Fat Biking @ Whinlatter Forest

When on our Lakes hols we took the Fat / Mtb bikes over. Arran wanted to join in this time so decided to do the Altura North Red Loop first to see how he got on with the slippery slate / tree root conditions, no probs at all after the first couple of singletrack sections so continued on. We set off and it had been raining and was cold. The trail conditions were wet under tyre and plenty of puddles but the rain kept off at the start. We climbed upto the top section and took some photos en route. The views were not the best as it was low cloud cover and overcast. After we had a quick drink we started the descents but it went dark and there was a hail shower, luckly we were mostly in the heavly wooded sections and stopped after 10mins or so. There was some weird looking mushrooms at the sides of the trails, must be ideal conditions for them at the mo. After completing the North loop we headed back to visitors centre and had quick look around Cyclewise shop, the shop staff were fasinated with the Fat Bikes and it was answer & question time! We were starting to get get cold by now so we decided to do 1/2 the Blue Route, when we hit Whinlatter pass road we turned left and dropped down to keswick on the cycle route. Arran is desperate for his own Fat Bike everytime he comes out with us but still enjoys his Scott Carbon Scale hardtail. Below are some pics on the morning ride

Guess who didnt have mud guards fitted and went straight through every puddle