EnglandHalsall53°34’55” N 2°56’44” W
12 februari, England ⋅ 🌬 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
EnglandScarisbrickSmithy Lane Ends53°36’15” N 2°53’14” W
12 februari, England ⋅ 🌬 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! ItLäs mer
EnglandWest Lancashire DistrictBurscough53°35’33” N 2°49’11” W 12 februari, England ⋅ 🌬 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 orLäs mer
EnglandWest Lancashire DistrictParbold53°35’18” N 2°45’57” W
EnglandBorough of WiganCrookeGathurst Railway Station53°33’41” N 2°41’42” W 12 februari, England ⋅ ⛅ 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 theLäs mer
EnglandWiganDW Stadium53°32’60” N 2°39’14” W
12 februari, England ⋅ ⛅ 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 andLäs mer
EnglandWigan53°32’30” N 2°38’25” W
12 februari, England ⋅ ⛅ 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 keptLäs mer
EnglandWiganLeigh Branch53°32’24” N 2°37’30” W
12 februari, England ⋅ ⛅ 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 civilLäs mer
EnglandBorough of WiganAspull53°33’36” N 2°36’4” W
12 februari, England ⋅ ⛅ 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 crewLäs mer
EnglandBorough of WiganWorthington53°35’2” N 2°37’44” W 12 februari, England ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
