The journey started with a brimming of the tank at the local petrol station before realising I'd left the GPS at home (D'oh) necessitating a small detour back past Chez Hux.
From there there's a lot of motorway miles, 143 to be exact taking the A14, and then the M6 up over the top of Birmingham and until I reached Sandbach Services for a wee break. This is just before the turnoff onto non-Motorway roads so was a good place to stretch the legs. From there it's off to Congleton and then Macclesfield which brings me out on the west end of the A537, the Cat-n-Fiddle road.
Unfortunately, just as I left Macclesfield it start raining which didn't help on this twisty windy road. I pulled over into a lay-by, donned my wooly neckwarmer and thermal top over my jumper (think "spiderman's really let himself go") and gave my visor a good clean as the rain stopped before heading off again. The road is lovely to ride and definitely worth another visit when the weather is better. There's some very tight turns, some straights up the side of hills, and cracking views all round.
The Cat and Fiddle Inn is on the top of the hill on this road, and as I arrived just around lunchtime, it would have been rude not to stop for a bite to eat. Cracking steak and onion baguette with a pint of coke to wash it down with and a couple more bikers sheltering from the cold in there too.
Bikerhux on tour - Peak District episode
This is the sign you're looking for
From there it's more twisty-windy-ness along to Buxton, then heading south down the A515 to Sudbury, A50 to the M1, then warp factor 9 all the way home.
Hmmm.. it wasn't like that this morning.
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A map of where I went.
A grand day out and it's increased my previous maximum daily mileage by 50%. Roll on the summer and some more long rides.
Brum Brum.
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