Today I finally did a ride I've been thinking about for a couple of months. I live on the Wirral Peninsula, so I pedalled down to Woodside Ferry, got the ferry over to Liverpool and then cycled home by going all the way along the Mersey to Widnes, over the Runcorn Bridge and then back along the Wirral to home.
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Judith
Well done you! There's some steady climbs that way; deceptive, especially with only three gears! It was quite breezy up here today as well. Did you go through Albert Dock and along to Otterspool, then round the back by the airport and through Hale? Cheers,
Today I finally did a ride I've been thinking about for a couple of months. I live on the Wirral Peninsula, so I pedalled down to Woodside Ferry, got the ferry over to Liverpool and then cycled home by going all the way along the Mersey to Widnes, over the Runcorn Bridge and then back along the Wirral to home.
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Judith
Well done you! There's some steady climbs that way; deceptive, especially with only three gears! It was quite breezy up here today as well. Did you go through Albert Dock and along to Otterspool,
Yes. Strong headwind all along Otterspool Prom.
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then round the back by the airport and through Hale?
Er, no - but looking at the map, perhaps that would have been a better way. I went past the Jaguar factory and then turned right, off the main road, and headed to Hale Bank. As I was passing the factory (at quite a pace) I realised that I had passed an NCN sign on my left. I reckon this was probably part of the Trans Pennine Trail but I just kept going along the (fast and nasty) road.
I took my GPS receiver with me and have just loaded my route into Memory Map. It's interesting to see where I was ....... and compare that with where I *thought* I was!
