With Sarah due to work away from home in Syston near Leicester, and a friend visiting the UK and staying near Bedford, we decided to combine the two and make a little trip of the occasion. So, we arrived in Syston, and while Sarah went off to work, I went for a cycle ride. Rothley is actually only a few miles from Syston, however, I created a longer route to make it into a circular cycle ride for a fuller…
It was a cool, but thankfully pleasant morning when twenty-two Stockport Community Cycling Club riders set off on the Leicester Long ride from Leicester University’s John Foster Halls of Residence. I was back-leading this ride, while Sarah was leading the Leicester Short ride. Similar to the Leicester Short ride we set off by cycling through Stoughton where we picked up NCN Route 63. And then past Leicester Airport. The first few miles of the route were quite hilly. Continuing on,…
Sunday was the SCCC Club Weekend Leicester Short Ride. Having struggled the previous day, Lesley decided to miss out on the morning hills and instead spend the morning with Andy C & Barbara. The majority of people had gone on the long ride, there was a select group of ten of us that set off on the shorter ride. Our initial part the route followed the same route as the longer ride, heading up towards Leicester Airport. We climbed up…
The Stockport Community Cycling Club Weekend this year visited the Leicester area. It began with a cycle ride on the way around Rutland Water. We all met at Barnsdale car park. There were 36 of us attending the club weekend, so we decided to split into two groups. I would lead the first group, and Sarah the second. The photos in this blog are taken from both rides. When my group arrived at the main Rutland car park at Whitwell we…
On the forthcoming Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend, there will be two cycle rides available on the Sunday. The Leicester Short Ride, and the Leicester Long ride which Andy S and I will be leading. On the recce weekend, we took the opportunity to test the long ride route out. After leaving the University of Leicester we headed out towards Stoughton where picked up NCN Route 63. This took us past Leicester Airport. The route took us through villages of…
