This new Stockport Community Cycling Club ride, a tour-de-force of South Manchester Parks, started, as it should, from a park. Didsbury Park to be precise. It was a fine spring morning. I was leading this first group, and Sarah was the back leader. Following the group photo, we set off through the park and then into Didsbury village. Briefly joining NCN route 62 along the way. After turning into Fog Lane, our next park was, appropriately enough, Fog Lane Park….
This Stockport Community Cycling Club ride started from Davenport Rail station car park. This particular route was put together by Tracey who led the first group. Sarah and I were leading the second group, Sarah was the ride leader and I was the back-leader. It was a damp Saturday morning as we all gathered, Autumn was arriving fast. Our route began by turning into Sterndale Road and cycling out through Adswood towards Edgeley. In Edgeley, we cycled up St Petersburg…
This week it was my turn to put together a route for our latest lockdown cycle ride. Building on the success of my Cycle it to Ashton-under-Lyne from Davenport urban ride, I decided I’d put together another urban route taking us out north of Manchester. This time, we would cycle to Prestolee. We met at East Didsbury Metrolink on an overcast but generally fine morning. Immediately, we joined NCN Route 62. We followed this to Didsbury. After leaving the Fallowfield…
It was another healthy Stockport Community Cycling Club turnout that made at Cheadle Baths for Neil’s new Chorlton ride. These large turnouts are creating a few ride management headaches in that for rider safety we have had to split into more than one group, and this becomes ride-leader intensive. Thankfully, we had quite a few leaders out today, and I would lead the second group with Sarah being my back-leader for this group. First, however, there was a little ceremony…
Having ridden the Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride on Sunday and stayed overnight in Blackpool, Monday was time for the return home Blackpool to Stockport ride. The first job of the day was to go out for breakfast – we went to the Weatherspoon’s pub called The Layton Rakes. We do like breakfast at Wetherspoons and it is good value too. Feeling refuelled, we had a last look at the sea before it was time to start our ride back to…
