CER- Walk Mill 2 Carden Arms With Cafe Options

by Neil Tanner
5 months ago
Near Chester, GB

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This route is 41 miles (Walk Mill to Walk Mill) hence I would leave the group at Platts Lane to keep inside 50 miles.
This route is equally good for SE or NW winds as it uses the Sandstone ridge that provides cover and hills of course. However, for NE winds I would adjust the route to behind Peckforton ridge & ridge through Bickerton, so you get fabulous cover from the NE for at least 4 miles. As you can see from this plot we ride the northern side of said ridge and get a bit of cover form SE wind, but more importantly our direction is with a cross tailwind. Until Brown knowl, which is all down hill ( perfect) Most of the lanes have good hedge rows for cover in both directions. Pretty much a tailwind all the way into Farndon.
Most of this route is on favourite lanes.
The title of the route is Carden Arms, but it is expensive, so there are alternative cafe options.
Carden Arms at 26 miles, but Manor Wood cafe at 27.5 or Lewis’s at Farndon 29. Again, there is the Lost Barn but equally expensive and always very busy.

Note, if SE wind then the finish from Aldford to home will be tough, in which case, if we stop in Farndon cafe, then I would return via Wetreins lane & Carden Park, which provides perfect cover from the wind.