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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…

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Halls Route

7 February 2015 Andy

The Halls Route has become a regular event on the Stockport Community Cycling Club calendar. Sadly Sarah hasn’t been feeling too well for the last few days and wasn’t up to tackling this ride. A shame since she has never cycled the Halls Route …yet. A healthy group (pun intended) of club members met at the bottom of Vernon Park. Leaving the park we set off in the direction of Bredbury and passed the first of Stockport’s halls – Bredbury…

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Manchester Velodrome

24 October 2013 Andy

Saturday started out with the weather being overcast as Stockport Community Cycling Club members gathered at Houldsworth Mill in Reddish for a cycle ride to Manchester Velodrome led by Sarah. We began by heading out through Reddish Vale Country Park. After climbing over the M60 at Brinnington we continued through Denton. Sarah on the reccy for this ride, taking a brief rest On the edge of Denton the route went under the M57 as it briefly followed the River…

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Big Stockport Cycle in Reverse

24 September 2013 Andy

Back in August Stockport Community Cycling Club assisted with the marshalling of the Big Stockport Cycle. The route proved a popular one, so why not the same ride – but in reverse? The idea for the Big Stockport Cycle in Reverse had begun … Beginning at the Pyramid near Stockport Town Centre the route began by cycling over the top of the centre via Heaton Norris. Next we made our way through the town centre, up past St Mary’s Parish…

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Big Stockport Cycle

19 August 2013 Andy

The Big Stockport Cycle is part of the Stockport Big Event Series which includes walking and running events as well as the cycling. This event, in it’s second year is organised by Lifeleisure in association with Decathlon. Their aim is to encourage people to challenge themselves and to take part in a mass participation event. Stockport Community Cycling Club members went along to assist in marshalling the event. The ride started from Decathlon. This was mass participation cycle and well over 100 cyclists…

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