Our annual ride from Glasson Dock to Morecambe is as always quite flat; no-one would be enjoying the exhilaration of swooping downhill, just the delight of riding a very scenic and cycle friendly route, despite what the summer weather could throw at us.The first leg of the run up to Lancaster is beside the Lune Estuary and then the river itself, hence the title; remove the ‘e’ and ‘n’ and it means something entirely different, but nevertheless perhaps true to some extent.This usually busy route was very quiet, with one exception, all the way up to Morecambe in fact; perchance most folks had heeded the weather forecast, although it was not too bad for the ride out.
We left Glasson Dock at low tide after an early cuppa at the dockside café, the Lantern O’er Lune; we arrived before opening time, but were made most welcome.The only well trafficked part of the route was on Lancaster’s Millennium Bridge, that aside we made good time, and enjoyed lunch under the glass veranda at Rita’s Café on Morecambe’s Promenade.
As we prepared to leave the rain became more persistent, in fact it persisted down until we reached the Café d’ Lune at Conder Green which was closed; the cook told us it was not busy enough to justify opening; they obviously do not care about the travelling public, it’s certainly gone down in my estimation.
Back at Glasson we were again made welcome at the Lantern O’er Lune, and served with alacrity whilst we watched two vessels passing down through the locks before heading out to sea.
Even though we were rained upon, very heavily at times, it certainly was not cold and the verdict was that it was an enjoyable run despite the typical British summer weather!
The photographs I took may be viewed here on our Flickr account.
Thank you all for your always cheerful company, see you again at Botany Bay next week, Brian.