'pier' is mythical and refers to an historical barge coal offloading area in the Industrial Revolution. This is what wikipedia says! George Orwell immortalised it in his book The Road to Wigan Pier.
After a reasonable stay over in Nantwich, we had some quiet, satisfying meditation this morning. We breakfasted at Nero's, and hit the road around 9.30 am. Much of the riding was nice quiet Cheshire countryside. Very enjoyable. However, by lunchtime a strong Northerly head wind got up and this made the rest of the ride a real slog.
However, we did ride many miles of the Trans Pennine Pathway, which was beautiful and followed several rivers into the Industrial North. Battling the headwind through the heavy traffic of the Warrington to Wigan road was very tough, and we were tired on arrival at The Charles Dickens guest house at 4.45pm. We had cycled 48.5 miles.
Dickens himself may not have liked this place. It's rather basic, but cheap. It is situated in a run-down part of Wigan. But it will easily meet our needs, and then tomorrow we head North to Morecambe and our first sight of the coast.
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