Calder River

Glorious day - no wind, likelihood of sun later in the day. Now in Lancashire.

It seemed simple but the morning route had us on paths through various woodlands. A few wrong turns and it was a very slow and tedious 20km. However things got better after a coffee stop and we had a great cycle along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, River Ribble & Lancaster Canal.

We met some other cyclists on the outskirts of Preston and they suggested we follow them on a slightly different route. After a very circuitous deviation, I realised their proposal, whilst scenic, involved even more canal towpaths and tricky barrier crossings and an extra 15km. So Gaylene & I decided to head for Garstang on the original route, whilst the boys did more canal stuff. Good call on our part - apparently the towpath got more lumpy & bumpy.

Distance: 71km. 400 m AscentRead more