Thursday Ride to Little Town Farm (Thornley) 27 May

We gathered at the Boot and Shoe for our ride to Little Town Dairy at Thornley near Longridge with an anticipated stop in Scorton for coffee on the way there and on the way back.

Setting off on our usually route through the University. The six of us were enjoying the warm sunny weather. In Galgate we turned up Stoney Lane passing Five Lane Ends and went through Street to turn right at Harris End cross roads. Heading for Scorton we took the first left to go over the water splash and travel along the fell road. In stead of doing the “Barnacre Loop” which would have meant us back tracking on ourselves we turned right to drop down to Snow Hill Lane and on to our refreshment stop at the Barn.

Suitably refreshed we went through Garstang and turned left at the Brockholes Arms to weave our way through the lanes going through Inglewhite to arrive at Chipping Road coming out of Longridge which meant after a left turn it was about a mile to our lunch time stop.

We had an excellent lunch sat in the warm sun(included a bottle of beer for me and Mike to show how the lockdown is starting to ease!). After lunch it was across the road to take the road down the side of the Derby Arms. We weaved our way though the pleasant country lanes avoiding the turn to Walmsley Bridge and Claughton Estate to arrive back into Scorton via Sandholme Mill.

Another refreshment stop but without Mike and Tim who both decided to carry on home.

Leaving Daisy Clough we decided to take our usual Winmarleigh loop as it was such a lovely afternoon. Eventually the six were whittled down to 3 the others making their own way home.

By the time I arrived home at 17.15 I had 52 miles in my legs but very pleasant miles with excellent company

Anyone who is interested in joining us can find information about our regular club rides on Thursdays and Sundays on our website: www.ctclancaster.org.uk

Jim Gardner