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,…
Fifteen Stockport Community Cycling Club cyclists met at Torkington Park on a typical spring morning for this Cheadle Circular cycle ride. The route had been put together by Tracey and she was leading the first of two groups. Sarah was leading this second ride, Lesley was the back leader, and I had a free pass for a change! It seemed a typical club ride morning. Club leader Jim and his wife Barbara turned up walking the dog, just to say…
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…
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…
Following my hip operation last year, finally being able to get back on my bike has been fantastic. Unfortunately, this has coincided with the time of year when the weather is more often than not unfavourable. Thankfully, for this ride out to Heald Green, we were greeted with a reasonable outlook. Cool, but just about ok. Today, it was just Sarah and me. Leaving Great Moor, we took a route alongside the A6, starting with making our way through Stepping…
