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A Ride to Astley

A Ride to Astley

Saturday was the SCCC cycle ride to Astley. Andy and I cycled to the start but stopped off at Longford Park for the Stretford Parkrun, which I ran and Andy watched. The cycle ride to Astley started from the car park near the Robbin Hood pub in Stretford. There was quite a good turn out. We set off into Trafford Park, passing Kellogg’s, making our way onto the Bridgewater canal, using the Bridgewater Way. We followed the Bridgewater Canal for…

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Monton and Worsley 2015

Monton and Worsley 2015

Monton and Worsley 2015 was this years version of one of Gill H’s most popular Stockport Community Cycling Club rides. It is almost an annual fixture on the club ride list, indeed we wrote a blog post for a previous running of this ride back in 2013. We met at the Robin Hood pub in Stretford. It was a cool and fresh autumn morning as we began by cycling through Trafford Park. Soon we could see Media City on the horizon…

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Monton and Worsley

Monton and Worsley

On Saturday we had managed to dodge the rain showers. The weather forecast was for more rain on the Sunday. Could we do the same as we joined in with the Stockport Community Cycling Club ride to Monton and Worsley? We met outside the Robin Hood pub in Stretford. John had even turned up in his Sunday best! The ride began by heading out through Trafford and Salford Quays passing through Media City.      We weaved our way through…

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