Fords


There's a good number of fords that are fairly local to me.  Neither of those ridden today are deep or any great challenge to cross.  However I like riding through Fords and most of them are in isolated rural areas which means you get a good ride to get to them.  A lot of my riding is more about the journey than the destination. 

The first at Biscathorpe, is actually two Fords 100m apart.  The second is at Goulceby, I had ridden this before when taking a random route back from an event at Cadwell earlier in the year 

The real highlight of the day was Lincolnshire rather than the fords.  The county is full of cracking roads that sweep over the Wolds.  Traffic is light and the roads are in good condition.  As well as the main roads there are endless minor roads some little more than tracks.  I spent a while following signs to villages I have never heard of before stopping off in Louth for coffee and food.  The  Louth area was fairly busy with bikes enjoying the day and the route went past Willingham woods which is popular bike meet and even late in the day the car park was busy 

Goulceby
53.29535432859368, -0.11452358691051792

Biscathorpe 
53.347913088396396, -0.15258731085437136



Very Des' Res'


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