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joshdudeha Scooby Slapper
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Posted: 21:58 - 30 Jun 2014 Post subject: Daily commute through the Forest of Bowland |
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Never done one of these before, and haven't posted in ages, so here goes!
I'm a student at Lancaster university studying computer science and have been fortunate enough to have a bike with me for the duration, I had a Bandit which was brilliant and I recently sold it for a CBR600FW which I'm loving. I'm now doing an internship in Clitheroe (about 25 miles over the tops) for the summer and thought I would document my ride to work, as it is really quite beautiful. The Forest of Bowland, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty really is one of my favourite places in Lancashire - so I hope you enjoy some of the pictures I took this morning (I got up earlier for work for these! )
Heading out of Lancaster on the way to Quernmore you are greeted with this. As you can probably make out in the distance, there is a pretty steep road that zig zags very harshly and that's where I have to go. Just after where this picture was taken there is a near identical one going downhill which I have had a close call on in wet weather and not so good tyres.
https://i.imgur.com/E9bBekFl.jpg
After going through the small village of Quernmore and going up that sharp road (and passing a lot of sheep on the way), you come out to some high ground near Clougha Pike and the views here are amazing on a clear day.
The mountains in the lakes are visible in this one, along with a small view of Morecambe Bay:
https://i.imgur.com/6D0QqjTl.jpg
You can see pretty much the whole of Lancaster, Morecambe and Heysham in this one, with the river Lune flowing straight through the middle:
https://i.imgur.com/HupTtgWl.jpg
This one is my favourite view, you can make out the outline of the country on the Fylde coast, which encompasses Blackpool, Fleetwood and Lytham St Annes. If you zoom in on this picture and look very closely, you will see Blackpool tower. I'm fairly sure you can get a glimpse of Preston too (lucky eh)
https://i.imgur.com/01r6EX1l.jpg
More pictures up here:
https://i.imgur.com/ZLHCt1hl.jpg
Showing the Jubilee tower, built in the 1800s I think and showing the start of the big hills
https://i.imgur.com/r8oXBfpl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Y33CQ9ol.jpg
Obligatory bike in the way pictures
https://i.imgur.com/emjLWmpl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/7GTvHBfl.jpg
Making your way through on the way to the Trough you go through lots of small avenues which are really pretty in the sun, and miserable in the wet and cold
https://i.imgur.com/HQcNcs5l.jpg
I don't know what hill this is but I'm certain there are roads on it, and I will find out soon I think. Over that hill is Garstang and Scorton I think:
https://i.imgur.com/wMwdDNil.jpg
Pretty blurry picture of the other side
https://i.imgur.com/lyk5Magl.jpg
After more dips and hills and sheep and suicidal rabbits, you come up to the Trough of Bowland, a valley in the Forest, which is the main thing you see on signposts. It is literally just the road that cuts between these hills. This stone marks the historical boundary between Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire - pre 1974 innit. So even though I'm riding through Lancashire past this, it technically is still Yorkshire (and that makes me feel a little ill )
https://i.imgur.com/MMWMv0Nl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/aayGirBl.jpg
Leaving Lancaster City district at the Trough
https://i.imgur.com/R5jlz8Fl.jpg
Start of the Trough. I would have stopped to take more pictures on the descent, but low visibility and fast moving cars made it a little suicidal to stop halfway down the hill.
https://i.imgur.com/sGFV9Kcl.jpg
This is my favourite picture spot on the way to work, you can see right up the hills or right down to the road below, absolutely brilliant (perfect for bike pictures ):
https://i.imgur.com/OTB5mjTl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/o6SZ33ll.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/XmVFgxVl.jpg
At the end of this road heading up towards Dunsop bridge is a little carpark and a lovely little stream (which I believe is actually the drinking water for Preston!)
https://i.imgur.com/CNCbrVfl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/t18ku24l.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/DUF5v6dl.jpg
So yeah, this is all I had time for on the way to work this morning, I want to get the second half tomorrow morning which includes Dunsop bridge, more sheep and a lot more hills! Apologies if it wasn't the most descriptive, but I just wanted to share the wonder I get to ride through each morning and each evening, very lucky to have such great landscape close by. ____________________ Piaggio Zip 50 -> Yamaha YBR 125 -> Kawasaki GPZ500S '96 -> Suzuki GSF600N Bandit -> Honda CBR 600FW
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Posted: 11:49 - 01 Jul 2014 Post subject: |
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nice round there.. bit of a trek for me .. usually tied in wit devils bridge, caton lay-by and settle.. summer is best will be terrible as the weather closes in. ____________________ Whatever I post I have no citation and no intention of providing one..
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Posted: 11:59 - 01 Jul 2014 Post subject: |
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all I can think about from the first few pictures is….
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Heartbeat_title_card.jpg
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Posted: 17:54 - 01 Jul 2014 Post subject: |
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but that's in the moors not near the dales
try this a little closer ____________________ Whatever I post I have no citation and no intention of providing one..
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Posted: 09:26 - 02 Jul 2014 Post subject: |
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Thought I recognised one of the pics from the Practical Sportsbikes FB page, looks like a pretty scenic commute ____________________ Current: 55 FZS 1000S, 02 FZS 1000, 77 CG 125, 04 XR 125 Some Bike Pics...
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I was up that way at the weekend, I enjoy parking my tatty bike by the front door of The Inn at Whitewell and popping in for a shandy and upsetting all the snobs on the back terrace overlooking the river. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 9 years, 272 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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