Carnforth - Croston 48.18 miles
Wednesday 18th September.
After 3 days of atrocious weather with storms and rain at times sideways, we decided we have to make the move. Carol, the beautiful weather girl on TV, who we have been listening to intently over the last days, said that Wednesday would be a better day. And so it was for most of the time. Straight away after arriving at Carnforth we took ourselves to the Lancaster canal, which has the no. 6 running alongside. What a treat this was. We had been looking forward to this and we weren't disappointed. North of Lancaster we crossed the viaduct and continued cycling next to the river Lune which then became the Lune Estuary. At Conder Green we turned right on to the Lancaster road, the A588, then the B5272 to Garstang. On to the B6430 to Catterall, the A6 to Broughton, the B6241 to Preston, crossing the River Ribble, on to the A582 to Leyland, B5253 to Moss Side, turn right on to the A581 to Croston, where we are staying.
We did have some showers and used the underneath of the canal bridge to shelter. That gives you the opportunity to have a chat with some of the locals, who are very generous with their advice. Although I always use my Philips Navigator, I did get it wrong in Preston. We usually look for other cyclists to ask -they always know-.
Well, the first day is over. Hope the weather will hold for tomorrow, so far it doesn't look very promising.
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