The second day of the Stockport Community Cycling Club Hull weekend gave members the choice of two rides. This shorter cycle ride to Beverley was lead by Sarah. And I am writing this post even though I wasn’t on the ride! The ride began by heading out through Cottingham. It was then a steady climb for the next few miles as the cyclists made their way towards Ripplingham. The route then turned towards Rowley and Little Weighton. After a steady…
Following an enjoyable cycle ride over the Humber Bridge, the second day of the Stockport Community Cycling Club Hull weekend gave members attending the chance to choose between two cycle rides. The longer ride was to Market Weighton. Andy Sh was the ride leader for this one, and I was the back-leader. It was fine sunny day as we set off through Cottingham and towards Skidby. The traffic here was manic! Thankfully, as we left the town the traffic thinned…
This recce cycle ride to Beverley was our final one for the forthcoming Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend. We had had already recced rides to the Humber Bridge and Market Weighton, this will be the shorter Sunday ride. Once again it was back to the start at Hull University. It was another sunny and hot day. The route began by taking us out of Hull via Cottingham. Different from the longer ride, the shorter route took us through Cottingham town…
Following the completion of our Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) cycle tour, the following day we began our Post-TPT cycle trip to Scarborough to join up with our Stockport Community Cycling Club friends on the Club Weekend. Leaving Hull we once again weaved our way towards the old Hull-Hornsea railway line. This time we didn’t follow the path to the end but turned off at the A165 near to Skirlaugh. We followed country lanes to Sigglesthorne. We continued to follow the…
Friday was our TPT Day 5 – Howden to Hornsea then Hull. It was also Andy’s birthday (he said he was 24 but I think he may have ‘lost’ quite a lot of years)! We left Howden and followed some lovely quiet roads. The only ‘problem’ was that they were very exposed, which meant we had quite a strong head wind. We crossed over a lock called Weighton Lock. About 16 miles into the ride we stopped off for a…
