A brutal and amazing Lake District ride - Mountain Biking at it's best

[@jacobfield4848]

Looks great.

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Thanks mate, it really is. Tough ride but so rewarding!

[@adambarlow1891]

Great video as always! Fantastic ride!

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Thanks mate, this ride is one of my favourites for good reason. Brutal, tiring but so damned good. Could hardly move my arms the next day 🤣

[@shannonmtb]

Love seldom seen and the descents from angle tarn 👍

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Yeah, both are so damned good. And so exhausting 🤣

[@shannonmtb]

@@Stopadoodledoo very demanding descents! And climbs fair play 👌

[@ElectricMountainBiker]

Mate what a day!! Gutted I missed it, but it looked an exhausting one! No chance I would want to do that on the HT 🤣 "What have you done Jenvey?" 🤣🤣 So many parts that made me laugh, the outro is your best yet! In fact, I actually think this is my favourite video you have pulled together! Fantastic video, day, and laughter!! The intro is still making me laugh 🤣🤣 Surprised I could see you with camo on 🙈

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Thanks mate, a shame you couldn’t make it but you would have hated it on a hardtail; every trail is way rockier than it looks on camera. I didn’t plan the Jenvey comment but as soon as I said Satan, I remembered that he is the dark lord 🤣 Funnily enough, had it rained, I would have had to put my jacket on, a camouflage one. Is Double Camo as bad as Double Denim? 🤣

[@woodcocreative2368]

Enjoyed that Jock - laughed at you falling off obviously and the trail run stuff, nervously, I've got my first Ultra Marathon in September - only 75k and a 'bit' lumpy!

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Cheers Woody. Good luck for the ultra marathon, they sound like an insane amount of effort. Funnily enough, we got chatting to a few of the runners; one even asked if he could get a ciggy off us as he couldn't wait until the end - he ran off smoking, looking chuffed to bits 😂

[@woodcocreative2368]

@@Stopadoodledoo I've not had a fag for 13 years and beer for 4 1/2, not arsed about the beer but suspect a roll would be an absolute delight

[@SingletrackScene]

That BW at 17:00+ looked delicious! I don't recognise it! Right up my street! Great riding! Thanks for the Vid!

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Thanks mate. It's Boredale Hause; trail splits with the footpath running below the bridleway. Having ridden both now, I can confirm the bridleway is better; steeper, a bit rougher but better 👍

[@chunkyantmtb]

Looks like a better route off Hellvelyn than we took! I will also never take my hardtail to the lakes ever again! 👍😂 awesome stuff!

[@Stopadoodledoo]

I did tell Phil about this one before you went; I did tell him not to take hardtails to Garburn too 😂 It's definitely a better way down although it's still brutal, just in a different way. The exposure at the top is something else, makes Worlds End look like nothing.

[@chunkyantmtb]

@@Stopadoodledoo to be fair it was the only bike I had that weekend so I was forced into it! Still lesson learnt!! 😂😂😂 Will be giving this one a go next time for sure altho you sayings the exposure is worse than worlds end! 🤢

[@Stopadoodledoo]

@@chunkyantmtb WAY worse, just wait until you see Marc's video 😂

[@HallMarc_Trails]

@@Stopadoodledoo there’s a good chance of survival on worlds end, this…. No chance 🤣

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

What an amazing looking day mate. Almost looks like up in the alps in places, great looking trails too. I think it was a good plan to leave the hard tail at home 😉

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Really was a fantastic day, even with the drizzle (off camera and to be honest when we needed it) and the crash. The only way I would take a hardtail would be if I had absolutely no choice in the matter, and it would be a way slower (and more painful/exhausting) ride 😃

[@TrailFinder]

What a brutal, but fantastic fun day. Loved the riding and the long chats, that last part of the video. 🤣🤣

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Wasn't it just, mate; ace trails, ace company, ace surroundings and the weather was spot on. Just had to put that last bit of the video in 😂

[@dexterfletcher2481]

……a lot of puffing and blowing there mate , you were glad of those “gate breaks” lol 😅…….all jokes aside Amazing trails and you can tell how many parts of those trails are rough arsed , cos we all know how good a rider you are 👍👍

[@Stopadoodledoo]

It’s utterly exhausting mate, you have to concentrate all the time on those descents; so damned good though. You riding still?

[@dexterfletcher2481]

….I most certainly am…..although not as much as I should be ! Off out to Verbier beginning of August on an organised Mtb trip 👍

[@Stopadoodledoo]

@@dexterfletcher2481 nice one mate, bet you can’t wait 👍

[@KevIsOffGrid]

Its one of my fav's too

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Just fantastic isn’t it, even the climbs/hikes aren’t horrendous (well, compared to some others 😀)

[@KevIsOffGrid]

@@Stopadoodledoo to be honest I'm a sucker for a hike a bike, rewards are immense in the lakes. But yeah - not the worst, especially as you didnt top out the first hillside

[@Stopadoodledoo]

@@KevIsOffGrid Not overly keen on the top of Sticks; was ok before they sanitised the top section but it never seemed worth the slog up the Zig Zags really.

[@shonaridley7170]

I love that infequently observed trail.

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Definitely one of the best Shona, full on concentration needed top to bottom and as on this day it was our first descent, it was one hell of a 'warm up' 😃

[@MTB_Derbyshire]

Full on trails and full on riding on those rocks. Stunning scenes, just top stuff. Impressive, add in a few jokes its a winner 🤣

[@Stopadoodledoo]

One of these days I will get you up there for a ride mate, if not this one then something just as, erm, physical/challenging/exhausting/exhilerating (and no, I didn't use ChatGPT to respond 😂)

[@MTB_Derbyshire]

@@Stopadoodledoo all that but maybe less exposure..... especially if Marc is anywhere near 🤣

[@PainfullyAverageMTB]

Great video mate !

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Thanks mate, a long one for me but a ride like this deserves it I reckon 👍

[@PainfullyAverageMTB]

@@Stopadoodledoo definitely...what a ride...and those views....wow

[@MTB_Trekker]

Innocuous crash there mate, hope you're OK. That trail with the exposure is one I've got to do!!

[@Stopadoodledoo]

I kind of got lucky with the crash as I rolled, do so without thinking nowadays as I have had so much practice 🤣. Bit bruised but nothing of note really. That trail is definitely the best one on Helvellyn, the exposure is real though!! Second descent on the other side of the valley is incredible too, be hard pushed to say which one is better

[@MTB_Trekker]

@@Stopadoodledoo glad you're OK pal. They really do look something else, definitely not a trail for the wandering eye 🤣🤣🤣

[@markbriggs7145]

Cracking video and ride. Magic 😊

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Thanks mate, really is one of my favourite loops anywhere. Climbs are tough but the descents make up for it a thousand times over 👍

[@rcwallaz]

Nice footpaths down to Seldom Seen and past Angle Tarn

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Two of my favourites for sure. I was trying to keep the actual location quiet though

[@rcwallaz]

@@Stopadoodledoo 😮

[@HallMarc_Trails]

Absolutely ace video mate, ace day although a little bit scary at times😬, you make it look a lot easier than it actually is (for me anyway)🤣 i'm obviously not hardcore enough, i'll stick to my shandy 🤣🤣. Joking aside, i really did love this ride, probably the best ride i've had in the lakes, mixed emotions but totally exhilarating, my arms are still battered from that last descent, trail of the day for sure 👍

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Thanks mate, it's definitely one brutal ride from a physical perspective but so damned good; I knew you would love it (and hate it in equal measures - especially because of the exposure 😂). My upper body was rinsed, legs were fine; rode today and they felt spot on 👍

[@peterhaworth6859]

Stunning video Jason, I always enjoy your ramblings good sir! You deserve far more subs mate, your like the middle aged bikers Tommy C👌😂

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Thanks mate, really appreciate that. As for the middle aged Tommy C, I'd like to think of myself more as the homeless looking sweary Guy Kesteven 😂

[@peterhaworth6859]

@@Stopadoodledoo yep.. I can see the resemblance🤣😂

[@shawncollins2525]

Absolute quality, bud👌 Do you record rides on strava, etc? Be good to follow you!👍

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Thanks mate. I don’t really use Strava nowadays as I ride a lot of cheeky stuff and don’t want to upset people by giving too much away. Saying that, this ride is on my Strava from a few years ago. Search for Stopadoodledoo on there, search my activities for Angle Tarn or Boredale Hause and you will be able to find it. Amongst the many hundreds of commute rides, there’s a fair bit on there from the Lakes, Hebden Bridge, North Wales and Shropshire (never really recorded the really cheeky stuff though)

[@shawncollins2525]

@Stopadoodledoo cheers bud!👍

[@Allsystemsaredown]

Great riding. I know those trails well and it's a tragedy that the true brutality of them doesn't show on the GoPro! The bracken has really grown up around here over the past couple of weeks and it's starting to give some interesting visibility challenges to add to the massive rocks, loose stones and drop offs...

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Thanks mate. The bracken made the bottom of the first unnamed descent a bit of a challenge to see where we were going but other than that, wasn't too bad really. We rode Lingmoor Fell (near Ambleside) in the summer a couple of years ago and the bracken was so thick and high, you literally couldn't see the trail - that was interesting. GoPro really doesn't show the trails for what they are and I guess if anyone was to go off a video of them, they may be in for a surprise. I think Marc was slightly taken aback by them; nothing crazy but they are just relentless.

[@andrewtatham1480]

Someone nicked half your tent mate!!😂 Graded by Satan😂 I only watch for the commentary! 😂 Curse those noisy brakes for making you fall off! Bad brakes.

[@Stopadoodledoo]

The first trail is the one we finished on when we did our Lakes trip (although you missed it due to your unplanned bicycle pub crawl; second is the one we did on the first night, they were ‘fixing’ the last bit (it’s where Bren crashed into the bags full of rocks multiple times). If you watched rather than just listening to the commentary, you would know that Tatty 🤣