A59....

[Phil1]

I had a ride out the other day (Sunday) to meet my partner and kids in Lytham/St Annes. I'm from Leeds area and decided I didn't really want to do the journey on the motorway so I opted to go towards Skipton and then cut across towards Lancashire from there on the A59.

 

I noticed a gathering over that way with lots of bikes on the right hand side, think it was a cafe but wasn't bothered for stopping at that point. 

 

Anyone any idea where it could have been as I've scoured Google maps, Google and the the forum map and can't really find anything that stands out. I think it could have been round the Gisburn area but it could have been anywhere between Skipton and Preston in all honesty as there's not that many focal points on that way. 

[AstronautNinja]

I'd be interested to know myself, I'm close to skipton but prettry new to the area

[Stu]

The only place I can see is route 59 cafe 

[Phil1]

6 hours ago, Stu said:

The only place I can see is route 59 cafe 

That'd be on the wrong side of Skipton though, I came from the A629 and turned left at the little chef roundabout. 

 

It could well have been a specific/one off meet for a group rather than a regular.

[RideWithStyles]

round my neck of the woods.

Yes route 59 cafe was a petrol station previously right next to a railway station/antique steam trains etc is between skipton and Bolton abbey.

 

yes as you taken the first left at the round about with the kettle chief that head to left side of skipton and the next round about go right., left leads to earby, bottom 

Of barnoldswick (or barlick as it’s referred to if your local) or Colne. if you have taken that the second left on the round about (as you were on to you) it would have been the a65 which would lead you more directly to settle but a bit more open (nice?) /boring some feel (I don’t mind it) gargrave and long Preston thought policed abit more often. 
 

if you had taken the right then the next left that wiloukd take you to grassington/behind Bolton abbey to kettlewell and newbiggin with options to settle and from the right to hawes or the left of leyburn. 

 

gisburn does have some nice pubs/cafes/b&b etc there with some bikers liking it there (it is nice) if it is abit small. if at the mini round about you taken the right that heads up to settle, devils bridge and hawes etc (which some may have heard of). Just be wary that the was a nice stretch just before settle is now average speed cameras of 50 and 40, But after that once great bit is non  .

the a59 after gisburn is abit sparse of proper biker stops after that but mostly 60and national limits to have a bit of enjoy on till you get to Preston (only a few bike accessories shops in Preston that are worth shopping at like sportsbike shop, JAndJs acc and ghost bikes). 

Edited August 14, 2024 by RideWithStyles

[Phil1]

Yeah I know the other routes quite well around there and been on the 65 hundreds of times, and also the other way up towards the top roundabout where the grassington turn off is. I've got a few regular routes I do around the dales etc. 

 

I think the only time I've ever been over on the A59 is when I had a ride out with my late grandfather but we cut across into the trough of bowland, but never been that far over into Lancashire however. 

 

I'll be honest I wasn't that enamoured with the road itself in general and once you get past across the M6 it gets boring around town in Preston etc. 

[RideWithStyles]

Bowland way is very nice, very rural, can be wide and spacious views but then tight and Narly as f- not greatest fun for sports bikes over 600cc tbh, very much way out of the way with single tracks, roaming beasts , huge ditches with no banks, some tarmac, some not, huge drops  and hills with tight kinks at any point, streams of random water, large coverage of loose stones and shite across the road at any point, has its own form of traffic problems (cyclists, caravans) and walkers, (burials)  people that go there.

nice to go but will catch out the unwary! 

[RideWithStyles]

If you heading your heading to Barlick it’s worth a trip to eat and drink at a place called “wax and taps” thats on the square. Its a small place that’s relatively new but the owner knows his food and ales.

Very good food and beers on tap (from brewers around the uk) that regularly changes, the cakes (if you some how are not filled up) go down a treat 
Even Picky eating family members love it there.

 

 

[AstronautNinja]

31 minutes ago, RideWithStyles said:

If you heading your heading to Barlick it’s worth a trip to eat and drink at a place called “wax and taps” thats on the square. Its a small place that’s relatively new but the owner knows his food and ales.

Very good food and beers on tap (from brewers around the uk) that regularly changes, the cakes (if you some how are not filled up) go down a treat 
Even Picky eating family members love it there.

 

 

I'm always on the hunt for some good food, I'll be checking this out and holding you accountable for said claims

[Pie man]

The White Bull at Gisburn used to be a meeting point many many years ago and popular with the scooter boys. Not bad Grub too, plenty of parking at the back. 

[S-Westerly]

Must be 40 years or more since I was last at the White Bull. How time flies when you're having fun.

[RideWithStyles]

10 hours ago, Pie man said:

The White Bull at Gisburn used to be a meeting point many many years ago and popular with the scooter boys. Not bad Grub too, plenty of parking at the back. 

It still sort of is but certainly less often ad fewer of them I think.

probably cos it was the only flattest bit for miles, to have a break from those poor tiny strained engines (if your sanity couldn’t manage it to skipton or the lifetime return to Preston which most probably came from) and the only place with so much space to allow for those bloodly mirrors…lol.
Would be useful if they had solar panels lined along the grounds