Ahead of the ‘Grand Depart’ in France later this week, Stockport Community Cycling Club members met upon a fine Saturday morning in Woodsmoor for this Tour De Stockport 2022 cycle ride. I was leading the first group, while Sarah joined the second group. For this blog post, therefore, we have combined the photos from the two groups. Setting off, we began by navigating our way through Woodsmoor and Bramhall. Soon we arrived at Bramhall Park. After cycling through the park,…
The previous week had witnessed extreme weather conditions. Indeed, as a result, we had called off a recce of this Manchester Airport Circular cycle ride. It meant I would lead this ride ‘on the hoof’ so to speak. Sarah was missing too since she was recceing a run around Coniston Water. Thankfully, we have cycled various Manchester Airport Circular versions before. We were a select group of nine that met at Bramhall. Occasionally small groups are best! We began by…
It was a cold morning for a cycle ride. Vuelta a Stockport 2022 was the second edition of this local cycle ride celebrating one of the iconic cycle tour races. Sarah and I were leading the first of these rides. Thirteen riders turned up in Woodsmoor, hoping we would enjoy a cycle ride and beat the rain. It was a biting wind we were heading into as we made our way over to Bramhall. We weaved our way through Bramhall…
It was a cold Saturday morning that greeted the first group of Stockport Community Cycling Club riders arriving at Woodsmoor for this cycle ride out to Poynton. This ride had already been called off once due to inclement weather, and the forecast for today wasn’t great. Indeed, a few cyclists had already decided to stay at home. Sarah too, though arriving at the start, turned around and went home feeling extremely tired. We set off through Woodsmoor and over the…
The first Stockport Community Cycling Club Festive Ride proved extremely popular. So, this Festive Ride 2021 was an enhanced version of what has quickly become an annual, must repeat, fixture on the club ride calendar. As we continue to navigate our way through the coronavirus pandemic, this year we had two groups. Andy S led the first group … While I led group 2, with Jim the back-leader … It was a cool, though bright wintry morning. The two groups…
