he was maybe doing an emergency right into that offroad area, so I cut back to the left but he just stopped dead in the road, so there was nowhere to go but into the back of him 🤦♂️ I remember it just feeling like the brakes weren’t slowing me down - horrible sensation.🤷♂️
The Lake District is stunning thankfully nobody was hurt should have put them all on Harley’s and you stay in front next time only me and the wife on our rides currently she as just done her learners so fresh and teaching me a few things as past my test back in 1986. Keep living your life take care. Not riding the bikes at the moment but least still allowed to go the work after the Easter break hopefully will continue.
Welcome to my back yard, the roads are clogged at weekends nowadays, always better off during the week. Bit of a disaster at the end mind. You and the lad on the GS-ADV did well to stay up right. Usual good video though Bruce, keep up the good work Pal!
Good mates and i ride those roads for a Sunday morning blast cannot believe you have never visited before 😱 . Really enjoyed the video as sometimes you don’t get to appreciate all the views when riding. So glad everyone was ok please keep up the great entertaining work 👍🏼
I used to live in Cumbria and would ride the roads on my CBR600 weekly, even in winter. One of the best, relatively quick, roads is the A591 from Keswick to Kendal (not the other direction though that's quite good as well). If you ride it, you'll see why Keswick to Kendall is the best direction and a stonking ride. Kirkstone pass is for sissies try Hardknott, Wrynose, and Honister passes but make sure you've got massive round ones before you even start. Cracking scenery, brilliant roads, usually iffy weather 😀 Oh, and watch for sheep (as well as the pheasants), they can climb sheer cliffs!
I love riding the Lakes on bikes....first time on an FZ600 in the late 80's from Glasgow and back on a day out right up till last summer on a Multistrada. Helps to have mates living in the area that know every single lane, goat track and back road ....... At 13.40 i recognised the start of Hartside Pass and happy memories as a huge group of us back in Visordown days used to spend the Easter bank holiday weekend in the Lakes and Scotland based at at B and B in Penrith :D
Lake District definitely one of my favourites, both for biking or just spending some relaxing time. Good roads, amazing scenery and some great pubs all over the place... what more do you want
Thanks for the update. We got dumped with a ton of snow, biking on hold. On the good side my brother gets to ride his snowmobile( Polaris 600 Pro S switchback ) one more time! My bike is a 2019 Triumph 1200 XRT, still breaking it in.
Cheers Bruce 👍 Magnificent countryside. Like you said, sometimes we do take our own backyard for granted. Quite envious of the roads & quality vloggers found in the UK. Nice Clan you’ve got going. Anyway, cheers again from down under. 😎🏍👍🇦🇺
15:55 That little right kink, lost it there riding like I shouldn’t have been, didn’t have my mind on the job still an awesome road, went back up Hartside the next year unscathed & celebrated with a bit of a burnout. 😎👍 Great vid as always Bruce & no serious injuries, lessons learned every days a school day, these things happen bud 👍
Ending was a gasp. I had to stand up and pull my shorts out of my crack. Pucker-factor was strong. I thought you were going over the bars. Glad you both are fine. I'm used to the roads here in NM and TX to where there is plenty of width to swerve. Hope to see you on this side of the pond! Here, you have to watch for deer -- long-legged rats!
Thanks Buck, yep we get lots of deer here too bud, nightmare early morning and evening time. I was hoping to get over to the States this summer but obviously that may well have to change now - be good to meet up when I do get over. Stay safe 👍
If your up in the lakes again Bruce, another stunning ride is from keswick over the Honister Pass, going down the other side is one of the steepest roads in the UK.
That's my quick run round the Lakes and Hartside, but I have to get there from Scarborough via the Dales. Great day out. You must go back and do Wrynose / Hardknot though, a proper ride but not in summer, too many cars.
What a crackin run, lovely roads and weather. Unlucky with the bump, could and does happen to us all, though we don't always show the bit of class you did in handling it. Glad all is well. Thumbs up from me sir.
Wonderful looking ride out there fellas. Can’t wait to get out after lock down and maybe join you. Got a new bike the day before lockdown and Haven’t had a chance to use it. Ah well. Ride safe gents and nice vid Bruce.
Another awesome video Bruce, thank you! Hope everyone is well after "pheasant gate" and that not too much damage was done. Hope to be able to make it out on the next Clan Ride-out (if I haven't died from old age by then...) P.S this is another good reason to always ride at the front of a group!
Love the lake district! (southern fairy me)proposed to Mrs king on ullswater. I've Spent many hours up there as kid visiting family. Good to see everyone were ok. Must ride it one day!
Have not whatched the video yet but love to mention the two pod cast's where Great to play while on lock down in Spain and catching up laying some tiles
Cheers Bruce, glad you enjoyed them bud. They’ll be a regular thing now, podcasts every Wednesday and the vid version will go live on the channel the following Monday’s 👍
@@teapotone Ps Bruce. If you ever do the ride round Spain coastal regions I'm based in Cartagena love to see you out this way ps could put you up if you was to get stuck😉 
Bruce I get to do the lakes and dales every day since lockdown lifted. You need to do hardknot its a experience 32 deg incline. if u ever fancy the dales I know some cracking roads . Good vlog
Looks similar to North Wales and area here in wiltshire, lovely views and tight slow technical roads, if the locals want us tourists after we get the clear to go out and weather good, I would be up for maybe joining the meet up ride ( slow one at the back of the pack).
Been thinking exactly the same with recording the audio from the Cardo to the camera. Was thinking putting a Y splitter on the mic jack and taking a feed from the the jack of the Cardo earphones. Gotta be worth a try, only issue is not control over audio levels.
Cheers Bruce. Cracking vid as always, just the ticket whilst under house arrest. Shame it ended earlier than expected. The A686 from Penrith to Alston over Hartside Pass is one of my favourite roads, Shame someone at the cafe over cooked the breakfast. Bleedin' wildlife eh. Always amazes me how they sit there and watch you coming down the road and then at the last minute leg it across the road or take flight.
Eh up Bruce didn't expect it to end that way!! You stopped at the same place as Richy did on his trip to the lakes, where you put the drone up. Do the 5 passes it's a great days ride.
Great road, that’s a given we’re your heading, if only we could have the weather with use, you know leathers one minute over suites the next. That’s what makes abroad so inviting 👍👍
Love roads in the Lake District. My folks have a place near Grange-Over-Sands so I always take the scenic route down from not-so-sunny South Lanarkshire, through Ambleside on the bike. We did the Honister Pass by the slate mine last year. Came down from Cockermouth (tee-hee 🤭) and through Buttermere. Keep the vids coming Bruce... This lock down is brutal! 😎👍
Hi Bruce you could add a splitter from the gopro comms adapter and put the extre mic near your ear that will pick up the conversation. I might work but i dont know if the mic will be too lumpy. (My thoughts anyway) But it looked like a brilliant ride up to the end bit. Hope you are ok after that? Jack (The Essex Jock)
Cheers Jack, yep I’ve seen some people use an extra mic up near their ear to capture the audio out the speakers but that is really uncomfortable for me personally so I can’t do that. There are a few other options to try though 👍
Very good video sorry one of you got hurt , But looks a great place for a ride out , Keep up with the hard work of making video's & We look forward to some more very soon .
This island is beautiful , only the weather that let's us down , could be a coincidence but amidst this partial martial law , a huge reduction in pollution & the weather is pukka 🤷🏾♂️ As riders we are isolated so riding is not an issue during this strange scenario. The day after lockdown I went through Surrey , Sussex , Hampshire , Wiltshire & into Somerset towards Bath, the scenery is incredible with some excellent B & A roads. One thing I've learned from this video is , if I ride in a group (I haven't yet) the pheasant's dead Another great video pal 👊🏽👌
Ha Ha thanks bud, yep it actually says in the Highway Code that you shouldn’t stop on a major road to avoid hitting birdfowl, but it’s human nature - it also says in the Highway Code that you shouldn’t travel too close to the vehicle in front and that’s exactly what I’d done here as I was in the process of overtaking him. I should’ve waited a second more to clear the building on the right - hindsight is a wonderful thing. Just grateful that the other chap wasn’t badly hurt 👍
Ouch.....Glad you're all okay. The Lakes are certainly a nice place to ride, but I was looking forward to what you thought of the road from Hawes to Ingleton. One of my favourite biking roads..
That arse clenching moment when u know ur not gonna stop ( i held my breath and tensed up just watching it ) but top marks for staying upright and glad ur pal was relatively unscathed 👍 top vid as always
Been over loads of europe and our local stuff is pretty good. North coast 500 is incredible and great that no ones around! Glad everyones ok but i think it would had been safer just to hit the bird however i know what its like to be in the moment. Keep them vids coming bruce!
next times you're up the Lake District ride the 5 main high passes, Kirkstone is one of them. Richy Vida did them in a day or two a couple of years back, check his videos out 👍
I had that on my list of places to ride when I get over, bloody incredible scenery!! I don't think it'll be this year as I'd hoped originally for obvious reasons. Maybe next year. Great video! :) Also obviously very glad you're both ok.
Awesome you finally got to the Lakes. Advantage of being in the North East is I'm only an hour away from the borders, the lakes, and the dales... just not near anything else :D Cool video again. Keeping me sane during these crazy times
You can record everyone by adding a second mic to your helmet and what amounts to a passive mixer circuit. Use a headphone splitter cable to get the speaker audio from the cardo, mix it and your second mic together with the passive mixer and plug it into the mic input of your gopro.
Next time you're in the lakes...try the wrynose hardnott and honister...that with the Kirk stone...all great in their own way...the hardnott is a serious bit of road and not for beginners
Blimey you hardly touched the Lake District, plenty of time though eh. That will have been one of the highest accidents in the UK though, check you out! Middleton is one of my favourite places to go to, it generally appears in my ride outs at some point. All the roads are epic!
Was chatting to Martin and Joy about you Bruce when riding in Gran Canaries, watching your videos is costing me a lot of money in travel, maybe ride staggered next time lol
The lakes are a lovely place to be I've not bean up there on the bike tho, hopefully can get out there and go up there again, glad your both ok with that little bump as well keep the video its something to keep up all entertained at these time can't wait t get back out on the bike, I've a quick question also I'm thinking of having a go of bike blogging what the best way to go around it and what to use cheers 👍 Be save
And this is why you should always have good insurance. I think my heart stopped when you hit that guy. So many questions but just glad everyone is alive. You hit going 40 its amazing you stayed on the bike.
Gutted - I’d been very well behaved and had just gone for the overtake when he slammed on his brakes! I thought he was making an emergency brake to do a last minute right into that cottage (I’d originally thought he was committed passed it by speed, hence why I went to overtake) so I cut back left, but sadly he just stopped dead in the road. My fault though, I should’ve waited a second until he was totally passed the cottage 🤷♂️
Bruce, If you ever come up north again let me know, I'll show you things you've never seen before 😉 😂 The lakes is one thing but the moors are another 👍 Great work buddy.
Great ride until the 'bump'. Glad everyone was ok. Any damage to Helga? Hope you and your wife are keeping well. Just want to be able to ride again...........👍
What a shocker. Only takes a split second for things to go pear shaped. Stay safe. Good on you for sharing what happened. A lesson for us all.
I'm from Cumbria and spent a lot of time in the Lake District when I was growing up. Whenever I get the chance I head up there because it's where I feel most "at home"
Well I wasn't expecting an ending like that, but glad everyone survived. Always enjoy your tour video's......Stay safe !
Morning Bruce. I'm still catching up on your adventures, wow. Oh the joys of the prostate in older gentlemen - I'm familiar with that 😂. Enjoyable ride, thanks for sharing. Not been around that area for a few years, more the pity. So this ride brought back some very happy memories 👍. I see it's not just our old mate Gary that had the mishap through a loss in consentration. Gary even rode into the back of a bus once as his were glued to a pity young lass walking along the high road. And he once rode 1988 Kawasaki 1300cc! Never a dull moment when Gary got distracted 😂!
I love the Lakes and have spent many happy days on the roads you featured up there. I love seeing them again on this video since I can't get up there myself for the foreseeable, and when the restrictions are lifted they will be packed every weekend. Can't wait.
Smashing video 😲Glad you were all ok
That road 14:35 and on,
I want it! NOW!
thanks for introducing us, Mr Smart
Cheers Bruce love your videos. Keep sake and ride your bike !!!!!
You own me a new mouse. I went for the brakes myself!
My local that, Yorkshire dales, Lake District, and hartside pass. Great roads. Very fortunate to live in this area.
It’s beautiful bud, I’ll go back for sure 👍
Great vid again Bruce. For me the big lesson in that accident is, do you know who your riding with!! I’m not saying it was the others guys fault, but you do get to know how your close mates ride and what to expect. The guy behind you also just missed you... I now only ride with 3 guys who I know well.. never ride close to someone you don’t know.
Aye, we caught up with this chap and I had literally just accelerated to overtake him when he hit the brakes! I thought he was maybe doing an emergency right into that offroad area, so I cut back to the left but he just stopped dead in the road, so there was nowhere to go but into the back of him 🤦♂️ I remember it just feeling like the brakes weren’t slowing me down - horrible sensation.🤷♂️
@@teapotone You were too close.
"Stunning","Look at that" "Awesome" classic Bruce. Good vid.
The Lake District is stunning thankfully nobody was hurt should have put them all on Harley’s and you stay in front next time only me and the wife on our rides currently she as just done her learners so fresh and teaching me a few things as past my test back in 1986. Keep living your life take care. Not riding the bikes at the moment but least still allowed to go the work after the Easter break hopefully will continue.
It's absolutely stunning in the Lakes, but it's always busy so I prefer the Dales for riding.
Wow! Amazing roads and loved the drone footage. Scary bit at the end, I’m glad there were no serious injuries.
Stunning Look at that never ridden the lakes either.
Wow shocking end to a fantastic vid, Just glad everyone was ok
Welcome to my back yard, the roads are clogged at weekends nowadays, always better off during the week. Bit of a disaster at the end mind. You and the lad on the GS-ADV did well to stay up right. Usual good video though Bruce, keep up the good work Pal!
Cheers bud 👍
What amazing place!!!!!!!!Keep going my friend!!!!!!👍👍
Enjoyed that, fantastic, unfortunate ending...it happens
Great tips around Lake District, wish we could have seen the whole thing
Glad everyone's okay
Good mates and i ride those roads for a Sunday morning blast cannot believe you have never visited before 😱 . Really enjoyed the video as sometimes you don’t get to appreciate all the views when riding. So glad everyone was ok please keep up the great entertaining work 👍🏼
Brilliant. Stopping for a pheasant to cross the road that’s a first 😂
Staggered formaitiom Teapotone.
I used to live in Cumbria and would ride the roads on my CBR600 weekly, even in winter. One of the best, relatively quick, roads is the A591 from Keswick to Kendal (not the other direction though that's quite good as well). If you ride it, you'll see why Keswick to Kendall is the best direction and a stonking ride.
Kirkstone pass is for sissies try Hardknott, Wrynose, and Honister passes but make sure you've got massive round ones before you even start.
Cracking scenery, brilliant roads, usually iffy weather 😀
Oh, and watch for sheep (as well as the pheasants), they can climb sheer cliffs!
Stunning ride Bruce! Awesome roads. Glad no one was hurt.
Peace!
Thanks bud
Well the ending was shocker - excellent vid as always and stunning scenery / roads. Glad everyone is ok.
Thanks Mick
I love riding the Lakes on bikes....first time on an FZ600 in the late 80's from Glasgow and back on a day out right up till last summer on a Multistrada. Helps to have mates living in the area that know every single lane, goat track and back road ....... At 13.40 i recognised the start of Hartside Pass and happy memories as a huge group of us back in Visordown days used to spend the Easter bank holiday weekend in the Lakes and Scotland based at at B and B in Penrith :D
Lake District definitely one of my favourites, both for biking or just spending some relaxing time. Good roads, amazing scenery and some great pubs all over the place... what more do you want
Thanks for the update. We got dumped with a ton of snow, biking on hold. On the good side my brother gets to ride his snowmobile( Polaris 600 Pro S switchback ) one more time! My bike is a 2019 Triumph 1200 XRT, still breaking it in.
I'm itching! Get me beyond these four walls and I will return to the Lakes.
Wow! Thanks for sharing!
Some lovely road's. I now need to add these to my long list of places to visit lol
Cheers Bruce 👍 Magnificent countryside. Like you said, sometimes we do take our own backyard for granted. Quite envious of the roads & quality vloggers found in the UK. Nice Clan you’ve got going. Anyway, cheers again from down under. 😎🏍👍🇦🇺
Cheers Russell 👍
15:55 That little right kink, lost it there riding like I shouldn’t have been, didn’t have my mind on the job still an awesome road, went back up Hartside the next year unscathed & celebrated with a bit of a burnout. 😎👍
Great vid as always Bruce & no serious injuries, lessons learned every days a school day, these things happen bud 👍
Another good video Bruce. Glad you both where ok after the crash.
Cheers Lyn
Ending was a gasp. I had to stand up and pull my shorts out of my crack. Pucker-factor was strong. I thought you were going over the bars. Glad you both are fine. I'm used to the roads here in NM and TX to where there is plenty of width to swerve. Hope to see you on this side of the pond! Here, you have to watch for deer -- long-legged rats!
Thanks Buck, yep we get lots of deer here too bud, nightmare early morning and evening time.
I was hoping to get over to the States this summer but obviously that may well have to change now - be good to meet up when I do get over.
Stay safe 👍
teapotone Yep. Message me when it’s time. Place here for you.
It was great to catch up & have a beer or two with some of the clan & really enjoyed the ride out . Look forward to the next one 🤞🤞👍👍⭐️⭐️
Cheers Pete, aye apart from that bloody pheasant showing up, it was a great weekend!
Looking forward to doing another one, now more than ever 👍
teapotone don’t mention the P word 😉
Bruce's Patreon Clan.
This is like a "what it was like in the good old days" vlog! Hope we can all soon get out on some proper Road Trips soon 👍
Ha Ha yeah I know - really makes you appreciate the freedom we have, can’t wait to get it back again! 👍
Glad you're ok! Jesus my heart sunk when you hit that guy!! Classic target fixation aswell eh?? We've all done it. Just become a patron too bud.
Glad you enjoyed the Lakes, my back yard.
If your up in the lakes again Bruce, another stunning ride is from keswick over the Honister Pass, going down the other side is one of the steepest roads in the UK.
Thankfully I am still at work. Riding my bike has never left me feeling as alive as it does at this difficult time...
That's my quick run round the Lakes and Hartside, but I have to get there from Scarborough via the Dales. Great day out. You must go back and do Wrynose / Hardknot though, a proper ride but not in summer, too many cars.
This is now 'outdoor porn' for everyone trapped looking at the same four walls going slowly insane...thank you.
Ha Ha, well I’m hear to help.... 🤓🤔😂👍
@@teapotone On my 3rd viewing of the RTW episodes🏍🏍
Im Jealous !!! Im a key worker !!!!! I NEED A HOLLIDAY!!!!!!
@@davidbinks8092 You a locksmith then?😁🤘
@@r13gbs Ha Ha no mate cant say but I have had the absolute pleasure of working with the army all week great bunch of guys and gals
Firstly love all you're you're video's geting you're around the world dvd when everything has calmed down, and glad you're all ok
Cheers William 👍
Wow such awesome scenery what a place to ride 👍
What a crackin run, lovely roads and weather. Unlucky with the bump, could and does happen to us all, though we don't always show the bit of class you did in handling it. Glad all is well. Thumbs up from me sir.
Thanks bud 👍
What a video!!! papped myself at the end....I was not expecting that, thankfully you and the other dude were ok 🙏
Cheers Peter, aye he was battered and bruised but thankfully nothing horrendous 🙏
Was he taken in the air ambulance ? I love helicopter rides. Bit of an extreme way of getting one though
Another fantastic vid. Just finished your round the world trip. Absolutely loved it👍
Thanks Aeron 👍
Nice video Bruce, shame about the end but glad all are okay. Hopefully doing the Lakes next year all being well. Stay safe buddy! 👍
Wonderful looking ride out there fellas. Can’t wait to get out after lock down and maybe join you.
Got a new bike the day before lockdown and Haven’t had a chance to use it. Ah well.
Ride safe gents and nice vid Bruce.
Ah Beans I’m gutted for you bud, you must be going crazy!!
Stay safe bud and we’ll hit the road when freedom returns 👍
Sad to see it ended up like it did, but glad all involved are fine n dandy - Keep up the great trips!! Cheers from South AFrica
Thanks Bobby 👍
Bloody pheasants, plenty of the kamikaze variety where I live. Nice to see nobody seriously hurt.
Good vid, cheers.
Thanks Tim, aye the bloody thing was still running to and fro across the road as we waited for recovery of the bikes! 🤦♂️😂
It must of taken years to build all those Km of stone fences. Great footage around the Lakes area.
Its beautiful Kirk stone pass
The first time I did that was in a reliant 3 wheeler all the way from Dartford
Another awesome video Bruce, thank you! Hope everyone is well after "pheasant gate" and that not too much damage was done. Hope to be able to make it out on the next Clan Ride-out (if I haven't died from old age by then...)
P.S this is another good reason to always ride at the front of a group!
Love the lake district! (southern fairy me)proposed to Mrs king on ullswater. I've Spent many hours up there as kid visiting family. Good to see everyone were ok. Must ride it one day!
I’ve done the lake’s by car, bike next. Great vid’ thanks Bruce, glad you’re both ok🖖
Thanks David
Have not whatched the video yet but love to mention the two pod cast's where Great to play while on lock down in Spain and catching up laying some tiles
Cheers Bruce, glad you enjoyed them bud. They’ll be a regular thing now, podcasts every Wednesday and the vid version will go live on the channel the following Monday’s 👍
@@teapotone
Ps Bruce.
If you ever do the ride round Spain coastal regions I'm based in Cartagena love to see you out this way ps could put you up if you was to get stuck😉

That’s very kind bud thank you 👍
Bruce I get to do the lakes and dales every day since lockdown lifted. You need to do hardknot its a experience 32 deg incline. if u ever fancy the dales I know some cracking roads . Good vlog
Looks similar to North Wales and area here in wiltshire, lovely views and tight slow technical roads, if the locals want us tourists after we get the clear to go out and weather good, I would be up for maybe joining the meet up ride ( slow one at the back of the pack).
Been thinking exactly the same with recording the audio from the Cardo to the camera. Was thinking putting a Y splitter on the mic jack and taking a feed from the the jack of the Cardo earphones. Gotta be worth a try, only issue is not control over audio levels.
Bloody ell that was a close one. Glad everyone sort of ok. Kirk stone pass must be added to a lot of bikers lists amazing footage. Cheers
Cheers Bruce. Cracking vid as always, just the ticket whilst under house arrest. Shame it ended earlier than expected.
The A686 from Penrith to Alston over Hartside Pass is one of my favourite roads,
Shame someone at the cafe over cooked the breakfast.
Bleedin' wildlife eh.
Always amazes me how they sit there and watch you coming down the road and then at the last minute leg it across the road or take flight.
Eh up Bruce didn't expect it to end that way!! You stopped at the same place as Richy did on his trip to the lakes, where you put the drone up.
Do the 5 passes it's a great days ride.
Sorry it ended like that!....great content.....pleased you were both OK!
Cheers Jeffrey, aye it was such a shame it ended like that. The chap I hit was battered and bruised but thankfully no serious injury to him 🙏👍
Awesome vid mate.... Glad everyone involved are ok ....Even the most experienced riders have accidents nobody is exempt 👌👍👍#carry_on an #LYL
Great road, that’s a given we’re your heading, if only we could have the weather with use, you know leathers one minute over suites the next. That’s what makes abroad so inviting 👍👍
Scary as the first time!
Fantastic.
The lakes are amazing. Tracey and I did a b&b there but not ridden. It is defo on the list for later in the year..hopefully! Loving all the videos 👍
Thanks Shaun, yep I’ll be hitting the road big time around the UK once we are allowed out again 👍
teapotone Yes for sure, very sad and difficult time. As you say eventually be able to hit the roads once again, I can not wait. Cheers 👍
Love roads in the Lake District. My folks have a place near Grange-Over-Sands so I always take the scenic route down from not-so-sunny South Lanarkshire, through Ambleside on the bike. We did the Honister Pass by the slate mine last year. Came down from Cockermouth (tee-hee 🤭) and through Buttermere. Keep the vids coming Bruce... This lock down is brutal! 😎👍
Aye isn’t it just - I can’t wait to be set free again and able to hit the road and explore 👍
Hi Bruce you could add a splitter from the gopro comms adapter and put the extre mic near your ear that will pick up the conversation. I might work but i dont know if the mic will be too lumpy. (My thoughts anyway) But it looked like a brilliant ride up to the end bit. Hope you are ok after that?
Jack (The Essex Jock)
Cheers Jack, yep I’ve seen some people use an extra mic up near their ear to capture the audio out the speakers but that is really uncomfortable for me personally so I can’t do that.
There are a few other options to try though 👍
Very good video sorry one of you got hurt , But looks a great place for a ride out , Keep up with the hard work of making video's & We look forward to some more very soon .
Thanks Kevin 👍
Looked like an amazing ride
Thanks Colin, it was.... right up until the end 🤦♂️
This island is beautiful , only the weather that let's us down , could be a coincidence but amidst this partial martial law , a huge reduction in pollution & the weather is pukka 🤷🏾♂️
As riders we are isolated so riding is not an issue during this strange scenario. The day after lockdown I went through Surrey , Sussex , Hampshire , Wiltshire & into Somerset towards Bath, the scenery is incredible with some excellent B & A roads.
One thing I've learned from this video is , if I ride in a group (I haven't yet) the pheasant's dead
Another great video pal 👊🏽👌
Ha Ha thanks bud, yep it actually says in the Highway Code that you shouldn’t stop on a major road to avoid hitting birdfowl, but it’s human nature - it also says in the Highway Code that you shouldn’t travel too close to the vehicle in front and that’s exactly what I’d done here as I was in the process of overtaking him. I should’ve waited a second more to clear the building on the right - hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Just grateful that the other chap wasn’t badly hurt 👍
Ouch.....Glad you're all okay.
The Lakes are certainly a nice place to ride, but I was looking forward to what you thought of the road from Hawes to Ingleton. One of my favourite biking roads..
Aye I’m gutted it ended like that, but I’ll be going back again once normality has returned 👍
That arse clenching moment when u know ur not gonna stop ( i held my breath and tensed up just watching it ) but top marks for staying upright and glad ur pal was relatively unscathed 👍 top vid as always
Been over loads of europe and our local stuff is pretty good. North coast 500 is incredible and great that no ones around!
Glad everyones ok but i think it would had been safer just to hit the bird however i know what its like to be in the moment. Keep them vids coming bruce!
next times you're up the Lake District ride the 5 main high passes, Kirkstone is one of them. Richy Vida did them in a day or two a couple of years back, check his videos out 👍
Great ride. I’ve done many of those roads myself and love them. I believe they are rebuilding the Hartside cafe. Keep up the great vlogs. :-)
Cheers Andrew, yes apparently it’s going to be some kind of biker lodge or something?
Cool vid....
I had that on my list of places to ride when I get over, bloody incredible scenery!! I don't think it'll be this year as I'd hoped originally for obvious reasons. Maybe next year. Great video! :)
Also obviously very glad you're both ok.
Awesome you finally got to the Lakes. Advantage of being in the North East is I'm only an hour away from the borders, the lakes, and the dales... just not near anything else :D Cool video again. Keeping me sane during these crazy times
Thanks Gordon, hope you guys are all keeping safe and well bud 👍
teapotone following the rules as best we can. Keep up the vids and see you when this is all over. ✊
Absolutely bud, we are due a good catch up 👍
You can record everyone by adding a second mic to your helmet and what amounts to a passive mixer circuit. Use a headphone splitter cable to get the speaker audio from the cardo, mix it and your second mic together with the passive mixer and plug it into the mic input of your gopro.
Cheers Ian I’ll give that a go 👍
@@teapotone How are your soldering skills?
Non-existent at the moment
Next time you're in the lakes...try the wrynose hardnott and honister...that with the Kirk stone...all great in their own way...the hardnott is a serious bit of road and not for beginners
No, No, No, stay away the roads are rubbish and the locals hostile!
Don't want my nice roads clogged up once this shit lockdown is over with! ;-)
Watched this again....great vid and really hope we can meet up this year 🙏
Happy New year Big Man 🏍🥂
Happy New Year to you and your family bud 👍
Blimey you hardly touched the Lake District, plenty of time though eh. That will have been one of the highest accidents in the UK though, check you out!
Middleton is one of my favourite places to go to, it generally appears in my ride outs at some point. All the roads are epic!
Was chatting to Martin and Joy about you Bruce when riding in Gran Canaries, watching your videos is costing me a lot of money in travel, maybe ride staggered next time lol
The lakes are a lovely place to be I've not bean up there on the bike tho, hopefully can get out there and go up there again, glad your both ok with that little bump as well keep the video its something to keep up all entertained at these time can't wait t get back out on the bike,
I've a quick question also I'm thinking of having a go of bike blogging what the best way to go around it and what to use cheers 👍
Be save
Great video again hope everyone is ok you have to do more stuff in Scotland to get rid of that dodgy ascent lol
And this is why you should always have good insurance. I think my heart stopped when you hit that guy. So many questions but just glad everyone is alive. You hit going 40 its amazing you stayed on the bike.
I was lucky that I hit square on I think, plus I had time to brace for impact - the poor chap I hit didn’t sadly. 😔🤦♂️
Definitely somewhere I need to go too in the near future after all this corona blows over. Drone footage looks amazing around there too.
It’s stunning bud
Make sure you refresh your memory on road craft Bruce glad everyone was OK big up the #Clan ride outs !
Gutted - I’d been very well behaved and had just gone for the overtake when he slammed on his brakes! I thought he was making an emergency brake to do a last minute right into that cottage (I’d originally thought he was committed passed it by speed, hence why I went to overtake) so I cut back left, but sadly he just stopped dead in the road.
My fault though, I should’ve waited a second until he was totally passed the cottage 🤷♂️
When I first watched it, my first thoughts were he was turning right too....glad to hear all were OK
👍😉TP one, I have ridden the lake District many times, it's brilliant, your video was awesome dude 👌 from R1 Greg 😁
Cheers Greg, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Bruce, If you ever come up north again let me know, I'll show you things you've never seen before 😉 😂
The lakes is one thing but the moors are another 👍
Great work buddy.
The guy that avoided the pheasant wasn't called Tucker was he 😆😂🤣 (sorry, its an internal joke 😂)
Man what an ending. Glad your all ok. Going out with a bang.👍🇦🇺🍺
Mate I couldn’t believe it when it happened - why me!!!! I’d been riding like a wee angel too 🤷♂️
Hi Bruce did last year & like you say it awesome had it book up to it again this year but was cancelled due to the corvid19, always next year:🏍😞👍
Great ride until the 'bump'. Glad everyone was ok. Any damage to Helga? Hope you and your wife are keeping well. Just want to be able to ride again...........👍