Our Welsh Borders Itinerary outlines our main summer tour for 2022. It is, as usual, our annual group cycle tour with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club. This year the team will be Andy P, Sarah, Andy S, Andy S, Neil, Des, Tracey and first-timer, Dave. This will be our eleventh summer tour. Yet again it promises to be something special! The Welsh Borderlands, sometimes known as the Welsh Marches, is ideal for a cycling holiday. It…
It was a cold morning for a cycle ride. Vuelta a Stockport 2022 was the second edition of this local cycle ride celebrating one of the iconic cycle tour races. Sarah and I were leading the first of these rides. Thirteen riders turned up in Woodsmoor, hoping we would enjoy a cycle ride and beat the rain. It was a biting wind we were heading into as we made our way over to Bramhall. We weaved our way through Bramhall…
This wasn’t a cycle ride to Waterloo in the Netherlands (now Belgium), nor did we sing Abba’s tribute to the famous battle. And no, we didn’t visit the famous London rail station, though we did pass nearby Waterloo station. This is an area near Crosby in Sefton. We began by cycling along the Lower Promenade in Southport. Then picking up Marine Drive and following NCN Route 62. This, of course, forms a section of the Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) which…
It was a cold Saturday morning that greeted the first group of Stockport Community Cycling Club riders arriving at Woodsmoor for this cycle ride out to Poynton. This ride had already been called off once due to inclement weather, and the forecast for today wasn’t great. Indeed, a few cyclists had already decided to stay at home. Sarah too, though arriving at the start, turned around and went home feeling extremely tired. We set off through Woodsmoor and over the…
After SCCC’s Annual Club Lunch last week, this week it was back to cycling. We were heading out to Denton, and Sarah and I were leading the second group. We met at Vernon Park. Our route began with us negotiating the Portwood roundabout. We briefly joined NCN Route 62. Then via Penny Lane, we made our way up to South Reddish. After crossing Sandy Lane we made our way through South Reddish Park. Next, we cycled through Heaton Chapel. Then…
