Distance 86.3 miles
Cycling time 6 hours 42 minutes
Average Speed 12.8 miles
Total Miles 485ish
Personal blog from Geoff:
I woke this morning to a phone call telling me that my grandmother had died during the night. She was 97 years old but had been in failing health for a while, physically deteriorated but mentally sharp. It was sad rather than bad news as I knew she wanted to go. She said to my mother the previous evening “How come Michael Jackson gets to go and I am still here?” on the ball to the last.
It was a strange day on the ride today as well. We travelled along main roads between a series of Lancashire towns from Warrington to Wigan to Chorley to Preston and beyond. Along stretches of carriageway followed by the chaos of built up suburbia.
We had an advantage of no luggage to carry in the morning as the girls had arranged to meet us at Jane and Eric Thompson’s house outside Wiggin for lunch. What a difference it makes especially going up hill.
We had a lovely lunch (thanks to Jane) before heading north again. We travelled on main roads before we got to Bambrugh Bridge where we found a cycle track along a disused railway line leading to a big park in the centre of Preston. We enjoyed an ice-cream while we watched the police chasing a hoody on a moped around the park.
In Lancaster we happened across a cycle path along the river. We asked another cyclist which way to go to Carnforth which was our stop for the day. He took us with him along the track to Morecombe sea front and then along the promenade for a few miles until we joined the Lancaster Canal for the last 4 miles to Carnforth. What a great end to this ride.
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