I wasn't sure how a ride would go, as various muscles were objecting due to a combination of hours in the garden shovelling tons of stone a couple of days ago and yesterday in London lugging a heavy bag around various places.
Decided to follow the East Lancs road (A580) towards St Helens and then across Burscough as had planned a trip including the harder side of Parbold Hill. The plan went out of the window when I missed the junction
and not having sat nav on my bike and only realising some way past, I then had to make it up as I went along.
Should by any chance, anyone from Salford HIghways Dept read this, the cycle/footpath alongside the A580, within the Borough, is one in name only. Please take a leaf from Knowsley Borough's example:
Anyway my a la carte ride took me through Kirby, Melling and Maghull, before heading in broadly the direction of home by taking in Bickerstaff, Rainford and a climb up to Billinge then across to Ashton In Makerfield and down to home.
Glad I took my arm warmers and long sleeve top. Ride started off in sunshine but this quickly disappeared and the air was positively cooler by the end of the ride..
Ride cut short due to home committments but pleased with the 42 miles.