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SCCC Lancaster Club Weekend 2022

29 September 2022 Andy

Usually, Cycleit2 has reviewed each Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend ride individually. However, for various reasons, for this Lancaster Club weekend 2022, we have decided to provide an overview review instead. Indeed, mostly photos with just a little text. It has been a difficult year following the loss of our extraordinary club leader Jim Court. With that in mind, we decided to return to Lancaster for our club weekend. It would prove to be a welcome break for all who…

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Morecambe Long – SCCC Lancaster Club Weekend

22 September 2021 Andy

After a successful Saturday cycle ride out to Knott End followed by an enjoyable evening meal at Lancaster University, Stockport Community Cycling Club riders on the club weekend were now treated to a cycle ride out to Morecambe. I was leading one of the rides Disclaimer: Most of the photos in this post were taken from the ride I was leading. However, it is difficult leading a cycle ride while at the same time trying to take photos. Inevitably there…

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Knott End – SCCC Lancaster Club Weekend

16 September 2021 Andy

Finally, the Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend at Lancaster was upon us. We had recced this shorter ride out to Knott End back in August, but could we remember the route a month later? Sarah and I were leading the two groups. Each containing nearly twenty riders, following the same route, setting off an hour apart. It meant I waited an hour or so to start my ride. While Sarah waited an hour at the end of her ride until…

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Morecambe Short – SCCC Lancaster Club Weekend Sneek-Peek

17 August 2021 Andy

The final cycle ride of our little Lancaster recce trip in advance of the SCCC Club Weekend was the Morecambe Short ride. It was, in essence, the same route as the Morecambe Long ride, just in reverse … and a couple of sections removed to make it … ermmm … short. While the Knott End cycle ride at the beginning of the trip had been a matter of dodging the rain, the sun finally made an appearance as the weekend…

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Morecambe Long – SCCC Lancaster Club Weekend Sneek-Peek

15 August 2021 Andy

Yesterday, on our Knott End cycle ride we were dodging the rain. Thankfully, for the second of our SCCC Weekend sneek-peek rides, the forecast today was better. For our Morecambe Long cycle ride, we would just have to battle with the wind. Leaving the university campus, we started by heading down towards Lancaster. A couple of miles into the ride we joined the Lancaster Canal. This brought us into the city centre. Then, after quickly getting back onto the canal…

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