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Manchester Airport Circular 2022

2 September 2022 Andy

This Manchester Airport Circular 2022 cycle ride seemed a familiar route. Yet, it wasn’t as familiar as we thought. We had previously cycled a paired-down version of this route as an afternoon ride and an alternative route starting from Bramhall. We met in Heald Green on a pleasant August morning and set off along Finney Lane. After navigating our way through Heald Green we reached Handforth and cycled down Clay Lane towards Styal. When we turned into Moss Lane we…

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Manchester Airport Circular

2 March 2022 Andy

The previous week had witnessed extreme weather conditions. Indeed, as a result, we had called off a recce of this Manchester Airport Circular cycle ride. It meant I would lead this ride ‘on the hoof’ so to speak. Sarah was missing too since she was recceing a run around Coniston Water. Thankfully, we have cycled various Manchester Airport Circular versions before. We were a select group of nine that met at Bramhall. Occasionally small groups are best! We began by…

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Poynton

10 February 2022 Andy

It was a cold Saturday morning that greeted the first group of Stockport Community Cycling Club riders arriving at Woodsmoor for this cycle ride out to Poynton. This ride had already been called off once due to inclement weather, and the forecast for today wasn’t great. Indeed, a few cyclists had already decided to stay at home. Sarah too, though arriving at the start, turned around and went home feeling extremely tired. We set off through Woodsmoor and over the…

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Wilmslow Circular 2021

14 October 2021 Andy

We are into Autumn now, and so have been experiencing some wet weather recently. Thankfully, it was a mild and dry morning for this Stockport Community Cycling Club Wilmslow Circular 2021 cycle ride. This would be a modified version of our 2018 and 2019 route. We met in Heald Green. I was leading this ride, and Sarah was the back-leader. Our cycle ride began with us working our way around the perimeter of Manchester Airport. We were following local cycle…

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Wythenshawe

30 September 2021 Andy

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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