CER- Rose Farm To Blue Bell Cafe ( Westerlies)

This one is aimed at stiff Westerly wind hence, we head off south West and get on the Sandstone ridge for some protection and ride through to Helsby ( as there has not been to much rain in the last few days. So the lanes should be fairly good. There is a slight difference in this version to Helsby in that I have avoided the usually nice long climb of New Pale Road, through Manley Common ( this lane can be very wet & mucky, even flooded just after Manley common, so I have plotted the flatter more direct lane called Manley Road, as we have had a lot of rain over past month, but not the last few days.
The ridge provides fairly good cover from wind, as there are only a few short exposed bits.
The bit around Helsby is very protected. Then we head south on a reasonable crosswind and predominantly down hill until we turn NW on my fav lanes up beyond Manley Mere ( miss the bad lane) However, even this lane has good hedgerows & fair protection. Then a short mile into wind before heading south in a crosswind to the Blue bell on good lanes and back via Waverton and the canal with the wind. I can drop them at Brassy green.

This route does have the option of going to Meadow Lea, if wanted, by heading straight on and not left at the crossroads to Barrowmead.

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