The Route
The Frog Whitton route starts and finishes in Grasmere and follows a similar journey to the Fred Whitton cycle route. There are 9 legs with a total distance of 102 miles, 96 miles of cycling and 6 miles of swimming. The longest swim is 2 miles.
Leg 1: Bike
(18 miles, 1900 feet)
Grasmere car park - Ambleside - Holbeck Lane - Kirkstone Pass - Glenridding Steamers car park
Leg 2: Swim
Ullswater (2 miles)
Beach at Glenridding Steamers Car Park to beach at Air Force / Matterdale Junction
Beach near Ullswater steamer terminal at Aira Force
Car Park: Aira Force National Trust
Transition 2
Leg 3: Bike
(15 miles, 1200 feet)
Aira Force / Matterdale Junc - Matterdale End - A66 - 1st exit to Keswick - Theatre by the Lake - Derwentwater beach
Transition 3
Theatre by the Lake car park, Keswick
Leg 4: Swim
(2 miles)
Derwentwater beach at Theatre by the lake - Beach at Kettlewell National Trust car park
Transition 4
Beach at Kettlewell National Trust Car Park
Leg 5: Bike
(11 miles, 1300 feet)
Kettlewell NT Car park - Honister Pass - Buttermere -
Crummockwater South Beach
Transition 5
Leg 6: Swim
(1.5 miles)
Crummock water south beach to Fletchers Fields layby
(swim exit is quite hard to find from the lakeshore)
Transition 6
Fletcher’s Fields Layby (Limited Parking)
https://goo.gl/maps/iGeJGgNGtFvyNFw57
Leg 7: Bike
51 miles (5,600 feet)
Crummockwater (Fletcher’s Fields layby) - Loweswater - Lamplugh - Croasdale - Ennerdale Bridge - Cold Fell - Calder Bridge - Gosforth - Eskdale Green - Hardknott Pass - Wrynose Pass - Blea Tarn - Chapel Stile, Clappersgate - Under Loughrigg road - Pelter Bridge car park, Rydal.
Pelter Bridge Car park, Rydal
Transition 7
Leg 8: Swim
(0.5 miles)
Rydal water swim - beach to tree at Grasmere end
Gate on main road
Park at White Moss Car park (200m further on)
Transition 8
Leg 9: Bike
(1.5 miles)
Rydal water exit - Grasmere car park. FINISH!!!!