Ride on 6th May Jim Gardner

An interesting ride including a Tow Top equivalent.

Decided to head for the wilds of the north but not quite in Hadrians area.

Going through a quiet Lancaster and over the river on to Aldrens Lane then through the Kellet’s via the cross roads.

After passing Clearwater a right turn taking me through Borwick then Priest Hutton to join the main road into Burton.

A left in Burton took me on to the usual route to Holme and in Holme the first left onto Moss Lane enable me to cross the A6 at Hale then go over Slackhead and drop down to Beetham where a left was taken to climb to the back gates of the deer park.

This is where the ride got interesting because instead of descending through the deer park I carried on onto an unnamed road which the map told me would lead to Arnside(but it didn’t show the condition). After an initial slight rise the road decided to go down and what a descent, brakes on all the way then finally rounding a bend towards the bottom where the road got really steep, a warning sign about lorries crossing going to the quarry. At this point discretion proved a favourite so off and walked(DOWNHILL!!)

At the bottom a sharp right the a left saw me going parallel to the main Arnside road but I arrived in Arnside safely to find Arnside was closed.

After a drink from my bottle a return to home via the level crossing, Yealands, Warton, Crag Bank then round Lancaster railway station to home.

A good ride and Tow Top eat your heart out(I am certainly never going to go up that road).

Jim