Fourteen Stockport Community Cycling Club riders met at Torkington Park for the Fools Nook 2016 cycle ride. Before the end of the ride, there would be casualties and not everyone would make it back home! This is a popular and challenging ride. You can read about our previous versions here: 2013 : 2015. Setting off up Old Torkington Road, little did we know what the day held for us. All was calm and clear. As we briefly turned on to…
Today was the SCCC Fools Nook 2015 ride.We met up at Torkington Park. We set off through Torkington and then along to Nelson’s Pit. We had not been going for too long when we had a quick stop at Nelson’s Pit (to make use of the facilities). We made our way to Bollington. After Bollington we headed through Kerridge It was a day with quite a bit of climbing! The views from the tops where fairly spectacular. It was a…
A healthy number of Stockport Community Cycling Club members met at Torkington Park for Alec’s ‘Macclesfield Lumps’ ride. Sarah and I had been on a two hour run as part of our Conwy Half-Marathon training the previous day and were still feeling the miles in our legs. The talk of hills and lumps suggested we were going to struggle. The route began by heading out to Bollington. From Middlewood we climbed up through Higher Poynton and on to Pott Shrigley….
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…
Having not done any cycling in Edinburgh and having a free Saturday, we thought a short local cycle ride might be the order of the day. We always enjoy heading up to Higher Poynton, and this is where we headed for. However I decided upon a different route for this occasion …including taking in the Brickworks. Leaving home we set off up through High Lane and Disley. A couple of stiff climbs ensued as we went up Jacksons Edge Road…
