Rideout - Trough Of Bowland

I had a great rideout today with the Philip Youles Dealership gang - they organise this on a regular basis and I got an invite as I had a demo ride on a Tiger last year.

Some of you may be aware of this already and of course know these roads well

It started at their shop Manchester and then in Blackburn where the main party was probably well over 100 bikes

the route was something we might want to do, say, from Clitheroe, more or less as follows:

 Clitheroe
 Towards Waddington
 Over Waddy Fell and onto Newton.
 Turning left in Newton village
 Towards Dunsop Bridge
 In Dunsop Bridge, turn right,
 Sign posted Trough of Bowland.
 Follow the road through the Trough
 To Caton, turning right along the A683.
 STOP AT BULL BECK PICNIC AREA - COMFORT BREAK.
 Leaving the lay-by look for B6480
 Towards Wray and Bentham
 At Higher Bentham turn right along Station Road,
 Takes you over Tatham Fell
 Drop down into Slaidburn
 From Slaidburn turn right at War Memorial and immediate left,
 Follow the road to Newton then
 Clitheroe

cracking moorland roads and twisties - good fun and fantastic views

any interest and should we set a date?

pix below

Youles were very good and also laid on free corned beef hash when we all go back to Blackburn shop

TDM among Tigers, Trophies,Triples and Thunderbirds



welcome corned beef hash at end of the tour



its a shame some yamaha dealers don't do something similar

Triumph seem to work on the "buy into the brand" pretty effectively (I bought into it in 1967 but I am afraid that was a different, stone-age product compoared to now)


Pete

Hi Pete,

I was across the road from Youles around 1200 and wondered what was going on with all those bikes there. i did see a TDM ride on there too, it was a 900 - was that you?

I was at the garage across the road having a tyre fitted (damn potholes!).

I'm up for this ride anytime.

I've done this ride (or something very similar) myself, great ride, although 100 bikes sounds too many for comfort . Set a date Pete (but not in April) and I'll do my best to make it .

I think I was the only TDM so ....yes this was me (you should have joined us for the free scran)

this was the comfort/coffee stop - one LC Traffic car there and no problems as far as I could see, all good natured

Bearing in mind Chris's comment, I will set a date in May

BTW - I agree Chris, 100 plus sounds a bit much but it was actually good fun. All were encouraged to ride at our own pace as everyone had a route card - great day!

Pete

Know the roads well Pete... usually access the Dales via the fells around Stocks reservoir
Theres a good bacon butty to be had at the cafe by the car park in Slaidburn. The Byers at High Bentham is the spiritual home of the Wrecking Crew, worth calling in just to see if you can identify the bikes hanging from the ceiling

I'm always up for a run in that direction