Ivan and I drove through to Delamere in torrential rain and with an outside temperature of 8c; this dampened our enthusiasm for today's ride out to “The Vine” at Dunham Massey.
The Met office had forecast the rain to ease with only occasional showers from late morning but we weren’t convinced and came very close to abandoning our day out. We used a route designed by Ivan which led us through Norley and out to Acton Bridge. It was here the sun emerged allowing us to remove our waterproofs. Continuing on, we skirted around the eastern side of Lymm arriving at “The Vine” just after midday.
The weather forecast was obviously correct as the sun was now shining and the roads had dried considerably throughout the morning making for an easy trouble-free ride. Our venue was not to busy so our order of food and drink was delivered promptly and we were back on the bikes in no time.
Initially heading south east, we skirted around the boundary of Dunham Park and through the village of Hale.Turning to the south west we then weaved our way past Tatton Park and through Great Budworth stopping briefly to admire the Anderton Boat lift. After crossing over the River Weaver we navigated our way through Northwich and Hartford to join our outbound route at Norley. Here we came across the Mod’s who were returning from their ride to Goostrey. On reaching Hatchmere Ivan and I parted company as he decided to make the most of good weather and ride home.
I’m glad we made the effort to ride this morning because the change from appalling to good weather conditions did allow us to enjoy an uneventful 50 mile route.
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