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Beverley – SCCC Hull Club Weekend Shorter Ride Sneek-Peek

30 July 2018 Andy

This recce cycle ride to Beverley was our final one for the forthcoming Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend. We had had already recced rides to the Humber Bridge and Market Weighton, this will be the shorter Sunday ride. Once again it was back to the start at Hull University. It was another sunny and hot day. The route began by taking us out of Hull via Cottingham. Different from the longer ride, the shorter route took us through Cottingham town…

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Market Weighton – SCCC Hull Club Weekend Longer Ride Sneek-Peek

28 July 2018 Andy

Our second day in Hull saw us recceing what will be the Stockport Community Cycling Club Weekend Sunday longer ride. We had devised a route to the market town of Market Weighton. We cycled to the start of the ride at Hull University. The sun was beating down and the temperature was nudging 30 degrees. We set off on our route heading out through Cottingham. Actually, we took a wrong turn, and for this section found ourselves following what should have…

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Humber Bridge – SCCC Hull Club Weekend Sneek-Peek

26 July 2018 Andy

Sarah, Andy S and I made a trip to Hull last weekend. The purpose being to recce the routes for the forthcoming Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend. Our first recce was the Saturday ride. This would see us cycle out to the River Humber and view the Humber Bridge. So it was that we arrived at Elsham Wolds industrial estate, where the ride would start from. Here we met with a problem. The plotted route out was along an old…

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SCCC Club Weekend – Leicester Long

17 September 2017 Andy

It was a cool, but thankfully pleasant morning when twenty-two Stockport Community Cycling Club riders set off on the Leicester Long ride from Leicester University’s John Foster Halls of Residence. I was back-leading this ride, while Sarah was leading the Leicester Short ride. Similar to the Leicester Short ride we set off by cycling through Stoughton where we picked up NCN Route 63. And then past Leicester Airport. The first few miles of the route were quite hilly. Continuing on,…

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SCCC Club Weekend – Leicester Short Ride

15 September 2017 Sarah

Sunday was the SCCC Club Weekend Leicester Short Ride. Having struggled the previous day, Lesley decided to miss out on the morning hills and instead spend the morning with Andy C & Barbara. The majority of people had gone on the long ride, there was a select group of ten of us that set off on the shorter ride. Our initial part the route followed the same route as the longer ride, heading up towards Leicester Airport. We climbed up…

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