Croft 2017 (read about the 2016 ride here) was the latest re-incarnation of a popular Stockport Community Cycling Club ride. Popular, not least because it is one of the flattest rides on the calendar. Indeed, it is so flat that we had been arriving too early for lunch, so last year had to extend it a bit to ensure we arrived a little later. It was another sunny day as twenty of us arrived for the start of the ride at…
It has been a long time coming but at last the sun has come out as 16 cyclists turned up in Timperley for the latest Stockport Community Cycling Club ride – Croft 2016. In previous years this almost completely flat ride has presented problems – we have been arriving at the lunch stop far too early. So this year the start point was moved to extend the length of the ride a little. Leaving Timperley we made our way through Altrincham….
The Stockport Community Cycling Club ride to Croft via Culcheth is now a well established ride on the clubs cycling calendar. We published a blog post about a previous edition of this ride a couple of years ago for instance. This year Sarah led the ride and Julia was the back-leader. Just nine Stockport Community Cycling Club members turned out today, perhaps put off by the weather forecast of wind and rain. And the ride wouldn’t disappoint!. As usual the ride started from outside St…
Easter Weekend had begun with plenty of activity for Sarah and I. On Friday we had participated in the Salford 10k, recced the forthcoming Stockport Community Cycling Club ride to Culcheth that Sarah will be leading. On the Saturday we began the day by volunteering at the Bramhall Parkrun and then running 15 miles as our last longer training before the Greater Manchester marathon in a few weeks time. So by Sunday morning we were ready for a rest! We started the…
