Day 7

Leaving Clitheroe this morning we were rather apprehensive about the navigational challenge that lay ahead. The gravitational pulls of the big cities Manchester, Liverpool, Blackburn, Warrington with their inter-connecting main roads made map reading a challenge. A far cry from the single track roads in the Scottish highlands. Mark picked a superb route and we were soon missing the big hubs with some good back roads.

What we didn't factor into the mix was the torrential rain that would hit us three times on today's journey; once in Warrington, once in Haydock and then finally as we entered Telford. The latter with some rather impressive thunder and lighting.

Eventually we rapidly descended into Ironbridge Gorge, a fascinating place well worth a visit......