Dad was familiar with the route to Lancashire where he was based at Bickershaw mining complex near Leigh towards the end of his career with British Coal.
We circumnavigated Bolton and made our way over Winter Hill where the terrestial TV signal is broadcast for Cheshire. We could see a large proportion of Greater Manchester with the new top heavy building at Deansgate standing out.
We had some pretty heavy rain over Winter Hill and my cycling waterproof kept me dry and warm all day.
We stopped for lunch at Treats sandwich shop in Blackburn where I had a jacket potato with chilli and dad had a superb Lancashire Hotpot.
After negotiating our way through Blackburn we cycled to Whalley where we had coffee at The Abbey. The roads after Whalley became quieter, more cycle friendly and steeper. As we rode through the Ribble Valley and onto the Trough of Bowland the sun started to shine.
We climbed the last 13 miles to Slaidburn which got steeper and steeper, arriving at the Slaidburn Hostel at 5:30pm. Dinner at the local pub and bed at 9pm.
Happy Birthday to my nephew, Owen, who is 9today. He a big Liverpool fan and is visiting Liverpool for the Alan Kennedy tour. I wished him happy birthday this morning and I thought he was very polite not metioning Liverpools result against Stoke last night.
Tomorrow we will be cycling through my favourite part of England, the Lake District.
Stats
3312 feet climbed
62 miles for Pete
78 miles for Simon
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