It was a fine, though windy, Saturday morning as Stockport Community Cycling Club members met at Portland Basin, ready for the Crime Lake 2018 cycle ride. We set off through Ashton-Under-Lyne. Soon we joined NCN Route 626 at Hurst. This is also known as the Ashton to Oldham Gateway. We followed this for the next few miles to Park Bridge. As we were to discover, there were a lot of barriers to make our way through on this ride. Here’s…
We always enjoy new Stockport Community Cycling Club rides. Crime Lake wasn’t exactly a club new destination, since this was it’s third iteration, but somehow Sarah and I had managed to miss the previous two visits. We were therefore eagerly looking forward to this trip to Oldham. Twenty four club members met at Portland Basin on a cool March morning. We began by making our way through Ashton-Under-Lyme. Soon we picked the Ashton to Oldham Greenway. At Park Bridge there was…
