At the risk of further route deviations resulting in a slapping from Colin, is there any reason to be going north on Black Moss Road from Oldfield Brow instead of straight through the estate and onto Dunham Town along Oldfield Lane?
That bit of the route originated from nickyboy's Llandudno route out of Manchester. As it happens, I rode along Oldfield Lane in the opposite direction on the way back from doing the first half of this year's Llandudno ride and was surprised at how twisty and narrow it is, and the fact that it climbs and descends as much as it does. I think the slightly longer but flatter route is a better option for a group of us.
My only suggestion to the route would be to avoid busy Winsford, I've been cycling (slowly) around Cheshire since a teenager and know it quite well, so maybe an alternative would be to use the quieter Whitegate, Clay lane, Little Budworth, Oulton Park route instead.
I normally avoid busy towns too but there is a
VERY good reason why my route includes Winsford...
Cycle.travel suggested a route through Middlewich and Winsford including quite a bit of canal towpath. I looked at pictures of that towpath and decided that it was not a good option, so I modified the route to use roads and chose what looked like some of the quieter roads available through Winsford and checked those on Streetview.
What I
totally forgot to do was to check what looked like a much better alternative via Whitegate, Clay lane, Little Budworth, Oulton Park...
I had spotted it but got distracted! I'll change the route. It makes it about 5 km longer but that is a price well worth paying
At the risk of getting a reputation, Winsford does have a spoons with good outdoor seating.
Pic from last two weeks passing through - I was sat inside shooting through the window - though the wifi also works outside.
(service a bit wonky and poor beer selection when I was there though)
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Ha ha, you and your 'spoons!
We will be missing out Winsford now, but we like the marina cafe so we would have stuck to that anyway.
I'll get to work updating the ride details ...
