Sunday was the SCCC Jodrell Bank 2018 Ride. We met in the car park near to Wilmslow Leisure Centre. Andy and I had cycled to the start and by the time we arrived, I felt exhausted! More and more people kept arriving and in the end there were over 30 of us – too many to go in a single group, so we had to split into two groups. Andy Shaw the ride leader took one group with Andy Sykes…
This latest Stockport Community Cycling Club ride was a repeat of Neil’s Jodrell Bank ride earlier in the year – but in reverse and with a few tweaks. Sarah was leading the ride, but when we arrived at Wilmslow Leisure Centre and there was already a healthy gathering of club members … and the numbers kept growing … it quickly became clear that I would be leading a ride too! Soon there were over thirty of us. The photos are…
Having returned from our Celtic Trail tour the previous evening we decided to quickly get back to normality and join Stockport Community Cycling Club on their Sunday ride to Goostrey. The club regularly visits Goostrey (see here, here and here for example) and this usually doesn’t involve hills, but Andy S was leading this one … so would he find one somewhere? We met by Wilmslow Leisure Centre and on a warm sunny day there was a healthy group of…
Jodrell Bank and Goostrey are two regular ports of call for Stockport Community Cycling Club rides in Cheshire (and to be honest many of the local cycling clubs). It is simply that they are well placed when choosing somewhere to stop for a break. We had been there recently – to Jodrell Bank in November, and to Goostrey just before Christmas – however this was a cycle ride approaching these destinations from a different direction. We arrived at Wilmslow Leisure Centre for the…
The last few Stockport Community Cycling Club rides have been rather wet affairs. So it was a pleasant surprise that this last Sunday before Christmas ride to Goostrey brought dry and relatively warm weather for this time of year. There was a caveat to that, for there was a strong wind blowing. Nonetheless it was a healthy turnout at Wilmslow for the last ride before Christmas (no doubt in preparation for the large amounts of food about to be consumed over the…
