Snap Cycle Tour

Forget about the snap election, it's 6 weeks away.  The more important snap cycle tour is next week.  We are definately trying to fit the ride in before a nuclear war with North Korea but we can't guarantee it.

We decided that we would do a shortened 3 day cycle tour of the area where we were brought up.  A bit of a nostalgia tour really.  

We set off on Tuesday 25th April and we stay two nights in the village of Waddington, near Clitheroe.  We will cycle different routes from there to visit places significant to our childhood and early adulthood. I do not apologise for any old stories that might be told.  They will of course have to be carefully censored to avoid serious embarrassment.  We may also sample some of the local produce (especially the brown liquid type of produce) on the way, you never know but we may actually do more sampling than cycling!

We are only doing the shortened trip because I (Richard) am getting married on Sunday 30th April and it therefore fits in for brother, David, to travel over from France a little bit early for the wedding.  Maybe we could extend the cycle trip a little and I could put back the wedding to the 31st April!  I hope Janice doesn't read this!

Just for the uninitiated, I should explain that the Vernon brothers were born in Cliviger, near Burnley, lived at Simonstone also near Burnley for most of our young lives and we all went to Clitheroe Grammar for some period of time.  David is the eldest, I am the middle (neglected) brother and Peter is the sprog.  We have since travelled in different directions in life but have managed to fit in a cycle ride each spring for the last 3 years.  Up to now we have always made our trips an excuse to ride in Brittany to meet David.

If anyone from the Lancashire Hotpots group reads the blog...please forgive us.  We are fans and especially like the tracks called 'He's turned EMO', 'Chippy Tea', 'Barmaids Baps' and 'Keys Wallet Phone'.  Look them up on YouTube, if I can master it I will put some links on the blog.