EnglandHalsall53°34’55” N 2°56’44” W
February 12 in 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
February 12 in 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! ItRead more
EnglandWest Lancashire DistrictBurscough53°35’33” N 2°49’11” W February 12 in 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 orRead more
EnglandWest Lancashire DistrictParbold53°35’18” N 2°45’57” W
EnglandWiganCrookeGathurst Railway Station53°33’41” N 2°41’42” W February 12 in 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 theRead more
EnglandWiganDW Stadium53°32’60” N 2°39’14” W
February 12 in 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 andRead more
EnglandWigan53°32’30” N 2°38’25” W
February 12 in 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 keptRead more
EnglandWiganLeigh Branch53°32’24” N 2°37’30” W
February 12 in 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 civilRead more
EnglandWiganAspull53°33’36” N 2°36’4” W
February 12 in 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 crewRead more
EnglandWiganWorthington53°35’2” N 2°37’44” W February 12 in England ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
