Good Friday was a good day for a walk, so we met a friend in Marple Bridge and set off for a walk to Mellor Moor. It was a lovely day for our Mellor Moor walk. Because the weather was so good, the views were really good. We passed the Hare and Hounds pub at Mill Brow. Our walk then continued to climb. We passed Mellor Hall. At the top on Mellor Moor, we found a trig point, which had…
The ride to Etherow Lake 2015 is a regular fixture on the Stockport Community Cycling Club calendar. Whilst it is without doubt a pleasant and enjoyable route, it is not one that usually lives long in the memory. However the ride this particular weekend would prove to be incident packed. We met at the Lapwing Centre in Brinnington. We began by briefly cycling through Reddish Vale Park. We made our way through Woodley. And then picked up the Peak Forest Canal. Through Woodley tunnel. We…
Having had an Open University tutorial cancelled at the last minute I took the opportunity to contact Andy S and suggest we go out for a cycle for a few hours. He has been talking about a hilly route he often rides and which he has aptly named his ‘Mountain Goat ride’. Today was as good as any to try it out. Andy S is known in Stockport Community Cycling Club circles for living ‘on the side of a mountain’…
