This Stockport Community Cycling Club Alderley Circular ride was one I hadn’t planned on attending. However, the original back leader had a poorly bike, so I agreed to step in. Since I was the back leader, and Sarah is still recovering from a broken shoulder, it hopefully explains why most of the photos in this post are taken from the back! We met in the lay-by in front of the Deanwater Hotel, Woodford. It was a wet Autumn morning. Most…
This Alderley Edge cycle ride represented the first Stockport Community Cycling Club Sunday ride for over 2 years. The last ones were curtailed due to the Coronavirus outbreak. Perhaps it was inevitable. The original ride leader for this, who was due to be Graham, had to step down having caught COVID! Instead, Andy S took over the ride leader duties, and I filled in as the back leader. It was a fine, though cool Sunday morning when we met at…
The forecast for the weekend indicated lots of foul weather. So it was that most Stockport Community Cycling Club riders decided to stay at home, and only eight turned up for this ride out to Alderley Edge and Wilmslow. Indeed, this was the only group, the usual second group ride wasn’t required. The poor weather seemed a distinct possibility, for it was a cold and damp journey for Sarah and me on our way to the start at the layby…
This was a route I recognised. Not surprising, since this route Andy S had put together was almost a carbon copy of a ride I had put together for a cycle ride out to Mottram St Andrew we had shared during coronavirus lockdown! Curious. It was a fine autumn Saturday that witnessed Stockport Community Cycling Club riders meeting at Poynton Pool car park. Graham was today’s ride leader. Sarah was the back-leader. We began by cycling up Towers Road. Weaving…
Sarah and I have been to the Wizard, or to be more precise the cafe, in Alderley Edge quite a few times. However, it has always been on the bike. We have to go back many years since the last time either of us actually visited the site on foot. This Wizard Wander walk was another in our series of training walks as Neil, Nicholl and Sarah prepare for their upcoming St Cuthbert’s Way walking tour. We met at the…
