Friday 4th

We anticipated that today was going to be difficult as we had to cycle through the Liverpool / Manchester metropolis. We had a good quick early run to Frodsham which is where the problems started to occur. Trying to follow either Ordinance Survey Maps or signed cycle routes was very difficult. We ended up using mainly the former and using common sense. We could see the Runcorn bridge over the Mersey from some way out so headed for this landmark. We got over this bridge Ok and then cycled along the St Helen’s canal and up through Widnes, Burton-in-Wood, and on to Ecclestone. We eventually got ourselves on the old main road called the A6. This proved to be fairly quiet so we altered our route accordingly. We then made very good progress and got through Preston fairly well. Our nest stop was at Cabus near Garstang in Lancashire. The food tonight was kindly provided by relatives and someone back at Martock. They know who they are and we give them all a heart-felt thank you for their efforts. After dinner we reviewed the coming days route and decided to keep to the A6 as it had proved successful thus far.
Miles today = 74. The average was the lowest so far which was to be expected considering all the urban navigating through a lot of traffic.