IT'S MAGNIFICENCE INSPIRED William Wordsworth, but have the millions of tourists that now visit the Lake District left it a sight for sore eyes? mbr takes to the saddle for a serious 100km epic and waxes lyrical about the poet's old stomping ground

To circumnavigate Scotland's Cairngorm mountains involves riding along the singletrack furthest from civilisation in Britain, not washing for three days, and taking BOB along for the ride.