We set off from the Woodland Bay Hotel, along the coast road into Girvan, on our way to Blackies Brae. At the outskirts of Girvan, we started climbing. About half way along we got to a village called Barr. We stopped in Barr at the local shop for some refreshments. It was a great little place and had some lovely cakes. Leaving Barr, we headed towards Pinmore. We turned off the main road at a sign for a farm shop,…
Saturday was the SCCC Macclesfield Circular Ride. Thirteen of us met up at the Riverside Park near Macclesfield. Andy P was the ride leader for the day and I was the back leader. We set out of the Riverside Park car park and headed onto The Middlewood Way towards Macclesfield. We continued along NCN (National Cycle Network) route 55 towards Sutton. As we came out of Macclesfield there were some sneaky climbs, which while not long were short and sharp….
Saturday was the SCCC Lymm 2019 ride starting from Atlantic Street, Altrincham. It was a lovely day as 21 of us met up at the car park at the end of Atlantic Street. We set off along the country lanes towards Dunham Massey. We turned off School Lane onto Back Lane at St. Mark’s Church Signs of spring we around with their being snowdrops and crocuses starting to bloom. On our way to Lymm, we passed through Warburton. Sometimes we…
Having spent the night in Hawick with some good friends, we were not in a rush to leave and begin our Scottish Borders Day 3 cycling. We went for a walk around Hawick Golf Course. It was a cool but bright day. After lunch we got ready to continue our cycling tour. We found some confetti in our cycle jerseys which we had washed there and then found that we had also had some balloons attached to our bicycles! It is…
Thursday was the first day of our honeymoon cycle tour, our Scottish Borders Day 1. We cycled from home to Stockport Station where we caught a train to Manchester and then an onward connection to Carlisle. The last time we were at Carlisle Station (on our Lochs and Glens South tour), they were still renovating it but that is all completed now. We stopped briefly at Costa just outside the station to grab some lunch. We used the lift near…
