Ride from Beaumont to Grange via Beetham, Sunday 1st March 2020

Another Sunday ride, another storm; this time  Jorge. The forecast was for leg-sapping 48mph  WSW gales, tempered by spring sunshine.  Five CTC riders considered the prospect too good to miss.

Beetham arrived in record time via the Kellets and Holme, the wind at our backs. Two more riders had bagged a ‘sharing’ table for us. Still a long way to go to fell Foot Country Park, so a residue of five riders took to the A6 open road to hasten with the gale to Levens.

A block headwind hit us from here to Witherslack: no escape, but teamwork resulted in reasonable progress. Then a retreat onto sheltered debris-strewn lanes to Lindale and a change of plan. Lunch at Grange was the consensus !  Bay View café , living up to it’s name with elevated views of the shimmering sands, supplied filling fare for the return trip. No choice here ( Meathop three feet under water), so a retrace of the outward route. This time enhanced with a prospect of snow- blanketed peaks reflected in the huge ephemeral lakes in the valley bottom.

Into the teeth of the wind again from Levens, but shelter sought via Heversham village and Dallam Park. Just time for a coffee at Leighton Moss, and home for 5.00 in the late afternoon sun, with 58 miles on the clock.

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