Saturday, 7 March 1925 Great Budworth

Charlie’s conscience plays him up today, so off he toddles to make amends for his slackness, with only a day to spare !   But it gets him out as he puts it, perhaps he was feeling a little under the weather himself.

Saturday, March 7                                 Great Budworth

I had promised to notify the people at the café in Great Budworth today that the club would be calling tomorrow for tea, so at 2.30pm I started with a steady breeze before me, and a rather strong sun keeping me warm.  At Walkden I met a cyclist I know well, and accompanied him to Patricroft, where he left me en route for Sleighs shop (a well known cycle place).  After waiting fifteen minutes at Barton whilst a ship went through, I joined the lanes to the Stretford-Barton road, then more lanes via Urmston to Altrincham road, which, as expected, I found laden with petrol traffic.  None too soon that town was reached, from where I joined the Chester road.  From Bucklow Hill, this road is very pretty when the motors have gone, and I traversed it for many miles via Mere and Tabley to Holford Hall, where I entered the bylanes.  The scenery was rather moderate, and the wind aggressive to Pickmere, but later it backed up, and soon I reached my destination, just at twilight.

During tea, the leader of the run turned up, thus making my journey unnecessary, but it mattered little – it had got me out.  We started back together in the dark, traversing the rough winding route to High Legh, then down via Broomedge to Warburton.  Whilst crossing Chat Moss, a violent rainstorm came on, but we managed to weather it without capes – we follow ‘Wayfarer’s’ idea of letting it thoroughly settle in before donning capes, for very often, as in this case, the rain eases when capes are put on, starting again when they are packed away.  Glazebury, then lamp-lit roads to Butts Bridge, lanes to Atherton, and up Squires (or Fair’s) Brow, brought us home about 10pm.

58 miles

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