InghilterraHalsall53°34’55” N 2°56’44” W
12 febbraio, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌬 7 °C
Aunty Sam got the first check point, with bags of sweets to hand, while Grandma and I could scoot on ahead. All is good, the sun is shining and the weather is perfect
InghilterraScarisbrickSmithy Lane Ends53°36’15” N 2°53’14” W
12 febbraio, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌬 7 °C
After setting the kids off on today's leg, we jumped into the cars and headed off to the Ring O' Bells pub near Burscough (more of which later) - all part of the exceedingly complex logistics plan! ItLeggi altro
InghilterraWest Lancashire DistrictBurscough53°35’33” N 2°49’11” W 12 febbraio, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌬 7 °C
The Ring O Bells pub at Burscough is a perfect place to sit and wait. The car park is right on the tow path so the support crew could stay inside the car and wait for either the bikers to appear orLeggi altro
InghilterraWest Lancashire DistrictParbold53°35’18” N 2°45’57” W
12 febbraio, Inghilterra ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Fully refueled and refreshed, they're off again. A short hop on to Parbold where the bikers were taking photos of an old windmill and and swing bridge, while the support crew get to appreciate theLeggi altro
InghilterraBorough of WiganCrookeGathurst Railway Station53°33’41” N 2°41’42” W 12 febbraio, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Getting to Gathurst on the outskirts of Wigan, was a drive along memory Lane, these are the roads where I learnt to drive, taking you right past the famous Heinz factory and this stop is just down theLeggi altro
InghilterraWiganDW Stadium53°32’60” N 2°39’14” W
12 febbraio, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
The bucolic Lancashire countryside (a phrase I never thought I'd write) turned very urban, very quickly as we hit the outskirts of Wigan. However, it wasn't all shabby warehouses, barbed wire andLeggi altro
InghilterraWigan53°32’30” N 2°38’25” W
12 febbraio, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Wigan Pier was where we were aiming to finish today, After the previous 2 legs I thought this may be ambitious but achievable. Turns out everyone was up for just keeping going!
Grandma and I keptLeggi altro
InghilterraWiganLeigh Branch53°32’24” N 2°37’30” W
12 febbraio, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
Now I get it's exceedingly difficult to get water to climb hills, but how hard can it be to build a tunnel under the Pennines? I'm sure the Wigan Lock Flight is an exemplar of Victorian civilLeggi altro
InghilterraBorough of WiganAspull53°33’36” N 2°36’4” W
12 febbraio, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Having checked out a potential finish point at Redrock, thinking there was a big pub to finish at, we discovered that the pub was derelict and not actually a good finish point. So the support crewLeggi altro
InghilterraBorough of WiganWorthington53°35’2” N 2°37’44” W 12 febbraio, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
