Ride 29th June 2023

This was my last full days ride for a few weeks due to unforeseen problems

We gathered at the favourite spot outside Booths at Scotforth and travelled via the University to Galgate. We left Galgate going up Stoney Lane. Turning down Whams Lane onto Hollins Lane then the main A6 so we could turn left into Station Road and Scorton then on to Garstang. Crossing the A6 at the lights led us on to Longmoor Lane then Skitham Lane where,at the end we turned left. Waiting to regroup at Cartford Bridge we decided to alter the route and try out a cafe on the caravan site on the way to Hambleton. We eventually found the cafe at Crane Hall fisheries. Another excellent stop for coffee(and possibly lunch!)

Leaving the fisheries we retraced our ride to the main road and followed the Wyre towards Hambleton.

We now had a number of ways to get to Knott End.

At the first junction(Chapel Lane) we turned right to pass Crook Gate Lane then at the t-junction we again took a right turn(Knitting Row Lane) heading for Clay Gap Lane(a left turn). Another right turn at Sower Carr enabled us to go over the A588 onto Brickhouse Lane then Highgate Lane, then Back Lane into Preesall and to our lunch time stop in Knott End.

Lunch was taken at various places, cafe, squash club or even the shelter!!

Beggar! the squash club was not doing food again so we went into the bakery and ate in the shelter only when we had finished did we realised we could have gone into the Bourne Arms!!!

Homeward bound now but problems, if we went direct we had two choices the busy main road or the rough Gulf Lane so to avoid those(and to get back to our afternoon stop!) we decided to go via Cogie Hill(in spite of the hellish climb!).

A leisurely afternoon stop at Wallings saw us returning home via Whams Lane and the University. All in all a good satisfying ride and probably my last long one for a few weeks.