Country Pub Crawl.

Thursday 27th April 2017

Today was pencilled in as a day of pleasant cycling in the beautiful Trough of Bowland.  

We had a slightly delayed start due to steady rain but by 10am we got away.  Yesterday was a bit of an old house visiting day and today became a Pub tour of the area.  We had agreed to meet cousin Alice again for a pub lunch too.

The route was through Grindleton, Sawley, Slaidburn, Newton, Dunsop Bridge, Whitewell, Bashall Eaves and back to Waddington.  Lunch was to be at the Inn at Whitewell (nice and smart).

The Hark to Bounty at Slaidburn for our first stop.  I think the boys are ready for a scrum down.

Parkers Arms at Newton - what a lovely view with the tulips.

We had a lovely posh nosh meal at Whitewell in comfortable surroundings.  We won't need to eat for the rest of the day.

We had an inkling that the road out of Whitewell to Cow Ark was going to be steep.  So we had to drag our full stomachs up the hill whilst we strained and gasped our way to the top.  Probably our toughest climb of the trip.

Here's David arriving at the top.  Not bad for an old man.  Great views.

We got back to Waddington with the logistical problem of loading 4 bikes and 4 people into the car.  We managed but had to take a couple of bikes to pieces and a couple on the roof.

Last photo of the trip.  Excellent trip.  Just one little thing to sort out in three days time (I almost forgot my wedding to my darling Janice).