The fourth and final day of the 2016 Ring o’ Roses cycle trip with Ian and Steve. 87km including the (short!) train ride.
Route: taking the quiet road along the east side of the lake to Nibthwaite, Spark Bridge and the sadly closed bakery at Greenodd. There taking the new route 700 on a dire path making its way to the B5278. Here deciding to avoid a steep ascent and instead careering along to another sadly closed café at Holker Hall, and again at the garden centre Cark. Instead pausing for a beer at Allithwaite and then waiting for a 14:05 train from Grange to Arnside, only just being permitted onboard. Then climbing to Silverdale, getting a little lost looking for Route 700 around Jenny Brown’s Point, climbing onto the shoulder of Warton Crag before descending for tea at the Carnforth Station Refreshment Rooms. Along the canal to Hest Bank and then on the road and Promenade to Morecambe. Back to Lancaster along a new Green Way cycle track arriving over the Millennial Bridge for beer at the George and Dragon before a circuitous route, again involving the 700 and the canal, visiting Ian’s new house and returning to his old one.Conditions: initial rain clearing to cloudy morning and sunny afternoon.
Pub: the Pheasant, Allithwaite for Loweswater Gold and Cross Bay Halo. The George and Dragon, Lancaster for Timothy Taylor Boltmaker, Titanic Ale Over, Moorhouse Blonde Witch and Banks Dragon’s Heart.
