Lake district new mountain bike trails

Mountain biking is climbing higher up the agenda for the Lake District as links to the Olympic games in 2012 is being promoted by local tourism and development chiefs.

The Westmorland Gazette says that they want to persuade the Olympic organising committe that the Lakes is a perfect place for training facilities for sports such as mountain biking as well as swimming and sailing.

It's the perfect ground for anyone needing to check out rough terrain and some epic climbs as well as killer loops.

And let's hope they don't forget the Howgills - home to the MBR's five killer loops. You can get guided rides around the loops if you want maximum fun from www.mountainbikeskills.co.uk which is based in the centre of all the routes!

As well as all that, we've got the Whinlatter forest which seems to be going from strength to strength, not forgetting High Street and Kentmere. Play on.