In the early days of the coronavirus lockdown, Sarah and I booked a number of random days of annual leave. Sarah was required to do this by her employers. Of course, we were hoping we might have been using some of these days to go away. This hasn’t been possible. Instead, we were left with a free day. So, while Sarah went running, I joined some friends for a Wirral cycle ride. It was a lovely sunny day as myself,…
Ferry ‘cross the Mersey 2018 ride represented this year’s day out to Liverpool and Wallasey for one of Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s perennial favourite club rides. It was a fine sunny day as we left Otterspool Drive car park. We quickly joined Otterspool Promenade. And cycled alongside one side of the River Mersey. We headed for the Liverpool Pier Head ferry terminal. We arrived at the terminal early enough to enjoy a coffee at the cafe. Then it was time to board…
Sunday brought the latest version of this ever popular Stockport Community Cycling Club ride, Ferry ‘Cross the Mersey 2016, taking us around the on a journey around the Wirral. We met at Otterspool Drive car park on a glorious sunny Sunday morning. The sun-cream was quickly lashed on to the white skin of the SCCC cyclists … and off we went … We cycled along Otterspool Promenade. At Brunswick Dock we had to wait while a yacht entered. Soon we arrived at the Mersey…
The annual Stockport Community Cycling Club trip to Liverpool for the Ferry ‘Cross the Mersey ride is always eagerly anticipated. It’s a couple of years since Sarah and I joined SCCC on this ride however (though blogged about the 2013 version here). Last year we were running in the Loch Ness marathon and missed it. So like everyone else we were looking forward to another cycle ride along the River Mersey. As usual we met at Otterspool Park. It was an overcast though…
Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s latest ride was the popular ‘Ferry ‘Cross the Mersey’ trip to Liverpool. \r\nWe started from Otterspool and headed along the promenade for the ferry port. We arrived in time to enjoy the usual cyclists cup of tea, then boarded the ferry for Seacombe (whilst listening to the first rendition of ‘Ferry ‘Cross the Mersey’). Once on the other side we followed the promenade past Wallasey town hall and New Brighton. We came off the promenade…
