One of the highlights of the Stockport Community Cycling Club calendar is the club weekend. This takes place each September, and this year we had planned rides in the Hull region. It began with this Saturday ride to Barton-Upon-Humber and a trip over the Humber Bridge. There were over thirty of us who met at Melton Ross, and it was a fine day for a cycle ride. I was leading the ride, and Sarah was the back-leader. We began with…
Sarah, Andy S and I made a trip to Hull last weekend. The purpose being to recce the routes for the forthcoming Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend. Our first recce was the Saturday ride. This would see us cycle out to the River Humber and view the Humber Bridge. So it was that we arrived at Elsham Wolds industrial estate, where the ride would start from. Here we met with a problem. The plotted route out was along an old…
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…
