Saturday was the SCCC Lyme Park 2015 ride. The weather forecast for the weekend was terrible – really strong winds an heavy rain! Andy and I were concious that next week is the Stockport 10 (a 10 mile hilly run) and due to me being ill we haven’t done much training for it. As the club ride started at Rose Hill Station (Marple), we decided to run the Marple Parkrun first. As we arrived at Brabyns Park it was dry…
Saturday was the SCCC Tour de Stockport. It started fromLowland Road near Woodsmoor Station, where 20 of us met up. A very nice day for cycling it was too! We cycled along part of the Fred Perry way which runs alongside the Mirlees fields. We then used the roads through the housing estates and eventually into Bramhall Park. Unfortunately just as we came out the other side of Bramhall Park, there was a slight mechanical problem – Dave’s chain snapped…
Today’s SCCC Salt Line 2015 ride started from the Salt Line car park, which is near Hassall Green in Cheshire. There was a group of 11 of us which met up for today’s very enjoyable ride,which was being led by Jim. The car park is also the start of the Solar System Trail, beginning of course with the sun. I guess that makes the car park a place where you can guarantee the sun being there no matter what time…
Today was the SCCC Fools Nook 2015 ride.We met up at Torkington Park. We set off through Torkington and then along to Nelson’s Pit. We had not been going for too long when we had a quick stop at Nelson’s Pit (to make use of the facilities). We made our way to Bollington. After Bollington we headed through Kerridge It was a day with quite a bit of climbing! The views from the tops where fairly spectacular. It was a…
Friday was our TPT Day 5 – Howden to Hornsea then Hull. It was also Andy’s birthday (he said he was 24 but I think he may have ‘lost’ quite a lot of years)! We left Howden and followed some lovely quiet roads. The only ‘problem’ was that they were very exposed, which meant we had quite a strong head wind. We crossed over a lock called Weighton Lock. About 16 miles into the ride we stopped off for a…
