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Wythenshawe

Wythenshawe

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…

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Tour De Stockport 2021

Tour De Stockport 2021

A few weeks ago we had used one of our regular Sunday cycle rides to recce this Tour De Stockport route. Now it was time to officially cycle the route on a Stockport Community Cycling Club ride. We met near Woodsmoor Rail station on a bright Saturday morning. At the moment, for coronavirus social distancing reasons the club is keeping the numbers on the rides to a maximum of twelve. Setting off, we weaved our way through Woodsmoor. Then over…

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Tour De Stockport Recce

Tour De Stockport Recce

I have been struggling with a sore shin for the last week or so, making walking painful. So, we decided upon a shortened ride this week, and since I needed to recce the upcoming Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s Tour De Stockport ride, it seemed a good idea to combine the two. It was a lovely sunny Sunday morning when five of us met near Woodsmoor station. Our route began with us weaving our way through the streets of Woodsmoor and…

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Wythenshawe 2020

Wythenshawe 2020

It was a wet and windy Saturday morning when five Stockport Community Cycling Club members arrived at the top of Hollywood Park, Edgeley, for the Wythenshawe 2020 cycle ride. Clearly, the oncoming Storm Dennis had put most of our members off the idea of cycling today. Andy Shaw was today’s ride leader, and Sarah was the back-leader. We began by dropping down through the park towards Stockport town centre, following NCN Route 558. Under the viaduct … Then round towards…

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Tour De Stockport 2019

Tour De Stockport 2019

All week, the weather forecast for Saturday hadn’t looked good. So, it was quite surprising to see fourteen cyclists arrive at Woodsmoor for this Stockport Community Cycling Club Tour De Stockport 2019 adventure. I was leading this ride, and Sarah would be the back-leader. As we started the ride and cycled through Woodmoor it was dry. We crossed over the railway line using the bridge at the end of Cromley Road. This took us into Bramhall. We cycled through Bramhall…

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