MORE than 2,000 participants will take part in the 16th Fred Whitton Challenge charity cycle ride on Sunday.
Starting and finishing at the Grasmere Sports Field, the 112-mile anti-clockwise route takes in all the Lakeland passes.
Organisers are this year on course to reaching their aimed total of £1 million raised for charity over the last 16 years of the event.
The ride is now recognised as the hardest one day cycle ride in Great Britain and once again the organisers had to hold a lottery to select the riders' places.
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Riders will start individually from Grasmere between 6am and 8am.
Motorists are asked to note that they will be on the following route at these approximate times.
Ambleside, 6am to 8.30am; Kirkstone Pass 7am to 10 am; Keswick 8am to 11am; Honister Pass, 9am to noon; Newlands Pass, 10am to 1pm; Whinlatter Pass, 10am to 1pm; Loweswater 11am to 2pm; Cold Fell, 11am to 2pm; Gosforth, noon to 4 pm; Hard Knott Pass, 1pm to 5pm; Wrynose Pass, 1pm to 6pm; Little Langdale, 1pm to 6 pm; Grasmere 1pm to 7 pm.
The route will be marshalled and signposted, with warning signs for riders and motorists.
More information and a full detailed route map is on our web site www.thefredwhittonchallenge.org.uk
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