Those Argentine empanadas are still on sale in Leyland

The tour starts in Leyland taking in the sights en route via Buckshaw Village, Astley Park, Chorley, Eccleston, Wrightington, Mawdesley Village, Croston & finishing inside the grounds of Worden Hall.

The Delph Diving Centre Café will be our stop mid-way for elevenses before our route up & down Parbold Hill. We'll stop for a late lunch around 13:15 at El Tano Wines inside Worden Park.

A mixture of busy A & B roads, residential streets, quiet & sometimes narrow country lanes, shared cycle paths, cycleways & cycle lanes. N.B. HILLY AREA AROUND PARBOLD with undulating stretches of road requiring only a good level of fitness, low (easy) gears to climb ascents of MAX gradient 5% & careful braking on steep descents of MIN gradient -11% after Parbold Hill Viewpoint.

Marco the chef & sommelier of El Tano will have prepared some authentic Argentine empanadas plus his signature biscoff & dulce de leche (like butterscotch) pudding. Also there're extensive wine lists to accompany your treats. "Yerba Mate" (Argentine green tea) is available as teabag.

For those coming by rail, a final 5-minute bike ride follows to catch one of the regular trains towards Manchester Airport.