We met up at The Bowburn Hall car park on Saturday morning comparing notes on various weather forecasts with a view to picking a dry route to Chester.
Eastern route South was the decision, so we set off as a group to head for the first planned stop at Squires Cafe for Tea and refreshments.
Suitably refreshed, we headed West through West Yorkshire heading for The Cat and Fiddle pass.
The Cat & Fiddle is now well policed via average speed cameras but is still well worth the ride. Second tea stop was at the Cat and Fiddle pub itself. At this point the wind was howling but fortunately the rain was holding off. - just the right conditions to try and plug a nice small hole in my rear tyre! Fortunately my well stocked top box always has Plug & Go kit and portable compressed available.
Arguments with the Sat Nav and some laps of the roundabouts later we made it to the hotel in Chester.
The evening's activities were a pleasant curry and a couple of pints followed by a walk back in the rain.
Fortunately the rain had gone by the morning and the first run was through Liverpool and up to Southport Pier for a brew and rock shopping!
A cross country route then took us to the Embsay Railway near Skipton for some lunch before heading back to the North East.
Overall a very successful weekend, for routes, company and conversations.
Points learnt - Bill likes to see all exits of least one roundabout a day, Sat Nav data is never fully up to date and punctures never happen in the sunshine!
Thanks to Bill for all of the excellent planning and preparations.
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