Lancaster Day 2 – Lancaster to Hest Bank

28 September 2019 Andy

For our short Lancaster vacation, we were staying at Lancaster University. The first ride had been a challenging cycle out to Jubilee Tower. This second ride, would be easier and take us out to Hess Bank. Mike was leading today’s ride.

The route started directly from the university.

Then took us back through Galgate.

We joined the Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal.

It was a lovely day as we followed this for the next three miles to Glasson Dock.

We stopped here, at a little portacabin called the Lock Keepers Rest, for a cuppa.

Back on our bicycles, we joined NCN Route 700 at the River Lune estuary.

We followed the River Lune Millenium Park path for the next five miles to Lancaster.

This was a path Sarah and I had cycled before when cycling our End-to-End.

After stopping briefly by the River Lune, we continued on and crossed the Millennium Bridge.

We then NCN Route 69 and followed another well-cycled cycle path as we made our way to Morecambe. This is also a section of the coast-to-coast cycle route the Way of the Roses 2017.

In Morecambe, we took a bit of time out and explored the sea-front.

I may have been here a few times, but, perhaps surprisingly, I had never cycled up Morecambe Jetty.

Ride leader, Mike, enjoys a rest on the coast

Of course, no visit to Morecambe is complete without seeing Eric Morecambe’s statue.

We might have stayed all day, however, we still had some cycling to do.

So we continued along the seafront towards Hest Bank.

At Hest Bank, we stopped for some lunch.

We used the Shore Cafe which is right by the beach. Since it was a lovely sunny day, we sat outside and enjoyed the coastal view.

After lunch, we climbed up Station Road and rejoined NCN Route 700 and the Lancaster Canal.

After a few miles, we crossed the River Lune via the Lune Aqueduct. It was built in 1797, so it has been around awhile. It is a fantastic feat of civil engineering.