With Sarah and I having to temporarily to cut back on our cycling, it was good to finally get out again and join Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s Popup Bike 2019 cycle ride. We met at Cringle Park, Levenshulme. The weather forecast promised to be mixed in the morning and improving later. We began by joining the Fallowfield Loop, part of NCN Route 60, and making our way towards Gorton. We crossed the Ashton Canal. Before crossing Ashton New Road. It…
It was a fine Saturday morning that greeted Stockport Community Cycling Club members as they arrived in Levenshulme ready to set off on the Popup Bikes 2018 ride. The outward journey saw us picking up the Fallowfield Loop. We followed this section of NCN Route 60 for a while as it took us through Reddish and to Gorton. Leaving NCN Route 60 we cycled through Gorton and towards Clayton Vale. In Clayton Vale, we decided to have a go of one…
This Velodrome ride was the first ride after the successful Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend in Leicester. We met at Sale Water Park. Sarah and I had participated in the Stretford Parkrun beforehand and then rushed over. Gill was leading this ride and she started by leading us around the water park. We then turned off on to the Bridgewater Way. This soon drops on to the Bridgewater Canal near to Stretford. This section also forms part of local cycle network…
Bank Holiday Monday was the end of our holiday and time to start back home. The initial part of our journey was a cycle ride from Midmar to Aberdeen. It was another nice day as we set off. Initially, we passed through Comers, retracing part of the route we had taken a few days previously. We finally reached Echt and it was at this point that our route started to differ. When we had cycled to Midmar we had gone…
Having ridden the Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride on Sunday and stayed overnight in Blackpool, Monday was time for the return home Blackpool to Stockport ride. The first job of the day was to go out for breakfast – we went to the Weatherspoon’s pub called The Layton Rakes. We do like breakfast at Wetherspoons and it is good value too. Feeling refuelled, we had a last look at the sea before it was time to start our ride back to…
