The Stockport Community Cycling Club Sunday ride this week was to Swettenham. We met in the car park near Wilmslow Leisure Centre. There were only 13 of us, I think quite a lot of people had been put off by the forecast of the big storm that was due to hit that day. Those of us which had ridden to the start of the ride had found it a little windy but not too bad! We left Wilmslow and headed…
As the heatwave across the UK continues, Sunday briefly brought us a little light relief with overcast conditions. Great for cycling, as shown by the large turnout for Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s latest 30 mile ride. ‘Off to see the Wizard’ of course referred to cycling to Alderley Edge, with it’s famous links with wizardry and Alan Garner’s The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. We started from Timperley Sports Club. Upon leaving Timperley we weaved our way through through the back streets…
The ride started at Davenport Green. We headed out through Bramhall, across the grounds of Total Fitness then across the A34 and through to Styal. The route then took us to Mobberley, skirting Knutsford, then through Pickmere, Lostock Green and round to Peover Heath. The plan was to stop for lunch at The Dog in there. When we arrived, all feeling really hungry, there was a bit of a problem – it was shut for renovations! Time for plan B…
As you may be aware from our recent posts Sarah has been struggling with her health for the last month or so. So the fact that she was down to lead this latest Stockport Community Cycling Club ride had been an over-riding thought for the last few weeks. Would she be well enough or not? Anyway, she made the start line and that in itself had been in doubt for most of this week. We met at Adlington Railway station…
