Ambush !

No need to elaborate here !  The route taken was the Rivington to Belmont road, which is quite a climb to well over 1000 ft, and I can confirm it does get more than its fair share of snow in our winter months.  Except that being ambushed in the end prevented them from achieving their objective, obliging them to return to the Crown Hotel.

I should say that we have no evidence that the riders ever imbibed at these local hotels, but the Crown, like the Beehive two miles further along Chorley New Road, had large forecourts so the massing of cyclists outside was never going to be a problem.

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