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This Macclesfield Circular 2021 cycle route repeated our Stockport Community Cycling Club ride of 2017 and 2019. It has always proved to be a ride enjoyed by our members for being challenging while surrounded by some lovely scenery. We met at Macclesfield Riverside Park visitor centre on a cool though fine Autumn Saturday morning. I was leading this cycle ride and Sarah was the back-leader. Upon leaving Riverside Park we dropped down Summerlea Close and joined the Middlewood Way. In…

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Macclesfield and Gawsworth

13 May 2021 Andy

Our little group of six met up on a windy Sunday morning for this cycle ride out to Macclesfield and Gawsworth. This weeks cycle route was put together by Tracey. We met at the junction of Blossoms Lane and Hal Moss Lane. Our route began by heading towards Wilmslow Road. We then turned into Lees Lane and held up the traffic for a little while as we whizzed through to Mill Lane, allowing us to settlw into a more sedate…

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Marton Revisited

24 April 2021 Andy

It was a fine sunny Sunday morning for this Marton Revisited cycle ride, essentially a repeat of our cycle ride out to Gawsworth and Marton put together by Neil last summer. We met at Blossoms Lane. Then set off towards Woodford. After Woodford we made our usual way out to the Cheshire lanes through Wilmslow and Mottram St Andrew. We headed up Wilmslow Old Road. Sarah spotted this Easter floral display … While Neil spotted this wooden owl … A…

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Gawsworth and Marton

11 July 2020 Andy

While the coronavirus lockdown continues and group cycle rides remain suspended, our weekly Sunday cycle rides with a couple of our friends has become something to be cherished. For this weekend Neil had put together a route that would take us out to Gawsworth and Marton. We met at Bramhall Library. It was a cool and windy morning with rain forecast later. Leaving Bramhall we headed out into Cheshire through Woodford. And on into Wilmslow. Though not for long, as…

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Marton

10 April 2019 Andy

A few years ago, Neil put together a Stockport Community Cycling Club cycle ride to Eaton. This Marton ride route was a modified version of that, and with a new lunch stop. It began in the lay-by in front of the Deanwater Hotel at Woodford. Immediately, there was the cheeky little hill up to Lees Lane. After a few miles, we turned off towards Prestbury. We dropped into Prestbury. Followed by a climb that took us out of the village. This…

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