Monday 1 April 2019 – A Pennington Flash Loop

This is a third time on this route, so I’ll be brief. The first, on 22 October 2019,  is recorded here, and the second, on 29 October 2018, is here.

On a cool, overcast, April morning, Sue, Al, Richard and I set off at 8.45 from Timperley Bridge. We followed the route previously described – canal to Worsley, Loopline and busway to Leigh, then canal to the Flash, where Richard and Al enjoyed baskets of chips, covered in tomato sauce, from a local kiosk. Sue had turned back at Worsley, she was inadequately dressed for the cool morning.

Still in need of an off road alternative, some relatively quiet roads saw us to The Mucky Mountains.

If you click on the following image, you should be able to make out some of their interesting industrial history from the information board.

Richard and Al studied the information presented, before we all headed off along the Sankey Valley to join the Trans Pennine Trail (drinks stop in the memorial forest), which we followed all the way back to the Bay Malton…. via a minor diversion to LD24 café in Stockton Heath, where coffee and cake were offered as an alternative to chips.

We were home from the 45 mile ride by 2.30 pm, despite three stops en route. Another pleasurable outing. Thanks for your company, folks.