Great Dun Fell - Sunday 17th May

This is how I would download it to my Garmin 705.

Connect your Garmin to your computer. Follow the link to the route on Mapometer. On the left hand side of the screen are 'Controls', one of which is 'Export to GPS', click on this.

A window will open, choose 'Route' and then 'Save'. This will save the route in to the 'Downloads' folder on your laptop.

Open the downloads folder on your computer and right click on the Great Dun Fell file. On the options choose 'Send to' and then you should see 'Garmin(H):'. Choose this and the file will download to your Garmin. Once it has downloaded you will need to eject your Garmin from the taskbar at the bottom of your screen. Ejecting it will ensure the data is not corrupted.

Once it has been ejected I would then open the Garmin and check it has downloded ok by opening the file.

That is how it works for me, good luck

Don't know but I am still using the previous generation Garmin 705. I have only ever used a computer to download routes.

Anyone else help?

Time to finalise the details for Sunday. At the moment I know we have the following riders confirmed via this thread -

Car 1 - me, Howie W & Inder

Car 2 - John Lynch, DNA Dave, Garry L

Car 3 - Paul H, Colin Clarke, Mike Mayo

Not sure about transport for the following but confirmed-

Paul B, James Gerrie, Dangerous Dave & Chris Cooke. On Strava Darren Prout has also confirmed he is coming. In total that would be 14 riders, which would be a nice size for a group. Dangerous & Chris are going to see how they are with the pace but will be happy to ride without the group if they feel they are holding everyone up too much. (Dave, I have done a printed map for you as well).

If anyone else fancies a more B group pace I am sure Dangerous and Chris would welcome the company but please let me know on the forum if you are coming.

My contact number is 07753 496966 in case you need to contact me before or during the ride. Remember that riding in Cumbria might mean poor, or no phone reception in some areas.

This is a good but tough day out. The profile is skewed by having Great Dun Fell in the middle. Everywhere in the Lakes is up or down. We start within 2 miles of leaving Kendal by going up Shap Fell. Compared to Great Dun Fell on the profile it look nothing but it is a 9 mile climb but generally fairly steady. The route back in to Kendal on the way back is also very lumpy as we found when we rode out that way on last years ride.

Unless I hear from anyone else on the forum or by contacting me on the phone I am working on the numbers/riders above. If you are planning on coming but haven't declared yourself yet then I need you to do so. The day out takes some planning and planning for 24 is different from planning for 14, so help me out.

The weather will also have a say, maybe the final say. At the moment the forecast looks a bit changeable and all of the hills can be pretty exposed, particularly when you get over 2,500ft on Great Dun Fell. I will post here on Saturday night if I am going to give it a miss because of the forecast.

Hopefully see you all on Sunday.

I am going to have to drop out of the ride I was in an accident on the M6 ysterday, nobody was injured but my car ir written off. The airbags and seatbelt did their jobs but my chest is pretty sore. I am going to be too sore to ride.

I was taking Howie & Inder. I have let Howie know but don't have a contact number for Inder. If you have a contact number can you let him know or text me his number to 07753 496966.

I am going to call in the shop later to have a chat about Sunday anyway.

Gutted to have to miss out but know I have been lucky yesterday.