Sunday was The Christie Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride 2017. It is a famous charity cycle ride but not one that I have done before. Andy and I cycled to the start, which was at the Imperial War Museum North (IWMN), an extra 10.5 miles. We met up with a cycling friend called Debbie who had also signed up for the ride. Our selected start time was 08:30, although we started a little later than that by the time we…
Critical mass is a bike ride that happens every last Friday of the month, in Manchester and cities all over the world. We have a friend, called Andy, who has been attending these for a while and keeps asking us to go. Well this Friday I had cycled to work and so it was a good opportunity for me to join him. They start to meet outside Central Library at about 6:30. It is quite a social gathering. Some have…
The Late May Bank Holiday weekend promised some sun (something we haven’t seen much of this year so far) as Sarah and I made our way over to Cringle Park for the Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s ride to the centre of Manchester for a visit to Popup Bikes. This wouldn’t be our first visit to the city centre, we’ve previously visited for a city centre ride a few years back and last year via the Ashton Canal. However this would…
Sarah LOVES Christmas. I enjoy it too, however Sarah really LOVES Christmas! So a trip to the Manchester Christmas Markets 2013 was a surefire way of getting into the Christmas spirit (even if it is still only November). We have been to the Manchester Christmas Markets and tasted the gluhwein before of course. It’s becoming a tradition. We visited this year on the opening Saturday (as I found out later). Originally the plan had been that Sarah and I would meet…
Saturday started out with the weather being overcast as Stockport Community Cycling Club members gathered at Houldsworth Mill in Reddish for a cycle ride to Manchester Velodrome led by Sarah. We began by heading out through Reddish Vale Country Park. After climbing over the M60 at Brinnington we continued through Denton. Sarah on the reccy for this ride, taking a brief rest On the edge of Denton the route went under the M57 as it briefly followed the River…
