Today’s ride from Ness Botanic Gardens up the Wirral Way to West Kirby and Hoylake got off to a late start followed by a puncture before we had even reached the Wirral Way! Thereafter the ride went smoothly leaving the Wirral Way in West Kirby to take in the views across the Marine Lake and thence along the coast to Dove Point where we headed inland to Saughall Massie. Probably the most unusual feature of this ride being the lack of even the slightest breeze along the Wirral coast! A late lunch was taken in Greasby after which we headed towards Irby, through Heswall and on to Thornton Hough and Raby before eventually joining NCN route 56 back to Chester. The difficulty of finding new routes to explore on our outings from Ness Botanic Gardens gave rise to some discussion during today’s ride. With our regular rotation of staring places we are looking to find six interesting and different rides a year across the Wirral: is this possible? One suggestion was to reduce the frequency of the starts from Ness Gardens by introducing an additional alternative start place that would allow more flexibility. It was agreed to give this a bit more thought before our next rides list is finalised.
Distance from Chester and back 48 miles.
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