This Marple Canals cycle ride is a new route on the Stockport Community Cycling Club calendar. It is a ride that pretty much does what it says on the tin, it essentially follows the canals around Marple. I was leading the second group of riders today, with Des as my back-leader, and Sarah taking the photos. We met up at Rose Hill and set off down the Middlewood Way on a lovely sunny morning. We were following NCN Route 55. After…
The latest Stockport Community Cycling Club ride saw us off along the Middlewood Way on an overcast and quite cold day. The Middlewood Way is an old railway line between Marple and Macclesfield. The first few miles are deceptive since it is a gradual climb to Higher Poynton. Then it is on to Bollington. Coffee break was at Tesco in Macclesfield. The return journey saw us following the Macclesfield Canal. Sadly it was at this point that we also…
