Following a quiet start to 2022, and a rest, Sarah and I joined our friends Andy and Mike for this bank holiday walk to Mellor Moor and Cobden Edge. It was a cool and dry, though mild for the time of year, start to the day. We started from Longhurst Lane, next to Mellor Park. Then started by walking up Gibb Lane. At Mellor and Townscliffe Golf Club, Gibb Lane became Neilds Way. Then, after crossing the Cown Edge Way,…
The St Cuthbert’s Way walking tour is getting ever closer. So it was, after a brief rest following our Macclesfield and Gawsworth cycle ride earlier in the day, Sarah and I met up with Neil and Nicholl for another late afternoon walk. This time we would walk out to Linnet Clough. We met at the Townley Terrace car park in Marple. It was raining. From there, we turned into Station Road and then into Lockside and walked up along the…
This latest Covid-19 Sunday cycle ride route was put together this week by Andy S. It would take us out to Roman Lakes and Lyme Park. With Sarah returning, our little group had now grown to five. We met at Torkington Park on a pleasant Sunday morning. Leaving Torkington Park our route began by taking us up Torkington Old Road. Then on to Hawk Green. And into Marple down Lockside. A little further on we turned down Lakes Road. This…
We are all still struggling with coronavirus pandemic lockdown. It is particularly a struggle when in the meantime we have blazing hot sunshine outside! Furthermore, while some travel restrictions have been lifted, judging by some of the media images of popular visitor sites, it still seems unwise to travel too far. Thankfully, there is no need. For as Sarah, Andy S and I discovered when we cycled out to Mellor Cross, there are always some fantastic cycle routes to explore…
Having had an Open University tutorial cancelled at the last minute I took the opportunity to contact Andy S and suggest we go out for a cycle for a few hours. He has been talking about a hilly route he often rides and which he has aptly named his ‘Mountain Goat ride’. Today was as good as any to try it out. Andy S is known in Stockport Community Cycling Club circles for living ‘on the side of a mountain’…
