Hotel recommendation for liverpool-leeds canal trip

[Jodami84]

Evening,

Looking at doing this trip next month over 2 days and am hoping that someone would be kind enough to point us in the right direction of a good place to stay around the halfway point back to Leeds so we can book a night.

Regards

Stu

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

halfway ish is burnley / rishton / blackburn. the canal runs very close and thru the town centers. the queen victoria, burnley is actually on the canal but frustratingly on the opposite side of the canal.

 

[Porg]

Well done to all that have completed this ride. A few of us are doing Liverpool to Leeds on Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd of September. I did a bit of a practice ride yesterday from Riddlesden to Gargrave then back onto Snaygill and I found it very hard going (mainly due to it being my first long ride out this year and my bum really hurting!) I've ridden Leeds to Keighley before and the surface it's excellent but I don't know what to expect from Gargrave through to Liverpool. Can anyone summarise what percentage is horrible rough, bumpy, bum breaking terrain as opposed to nice and smooth surfaces like Keighley to Leeds as I need to get myself mentally prepared for the pain lol! Also we are looking at accommodation just over the halfway mark and have seen the Holiday Inn Express in Burnley but are concerned about where we'd leave our bikes for the night! Can anyone recommend any alternative accommodation?