Terrific work with both the ride and the video, Katie! What a bonus to have encouragement painted on the road for you - a la TDF! For me, the widescreen stuff was the best. More of it in the future, if you can, please. 30% gradient - don't know how anyone manages that!
It was lovely to meet you at foodstop 2 Katie! I was a few minutes behind you after that...saw the road message to you..nice touch from someone! I couldn’t get up Hardknott. I felt the need to zig zag the angle out of the nasty bits but needed the whole road without other riders and walkers everywhere. Hats off to those who just gritted it out and rode straight up...phenomenal strength. Fantastic day! Some of the views....wow!
Ahhh was great meeting you too! Well done for doing it, you said it was the longest one you had done with that kind of elevation. We all did so good. Yep same for me at Hardknott, I need to zig zag but couldn't with so many other riders. Let's go back and conquer it! :)
Hi Katie, Im glad you had a good day for the fred and enjoyed yourselves because i know how tough it is in bad weather let alone good! well done for completing the ride, im just sorry i missed you on hardknott, P.S sorry i made you cry!!!
So happy for all involved that the weather was benign, otherwise there would have been a lot more tears in general, well done, it really doesn't get much harder than that!
Well done Katie & Jay! I saw that road writing as I climbed up Hardknott & wondered if you had gone past it yet, didn't see anyone with a spray can of paint though! The whole day was awesome & the perfect weather was the icing on the cake. I was driving through Ambleside centre early evening on my way home & there was a lady wearing a Vegan top exactly like yours riding along, I passed her then she ended up riding behind me shortly before turning off. I did wonder if it was you.
Edd!! I bet it was me! We were riding back to Ambleside I would guess at around 6-6.30pm? Should have knocked on the window and said hello 😊 Well done to you! What an epic day out!
The timing fits, so thinking back now, it was definitely you. At the time I wasn't 100% sure & so refrained from saying/shouting out incase of mistaken identity & therefore much embarrassment! Agree, it was an epic day, bring on next year! Oh, did the 'road writer' identify themselves?
OH, Gosh you made me cry happy tears for you guys too! Awesome video. Thanks for sharing it with the world. I'm starting my Road Bike Life in a few hours here in USA. I'm nervous as I'm new to it. But at the same time excited :)
Amazing effort Katie, well done and a big hearty congratulations. Just want to say again how much I enjoy your vids and your enthusiasm brightens my somewhat bleak day. Thankyou.
Superb ride Katie. Great video, beautiful scenery, well edited. Gonna have to get up there and do that ride, bit different to Suffolk and Essex where i live. Very inspirational video, well done again!
Super achievement! Epic event! Really touching moment there, nearly had me in tears! Super video Katie, you did a great job of capturing such a huge event! 👍🚴
Well done Katie and Jay you certainly earned the beer :).... fantastic coverage and editing of your adventure and so good to see the weather being kind for the event. Your special graffiti was a very nice touch as well, bet you wont forget that.... so proud of you..... well done :)
The other comments say it all👍😃. But for me, to see people walking up the hills was inspirational. I have ability issues that I am overcoming by cycling and now wont feel such a failure if I have to walk. THANK YOU
I was lucky enough to get a deferred place for it, and I feel tremendously lucky that I did. It is an amazing event and the support from people lining the route was truly overwhelming, to the point I filled up quite a few times! I'm pretty sure I saw you and Jay at some point, but I'm not sure where lol. Shame you didn't ride all of Hardknott, but there's always next year!
9:31 this is one of my favourite parts of this video... when you play with the music rhythm and the tilted angle of recording.... so well put together! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I wish I lived in a place like this. Just getting back into riding. Went on my club C ride yesterday and was utterly destroyed by some small climbs. Such a long way to go, but it would be so much easier to be inspired in a place like you're riding, than it is in the suburbs of Philadelphia.
Well done Katie and Kay, what an epic ride! I did a 76 mile sportive with 1,300 metres of climbing on the same day. You two must be crazy, not sure I could hack the Whitton 😁.
great video yet again. i was there at the same time as you but doing a slightly different challenge. i walked 45 miles over all the 3000ft peaks over 24hrs for charity (no sleep).. loved and hated it at the same time... legs are in bits so no cycling for a while.... looks like you had a super day. when i saw the signs i really wanted to do it.... maybe next year.... congratulations on riding such an epic route... kudos
Wow!!!! That is an epic challenge Colin, well done!! Yeah give it a go next year, or do the route on a day you know the weather will be nice. I imagine it's not very pleasant in bad weather.
Thanks Katie, although the Fred Whitton challenge isn't to be sniffed at either.. I love that somebody wrote your name on the floor too, what a wonderful "pick me up" - I needed that at the bottom of Scafell - Keep up the awesome work and hopefully we shall pass routes and give the knowing cycling nod to each other. Im out this Friday for a blast up t'dales (if my legs will allow that is)
Well done Katie , into my 2nd week in Mallorca, watched this in bed slightly squiffy and filled up when you booed over the go kook & jay, well done on the hard ride , keep the vids going 🤗
Fantastic achievement Katie and Jay and brilliant coverage of the event. Absolutely love how your're so grateful for everything Katie. Great result Vegan Warriors!
Brilliant video, stunning photography and smart edit. Really enjoyed it. My only tiny, tiny, totty gripe I have is as with a lot of vloggers, please take your shades off when doing pieces to camera. I know it's not always possible if grabbing a quick shot.
'Hopes may rise on the Grasmere, but honey pie, you're not safe here, so you run down to the safety of the town.' It may be the Fred Whitton but don't PANIC! Soz but as a big cycling AND Smiths fan it was Hardknott to. Oh and mahoosive chapeau! btw to you and Jay. It's on my list.
big well done you two :) , I've hiked and driven up and down those passes and they are proper hard work ( let alone riding a bike up them ) , it's 5 stars from me ;)
Awesome! well done Katie beautiful countryside reminded me of my home in Canterbury South Island, New Zealand. I really don't know how you can do those climbs. We have the Doi Tung climb in Chiang Rai on June 10 that's always a big challenge for me but great fun with the group. Take care. Cheers
Ooooh will have a look at that climb, I have always gone to Chiang Mai not Chiang Rai? How does it compare to Doi Suthep or Inthanon? Good luck with it! :)
Some cyclist just got back here from the Doi Inthanon challenge and said it was a very demanding climb. This will be my third ride up Doi Tung and yes, unfortunately, I have to stop now and then but I'm not alone there Lol. Have a look on u tube it will give some good info hope you can make it to Chiang Rai sometime its a beautiful place. Take care. Cheers
Hi Katie, I rode Hardknott today ice on the ground in parts. Your name is still clearly visible on the ground , by coincidence when I was looking at the ride beforehand last night on youtube this video was one I watched so I knew what the name related to when I saw it.
Hi Katie love your cycling clothes were did you purchased them from please ? I’m still fairly new to cycling .I have found your videos really helpful and fun. You inspire me to do more miles.
Hehe I love Honister Pass, the other way is a little bit harder though imo. Such an intimidating and steep climb. Barely managed it with 36x28 gearing.
Love seeing footage of the ride. Question, I’ve started to use my GoPro on my bike but strapped to the handlebars. Wondering if that’s the best place to mount it as opposed to maybe wearing the camera on the helmet so the view follows my view?
How did this compare to other challenging rides you have done? Was supposed to do this last year but now it’s next year. Looking forward to it, but also bricking it 😂.
It’s so great seeing you and others loving their cycling
What a great video, glad you liked the Lakes! Really touching seeing your response on Hardknott too, nice gesture by someone.
love to be able to do Hardknott without pushing 😟🌱✌️
You are so good, I know the "cry-feeling", eventhough I haven't tried a 30% climb. Thanks for sharing, Katie. 😊👍
That was epic, well done to you both and everyone else that tackled it. 👍🏻🚴🏻
Chapeau Katie & Jay . We sat and watched you all come through Elterwater . An amazing day clearly for all that took part . Very well done .
Massive congratulations, such an epic ride! Hats off to you both, and everyone else who took part.
Just been up Hardknott today and your "Come On Kookaburra And Jay" message is still on the road!!!!
YAYYYYYYY!!!!! Ahhhh I can't wait to see it again!!!!!!!!
Terrific work with both the ride and the video, Katie! What a bonus to have encouragement painted on the road for you - a la TDF! For me, the widescreen stuff was the best. More of it in the future, if you can, please. 30% gradient - don't know how anyone manages that!
It was lovely to meet you at foodstop 2 Katie! I was a few minutes behind you after that...saw the road message to you..nice touch from someone! I couldn’t get up Hardknott. I felt the need to zig zag the angle out of the nasty bits but needed the whole road without other riders and walkers everywhere. Hats off to those who just gritted it out and rode straight up...phenomenal strength. Fantastic day! Some of the views....wow!
Ahhh was great meeting you too! Well done for doing it, you said it was the longest one you had done with that kind of elevation. We all did so good. Yep same for me at Hardknott, I need to zig zag but couldn't with so many other riders. Let's go back and conquer it! :)
Katie Kookaburra it’s a date! :)
Amazing scenery, picturesque day, even some emotion thrown in. You covered it all. Nice job!
Thanks Jeff!
Well done Kooka. Loved the video. I am so looking forward to the weekend and getting on my bike. Thank you.
So nice of you to thank the spectators for cheering you on.
Hi Katie, Im glad you had a good day for the fred and enjoyed yourselves because i know how tough it is in bad weather let alone good! well done for completing the ride, im just sorry i missed you on hardknott, P.S sorry i made you cry!!!
No way.... was it you that put that on the road???????!!!!!!
Katie Kookaburra Yeah it was me 👍
Kudos for the road graffiti! Lovely thought mate
Daren Chandisingh cheers but prefer art over graffiti 😉👍
So happy for all involved that the weather was benign, otherwise there would have been a lot more tears in general, well done, it really doesn't get much harder than that!
Shockingly it does.
This event is already in mad hatter territory though so for most normal people it is the pinnacle 😅
Well done Katie & Jay! I saw that road writing as I climbed up Hardknott & wondered if you had gone past it yet, didn't see anyone with a spray can of paint though! The whole day was awesome & the perfect weather was the icing on the cake. I was driving through Ambleside centre early evening on my way home & there was a lady wearing a Vegan top exactly like yours riding along, I passed her then she ended up riding behind me shortly before turning off. I did wonder if it was you.
Edd!! I bet it was me! We were riding back to Ambleside I would guess at around 6-6.30pm? Should have knocked on the window and said hello 😊 Well done to you! What an epic day out!
The timing fits, so thinking back now, it was definitely you. At the time I wasn't 100% sure & so refrained from saying/shouting out incase of mistaken identity & therefore much embarrassment! Agree, it was an epic day, bring on next year! Oh, did the 'road writer' identify themselves?
Thanks Katie you inspired me to get a bike!!!! Nice Vid.
Anyone who does this challenge is a real world super hero
Well Done Katie. I’m so happy for you for the person who wrote your name on the road. You deserve the Best xx
Thanks David! 😌
OH, Gosh you made me cry happy tears for you guys too! Awesome video. Thanks for sharing it with the world. I'm starting my Road Bike Life in a few hours here in USA. I'm nervous as I'm new to it. But at the same time excited :)
Amazing effort Katie, well done and a big hearty congratulations. Just want to say again how much I enjoy your vids and your enthusiasm brightens my somewhat bleak day. Thankyou.
Superb ride Katie. Great video, beautiful scenery, well edited. Gonna have to get up there and do that ride, bit different to Suffolk and Essex where i live. Very inspirational video, well done again!
Superb Katie & Jay well done & that message on the road was so touching.
It really was!! I was crying all over the place haha.
Excellent video,you really captured the awesome atmosphere and support en route. A good effort , well done 👍
What a ride, amazing work! So glad you got such good weather. The scenery is stunning and your edit is fantastic. 😍
Super achievement! Epic event! Really touching moment there, nearly had me in tears! Super video Katie, you did a great job of capturing such a huge event! 👍🚴
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it! 🚴♀️😎
Hey, I'm the guy who borrowed a tube off of your friend at the finish to fit my friends deep section rims! Great video, great day out too! :)
Heeeey Lawrence! Did you friend get it sorted in the end? Them damn expensive wheels 😂 Yeah it was such a great day out, glad you enjoyed the vid! x
Well done Katie and Jay you certainly earned the beer :).... fantastic coverage and editing of your adventure and so good to see the weather being kind for the event. Your special graffiti was a very nice touch as well, bet you wont forget that.... so proud of you..... well done :)
I won't ever forget it! Going to get the picture framed. Someone recommended that to me and love the idea! Thanks for the support Dave :)
I'm all verklempt... Awesome video: your production values are fantastic. Congratulations on doing that epic ride, and cheers!
Thanks so much Trey!
Fantastic effort! Great footage of stunning scenery as well.
You make me feel like I'm there riding with you thank you so much 🚴💯
Thanks Kevin!
All climbs make me cry
Haha :)
Brilliant video k, really well shot what a fab day for you guys well done,qnd that writing wow!!
What a video! Congratualtions on completing it Katie👍. My name will be going in the hat for next year for sure 🤞🤞🤞🤞
Fabulous video! Your tears at the message on the road brought a lump to my throat, great ride guys.
It really did get me didn’t it 😪 wow so so kind!! So glad you enjoyed the vid x
It would have got me too. I'm far more emotional than any 43 year old man should be 😭
Wow...great video. You made me tear up. Your emotion was real. Thanks for sharing.
You go girl!You are my inspiration. What a beautiful and challenging ride. You have come a long way.
Thank you Maria! x
The other comments say it all👍😃. But for me, to see people walking up the hills was inspirational. I have ability issues that I am overcoming by cycling and now wont feel such a failure if I have to walk. THANK YOU
Absolutely fantastic, great filming and full of emotion, this was one of your best 👍
Thanks so much Mark, yeah I loved this one! x
Amazing footage, really get the impression of how just how steep it is. A massive well done to you and Jay!
Thanks Stuart ☺️☺️
Wow such emotional ride and footage, great work :)
I was lucky enough to get a deferred place for it, and I feel tremendously lucky that I did. It is an amazing event and the support from people lining the route was truly overwhelming, to the point I filled up quite a few times! I'm pretty sure I saw you and Jay at some point, but I'm not sure where lol. Shame you didn't ride all of Hardknott, but there's always next year!
Never heard of the Fred. I live in the US which is why I suppose. That hill! Otherwise the scenery was awesome! So beautiful.
9:31 this is one of my favourite parts of this video... when you play with the music rhythm and the tilted angle of recording.... so well put together! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Thanks so much! You are so good to me :) xx
I wish I lived in a place like this. Just getting back into riding. Went on my club C ride yesterday and was utterly destroyed by some small climbs. Such a long way to go, but it would be so much easier to be inspired in a place like you're riding, than it is in the suburbs of Philadelphia.
Love this video Katie! Got my first Fred Whitton Challenge later this year, and already dreading Hardknott 😳😬
Absolutely lovely video, if that doesn't encourage people to get out on their bikes then nothing will. Thoroughly enjoyed that thank you.
Beautiful video!!!!
Well done!
That area is absolutely spectacular.
Well done Katie, you had me in tears as well
Very inspiring Kate. You are living life to the max!
Well done Katie, great riding. That's a crazy tough route.
Well done Katie and Kay, what an epic ride! I did a 76 mile sportive with 1,300 metres of climbing on the same day. You two must be crazy, not sure I could hack the Whitton 😁.
Wow that's amazing! Well done on your ride x
great video yet again. i was there at the same time as you but doing a slightly different challenge. i walked 45 miles over all the 3000ft peaks over 24hrs for charity (no sleep).. loved and hated it at the same time... legs are in bits so no cycling for a while.... looks like you had a super day. when i saw the signs i really wanted to do it.... maybe next year.... congratulations on riding such an epic route... kudos
Wow!!!! That is an epic challenge Colin, well done!! Yeah give it a go next year, or do the route on a day you know the weather will be nice. I imagine it's not very pleasant in bad weather.
Thanks Katie, although the Fred Whitton challenge isn't to be sniffed at either.. I love that somebody wrote your name on the floor too, what a wonderful "pick me up" - I needed that at the bottom of Scafell - Keep up the awesome work and hopefully we shall pass routes and give the knowing cycling nod to each other. Im out this Friday for a blast up t'dales (if my legs will allow that is)
Well done Kate that hill was massive great achievement. Love your videos.
Thanks so much Darren x
Well done Katie , into my 2nd week in Mallorca, watched this in bed slightly squiffy and filled up when you booed over the go kook & jay, well done on the hard ride , keep the vids going 🤗
Ahhh Scott enjoy Mallorca!! So glad it touched you as well, honestly what an amazing thing to do!! :)
Well done to you both. Sooo inspirational to watch. Great production, the vlogs just get better.🌝
Well done Katie and Jay! Epic 👍
Fantastically filmed, amazing content and a pleasure as always to watch.
Wow thank you! That's such a lovely comment! :) Thanks so much x
Great video. Did the FW back in 2012. Hardest day I've had on the bike - EVER!!!
Fantastic achievement Katie and Jay and brilliant coverage of the event. Absolutely love how your're so grateful for everything Katie. Great result Vegan Warriors!
Thanks so much Bill. Really glad you enjoyed the video. It was such a great ride I’m glad I did it credit. Xx
Wow, beautiful landscape, I guess it is time to make holiday in the UK.
Reminds me of the backside of Der Moselle climb to Cochem (Deutschland/Rhineland-Pfalz). Avg 14% for 4km. Way to ride it out, Katie.
That is a climb! I live in the “little” mountains of West Virginia, USA. Love climbing but still struggling.You have beautiful places to ride.
Brilliant effort, beautiful scenery. Inspirational stuff!
Thanks for the videos Katie
Great ride, thanks for sharing! And yea, just watching this made me cry too! :)
beautiful video katie thanks!
Well done you two.cant beat a bit of nice weather for a change
Haha! A little cameo around 6 mins in :)
Good job Katie! Wow those endless straight climbs without hairpin turns must be very painfull. Must be hard to get into a good climbing flow.
Yeah I think mentally it makes them tougher as you know there's not rest coming up haha.
Now I can see why my prof loves the Lake District. So much nicer from bike view. Amazing vistas.
Beautiful video, beautiful ride. Hoping I'll be there one day
You're awesome Katie! Congratulations!
Well done Katie & Jay lovely video tough ride you done so well lovely part of the world. Not quite welwyn garden city.
Thanks for showing lovely to see on a great day as well, beautiful don't suppose I will ride it but would love to
Brilliant video, stunning photography and smart edit. Really enjoyed it. My only tiny, tiny, totty gripe I have is as with a lot of vloggers, please take your shades off when doing pieces to camera. I know it's not always possible if grabbing a quick shot.
Great video brings back memories from last year when I took part thank you Kate
Ahhhh glad you enjoyed it Steve. It’s a great route isn’t it. What was the weather like for you?
We had a mini heat wave last year which made the climbs a real challenge especially Hardknott pass
What camera do youuse at start it always looks so good Kate? subject matter helps :P x
'Hopes may rise on the Grasmere, but honey pie, you're not safe here, so you run down to the safety of the town.' It may be the Fred Whitton but don't PANIC! Soz but as a big cycling AND Smiths fan it was Hardknott to. Oh and mahoosive chapeau! btw to you and Jay. It's on my list.
big well done you two :) , I've hiked and driven up and down those passes and they are proper hard work ( let alone riding a bike up them ) , it's 5 stars from me ;)
Could have given you a Jennings to sup at the end. Proper local Lake District brew. Gratz on completing the Fred Whitton
Excellent that's some effort well done 👍💪🚴
Amazing video, well done! Inspired me to at least go along and cheer next time!
Epic movie, looked brilliant. Well done.
Thanks so much Rory! :)
Hi Katie. You are so awesome and such an inspiration!
Well done!! And those views were amazing!
Thanks Rachel, my gawwwwd they were incredible!!!
Well done, looked like a fabulous day out. Hopefully however, that paint won't be on the road forever 🙂
Awesome! well done Katie beautiful countryside reminded me of my home in Canterbury South Island, New Zealand. I really don't know how you can do those climbs. We have the Doi Tung climb in Chiang Rai on June 10 that's always a big challenge for me but great fun with the group. Take care. Cheers
Ooooh will have a look at that climb, I have always gone to Chiang Mai not Chiang Rai? How does it compare to Doi Suthep or Inthanon? Good luck with it! :)
Some cyclist just got back here from the Doi Inthanon challenge and said it was a very demanding climb. This will be my third ride up Doi Tung and yes, unfortunately, I have to stop now and then but I'm not alone there Lol. Have a look on u tube it will give some good info hope you can make it to Chiang Rai sometime its a beautiful place. Take care. Cheers
Hi Katie, I rode Hardknott today ice on the ground in parts. Your name is still clearly visible on the ground , by coincidence when I was looking at the ride beforehand last night on youtube this video was one I watched so I knew what the name related to when I saw it.
Ahhh you absolute beast riding up it today - with ice on the roads!! It’s bad enough gripping the road in dry weather! Well done!
Hi Katie love your cycling clothes were did you purchased them from please ?
I’m still fairly new to cycling .I have found your videos really helpful and fun. You inspire me to do more miles.
Wow KUDOS that is one heck of a tough challenge 🙌
Awesome, Epic all the words, great ride, well done you
Hehe I love Honister Pass, the other way is a little bit harder though imo. Such an intimidating and steep climb. Barely managed it with 36x28 gearing.
That climb looked brutal and a vids tend to flatten hills so it was probably even steeper than it appeared in the vid.
Brian K Kinney 33% steepest in England
Good effort, that hill is steep!🚵👏
Love seeing footage of the ride. Question, I’ve started to use my GoPro on my bike but strapped to the handlebars. Wondering if that’s the best place to mount it as opposed to maybe wearing the camera on the helmet so the view follows my view?
I did the Fred this year and noticed the message on hardknott :)
How did this compare to other challenging rides you have done? Was supposed to do this last year but now it’s next year. Looking forward to it, but also bricking it 😂.
Epic, thanks for sharing and very well done!!! :)
Thank you!
8:12 you deserve the reconnaissance miss.... you are AMAZING! 😉😉😉😉