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Thank you - that certainly looks a good walk but blimey, a bit meandering We might also be there next week, this time starting from Whitebirk - probably not as scenic. Custard Creams were a nice touch! Difficult to know service times for brekkie as they don't appear to have a website or official Facebook page. I should have also mentioned Rufford - been to Boathouse Brasserie a few times - really good and with the most amazing home made cakes.

That was a great suggestion. We did Church to Rishton this morning, rather than driving to Foulridge. We used the towpath in both directions and stopped at the Canal View café. Great little place with excellent, superb value food - bacon and egg butty with a cup of coffee was only £3.10; dog friendly too. Definitely the most scenic walk we've done so far with the bonus of us passing the canal half way point. Thanks again. Ian

Hi Starman Yes - Cargo Cafe - we're going there next week. Thanks. Ian

Hi Hope I'm OK to post this here; the obvious place is Virtual Pub but I can't post there. I don't have a boat but enjoy the canals very much as walkers. We live in Leyland, Lancashire so have good access to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and Lancaster Canal. Each week we try and fit a walk in along a towpath, typically three miles, stop at a nice dog-friendly canalside cafe for breakfast (between 10.00 and 11.00) before returning. But we're running out of places that we know of where we can do that. We've been to the cafes at Scarisbrick, Burscough, Parbold, Botany Bay and Wheelton. We're doing Foulridge next week. So I'd welcome any suggestions of places where we could continue doing this. So in nutshell: park car walk 3-4 miles have breakfast at a dog-friendly cafe (on a Sunday) walk back to car Thank you. Ian