Leaning my bike against a remnant of the old platform for the Skem to St. Helens line. In the background you can just see the footbridge between the platforms on Rainford Junction (now named just Rainford, even though it's in the hamlet of Rainford Junction and a mile or so away from Rainford itself) station.

Figured the Coach Road would be too muddy, so fought the headwind along the Lancs instead, which meant I came through the village and past the village hall.

Riding home for Christmas
(from earlier)

Merry Christmas everyone.

Impromptu trip over to Rainford. Bit wet. Very windy. First ride along the Coach Road on the CGR and it's the perfect match of terrain and bike.

Great site to see how much progress OpenStreetMap has made over the years

https://2008.osm.lol/#12/53.4362/-2.8255

See what the Liverpool map looked like when it was pretty much "places @john can get to easily from his house"

Must be early 2008, because it's before the Rainford bypass was added, and before any of my mapping in August - http://www.mcqn.net/mcfilter/archives/computers/putting_rainford_on_the_map.html

An idyllic #cycling Sunday. A group of us #FolkRidingBikes rode out through the countryside from Liverpool to Rainford (where I grew up).

After Sunday lunch at the Derby Arms we whiled away the afternoon playing crown green bowls before a ride back home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7lcWgDH80c

Braved the rain (and missed the worst of it) for a cross-country ride to Rainford Junction for the Summer Strum ukulele festival - our mate was playing in one of the bands

Lots of nature on the Coach Road #InTheSaddle ride back this evening: some rabbits, a vole, a hare, and a couple of groups of pheasants - one of whom can just be seen in the corner here.

No rest for the farmers. #EasterSunday #BikeTooter #Rainford #InTheSaddle

The return journey. Got to see the cattle enjoying the last of this season's sprouts

Back out in the countryside
#InTheSaddle #BikeTooter #VanishingPoint #Rainford