Flower Power

Starting from Charnock Farm, we head up Wigan Road for a short way, before finding quieter roads and country lanes through the villages to the north and west of Leyland to the Bretherton Sunflower Farm.
Here we take our break for a hot drink or ice cream snack and a wander round the sunflowers (there is a small charge to go in of £1). There is a picnic area on site if you want to bring your own snack and there are also toilets. Please bring cash/card if you wish to make a purchase.
Leaving Bretherton, we head back in a south easterly direction, skirting Worden Park to where we started at Charnock Farm.

This is a relatively flat route, so we will be aiming to ride around 9-12 miles per hour, however we will ride to the pace of the slowest in the group and NO-ONE will be left behind.

Please arrive 10-15 minutes before the stated time to allow for faffage time, to ensure we can set off promptly at the advertised time.

Please check your bike over the night before, at least checking the gears, tyres and brakes.
Please also bring a correctly fitting helmet and the correct sized inner tube for your bike if possible.

This is a community group ride, not a guided ride. Although I am an experienced group rider and have ridden the route before, I have not risk assessed it and am not a qualified leader or first aider. I will happily assist with any issues to the best of my ability, but please ensure you have alternative transportation home in case of any mechanical that cannot be resolved en route. I try to keep to cycle paths and quiet roads and lanes where possible, however busy roads cannot be avoided completely and there are the associated hazards that go with these.