perhaps should put thin on the forum instead of on here
anyway weekly bike meet at the scotch piper in lydiate
QUOTE The Scotch Piper Inn, Lydiate,
Merseyside,
England
is the oldest pubhistoric county of Lancashire.
It is located on the A5147, 10 miles (16 km) from Liverpool
and 10 miles (16 km) from Southport. of the
The building is a Grade II* listed building and dates from 1320. It was originally
known as "The Royal Oak", and sections of the trunk of the oak tree
around which it was built are visible from the tap room. The building
retains a thatched roof. There is also a well known bike
meet every Wednesday, with bikers from up to 20km away visiting. It
stands close to the site of Lydiate Hall and next to the remains of St Catherine's Chapel.earthwind x
Thanks for that Earthwind. Also, Oliver Cromwell and his men are reputed to have stopped for an ale or two there on their way to do battle at Preston.......
yer see fantastic and historic dunans you should have a trip up and yerself awokenangel you not that far away either, I could meet any one and show em the way (lol)
Other regulars include myself, Whiteairedfox, Suzisue, Pocketrocket and anyone else we can drag along. Visitors from Manchester will automatically be granted a temporary tourist visa
Well I'm unable to go anywhere on my bike as some a*******s tried to steal my bike the other night , but fortunately my next door neighbours heard them and chased thm off, but not before they had knackered the ignition barrell and then fecked the gear selector lever when they dropped it before running off. My fantastic neighbours (not knowing anything about bikes) CARRIED it back the 100 yards or so because they couldn't wheel it as it was in gear !!
It's now languishing in the back yard awaiting a friend to sort out the gear selector lever so I can use it again. (Yes, I know, I should be able to do my own mechanics, but I can't ). Anyhoo, I was a regular at the Scotch until about 8 years ago when I moved away from Merseyside, and haven't been back since moving back nearly two years ago......
Oh what a bummer. When I used to have to keep the bike outside I got to the stage where I could change the ignition barrel on an XJ650 with my eyes shut I was doing it that often. Saved me from weeping, too
Its a great little place with tons of other bikers .... I mean bikes to perve at ;)
If can get there ... I will see you there (thanx to Manchester pas from Wills there) lol