This Portland Basin 2022 Stockport Community Cycling Club ride followed our annual AGM. It was our first following the sad death of the founder of the club, Jim Court. Business details out of the way, many of the attendees were keen to get out cycling. A ride out to Portland Basin has become a tradition following our AGM’s. It was a cloudy though fine day for it. Graham was leading the ride (and I took up back-leader duties). So, he…
It was raining when Stockport Community Cycling Club cyclists met in Woodley for this Portland Basin 2021 ride. Andy S and I were leading this second group, and today I was the back leader. Cycling out to Portland Basin is a regular Stockport Community Cycling Club route. For social distancing purposes, however, the route has changed slightly this year. We began by weaving our way through Woodley before arriving at the Peak Forest Canal. Crossing bridges was taken carefully, with…
This Stockport Community Cycling Club Angel Meadow ride was a shorter version of the popular Popup Bikes route. Currently, following coronavirus considerations, SCCC is operating a two small group ride strategy for each route. This week I was leading the second group. Unfortunately, I didn’t have my usual sidekick and second camerawoman Sarah in attendance. Thus, the photos this week are all mine, and taking photos when leading the ride can be tricky! We also had a tricky route to…
Last Saturday was Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s AGM. As has now become a tradition, it was followed by this Portland Basin 2019 cycle ride. This year the AGM was held at Bredbury Library. Leaving Bredbury, we headed for Woodley. Here we joined the Peak Forest canal. We followed the canal all the way to Portland Basin. At Hyde, we crossed over from one side of the canal to the other. Navigating one bridge, we got it slightly wrong. Instead of…
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…
