27th February 2022 to Wray, then up Roeburndale and down Littledale

'Where's the Brew Stop? The off-road cycle touring website'. About off- road cycle touring routes, cyclist’s cafes, off-road cycle touring, local group events and good photos. For cyclists who love off-road leisure cycling in Northern England

We use cookies to ensure that we give you best possible experience on our website. By continuing to use the website we assume that you agree to our use of cookies you read our site privacy policy at this link.

2022 Photo Galleries

27th February 2022 ride to Wray, then up Roeburndale and then down Littledale

- Ride report - Route -

The view from the Crook O’Lune looking up the Lune Valley.

Chatting at the Crook O’ Lune.

Heading up Back Lane into Wray.

The cake photo at the Bridge House Farm Tearooms in Wray

Reflections in teapot.

Looking at the view where the River Roeburn joins the River Hindburn which is small walk from the tearoom.

Lunch time view.

Farm trailer on the skyline.

Another lunch time view.

The view looking along the public byway towards Roeburndale from Haylot Farm.

Heading down Roeburndale Road into Littledale.

A lensball view of Halton Station.

Heading up the public byway from the Kitten Bridge to School Lane.

The view looking up Roeburndale (This photo taken on tripod)

Lunch time.

The afternoon brewstop at Woodie’s Cafe at the Crook O’Lune.

Ride report by Simeon Orme I am all ways surprise that someone want to come out on ride with me, maybe its the good photos that I take on the ride or my good company but my role on the ride is to act as the guide and get folk talking to each other, also point things where there good view to stop at! Not everyone wants to do a demanding ride like other ride that was advertise on the RSF website for same day, which had five members of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship on it, which started from Wray and headed up Roeburndale, then followed the Salter Fell Road across to Slaidburn and returning to Wray via The Cross of Greet Pass. For me now Salter Fell road ride is a summer ride, I have done both ways in past and if thinking of doing it, its best starting from Slaidburn end main reason for this is at boundary between the two estates, there hardcore surface from the boundary gate down to Higher Salter Farm in Roeburndale and also think the views are a lot better going from South to North on this track. Anyway getting back to ride, my mobile phone starting ringing at around 9.17am, it was Nick letting me know he and Eileen were heading up the M6 to join me for the ride and Sandra who lives in same village has me was waiting at Halton Station. I was also on the new bike a Trek FX3 with hydraulic disk brakes, with new Brook Saddle (Which did not come with bike) and also bought new Carradice Camper Longflap Saddlebag. I will let work how much spend on the new bike but for the sort of cycling I want to do in future which is mixing the cycling with the photography its right bike for me, the conversation that I had with Simon at the Edge Cycle Works in Lancaster, was that I had look at Trek FX3 on the website, he said it was good choice and ask me how tall I was and said I would need a large size. Nine days later I was owner of new bike and after first full day’s ride on it, I am fan of hydraulic disk brakes. If thinking about treating your self to Carradice Camper Long flap Saddlebag, buy it via Spar Cycles of Harrogate you save your self about £17 off recommend retail price. About the ride you can find several different ways of doing this route in the route guide on this website but the way we did it on this ride, I think is the best way of doing it, we took around six hours to do it, this included two cafe stops and one lunch stop plus a lot chatting and quite a bit of walking up hills. In my case listening to adventures that other three had on their cycling adventures abroad. Also three of us in the party were card carrying members of the Rough-Stuff Fellowship and if not heard of this cycling club, its world oldest off-road cycle touring club which was started in 1955 and I have been a member long enough to known some of original members who set up the club. So there about three off-road section which can easily ride on touring bike. The first section of the ride is fairly easy to do following the cycling path up the Lune Valley to the Crook O’Lune, do stop and spend few minutes looking at the view up the Lune Valley, on good day you will see Ingleborough in the background about good 20 miles away. From this point of the ride most of the ride is in the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, for those of you reading this outside England this is national park. The next stage of the ride, is following path through the Hermitage Field which as been planted up with wild flowers and you can learn more about this field at this link. After heading through the field, we follow multi-users path at side of Low Road up start of Park Lane which we followed up to Kirkby Lonsdale, beware of the hairpin bend after Halton Park if don’t have lower enough gears, you will be walking up it but this may be not bad thing. Once you make it up to Kirkby Lonsdale Road, it plain sailing, has I found out how fast the new bike was going down hills, has Nick had problems keeping up with me on down hill sections of the ride. We soon turn off Kirkby Lonsdale Road and heading along Aughton Road towards Aughton which the sister village to Halton. If you into hill climbing its worth following the lane down through the old part of Aughton and down to Aughton Barns which is 16 m. above sea level and try riding back up Higher Barn on Aughton Road at 104 m. above sea level. We did not do this detour and were to busy enjoying freewheel along Aughton Road. In Spring its worth stopping to look at wild flowers in grounds around St. Saviour Church in Aughton and the Church makes good model for landscape shot and its worth stopping about 100 yards from church and looking view down into the Lune Valley and one of the reasons why the Way of Roses heads up west side of the Lune Valley is for the views instead of using busy A683 up the east side of the valley. We continue along Aughton Road before turning on to Fall Kirk which we followed down into Gressingham, in Gressingham we turn on to Eskrigge Lane, the junction by St John The Evangelist Church which worth stop to look around the church grounds. We were soon heading down Fleet Lane to the Loyn Bridge, which we use to cross over River Lune, then a bit climb up to the A683, which we followed through Hornby before heading up Station Road to the B6480 which we did a short section on before following Back Lane into Wray, where we stop for a brew at the Bridge House Farm Tearooms After our brewstop, we followed the lane on North side of River Roeburn pass Bank Wood before crossing over the river via the Kitten Bridge, then following the public byway up to School Lane, there are two places on this lane if you not got lower enough gears on your bike, you end up get off your bike and pushing up the lane, first of these is the short sharp climb out of Wray and the next is section going pass Kenyon Moor House. We soon turn on to Moor Lane, yes there was a bit more climbing to do, get us to the highest point on this section of lane at 216m above sea level but we were treated to some fine views of the Yorkshire Dales before following the lane down to Barkin Bridge which is 144m above sea level. Again there was some climbing to do, as headed pass the Chapel near Lower Salter Farm. We soon turn on to the public byway to Haylot Farm, stopping for some lunch by bridge / ford. After our lunch break, there was more climbing to do, as we followed the public byway up to Haylot Farm, it was nice see that small Oak tree at side of lane half way up the climb was still standing after the storms we had over Winter. Once we got to top of the climb up to Haylot Farm, we were treat to some find views looking down Roeburndale. From Haylot Farm, there was a bit of free wheeling down to crossing point over Bladder Stone Beck (Please note there gate here), before last big climb of the day up to Winder Farm. Once you get to top of this climb, don’t forget to turn around and look at the view which is outstanding! From Winder Farm, there is just a bit more climbing to do, to get to highest point of the ride at 311m above sea level before you treated to one of best down hill rides in North Lancashire. On the ride down Roeburndale Road, the only section of the road that I had turn the pedals on my bike was for few yards just after passing Roeburn Glade. We regroup at end Roeburndale Road before following Littledale Road down into Brookhouse. In Brookhouse, we followed Holme Lane down to the A683, which we cross over and then followed the cycle path back to Crook O’Lune where we stop for a brew at Woodie’s Cafe. then headed back to Halton Station along the cycle path. You can click here to download the 21.4 mile route or you can click here to see the photos of 6th March ride to Arnside.

2022 photo galleries index page