Sunday was the SCCC Plumley Ride where 16 of us met up at Timperley Sports Club. We left Timperley sports centre and headed out towards Hale. We skirted around Tatton Park. Making our way through Knutsford. having passed through Knutsford, we headed out onto some quiet lanes towards Plumley. We stopped at the Plantation Cafe in Plumley for lunch. Feeling nicely refreshed, we passed through Lower Peover. We then cycled over Peover Heath. We turned down a quite lane where there…
The locomotive 76084 steam train came to Stockport today on it’s way to Buxton. It is not too often that there is steam train in Stockport, so we had to go and see it! The 76084 along with the 45690 locomotive were pulling a spar express to Buxton as a private charter. After a 10 minute stop at Stockport, it was time for the train to continue its journey on to Buxton amid great clouds of steam. The 76084 loco…
Saturday was the SCCC cycle ride to Astley. Andy and I cycled to the start but stopped off at Longford Park for the Stretford Parkrun, which I ran and Andy watched. The cycle ride to Astley started from the car park near the Robbin Hood pub in Stretford. There was quite a good turn out. We set off into Trafford Park, passing Kellogg’s, making our way onto the Bridgewater canal, using the Bridgewater Way. We followed the Bridgewater Canal for…
It was a bright but rather cool day on Sunday for the SCCC Redesmere Ride. We met up at Davenport Green. There was some excitement among the ‘boys’ at the start as Paul turned up on his nice new bike! We headed out into Cheshire by skirting around Bramhall village. Along Blossoms Lane, then past the Deanwater. We then headed out through Mottram St Andrew. We then turned right onto Chelford Road and make our way to the National trust…
During our trip to Bournemouth, on the Tuesday after Christmas, we went for a visit to Hurst Castle. It is an English Heritage site but is locally managed by Hurst Castle Ferries. We parked near Milford-on-Sea and walked over Cut Bridge and then walked along the Hurst Spit towards Hurst Castle. It was a bright sunny day but with it being winter, the sun was low in the sky. Hurst Castle was originally built by Henry VIII as one of…
