Mammoth Bike Ride

Above the Lune

Saturday was a horrible grey, rainy day.  Tom went to Skipton with the Durkins as he was playing football there.  We stayed behind so we could meet up with Diane to discuss how we are going to object to the most recent planning application for homes behind us - yes he is at it again, although this time it is for 13 houses, not the 25 he planned last time.

Diane doesn't even live in the affected area, but her parents do, she has no partner or children, so this is her little project, also she seems to hate Mr Brown.  She has found a useful map by English Heritage or Historic England as they are now called showing the area to have Heritage Assets.  Can only be good.  She is going to print some flyers to get people to object.  We will see what happens.

Beach statue near Hest Bank

The rest of the day was a bit of a washout.   We went to Bernies for lunch and then watched some nature documentaries on the telly.



Sunday dawned bright and sunny, hurray.  We decided to head to Bull Beck with the bikes.  The plan was to ride to Morecambe, up to Hest Bank and back to Bull Beck via the viaduct.  A ride of 16 miles.  Now, considering we haven't cycled much recently, we were worried that it might be a bit on the long side.  Oh no.  Even though Tom's bike is quite small, he shot off and didn't stop.  Don'/t think he even got out of puff!  I'm now worried for when he gets a bigger bike as I could only just keep up with him this week.  With bigger wheels, he is going to have to wait for me to catch him up.

The Lune Aqueduct

It was a really good ride, not only because it was a very sunny day, but because the ride had a bit of everything: canals, rivers, seaside, viaduct, a stop in a vintage milk bar, and a couple of hills.  We did it in no time at all, my legs were shot by the end though!  A good day, need to find some longer, more challenging routes for the future (gulp!)