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Cycle it to Long Eaton from Derby

Cycle it to Long Eaton from Derby

As soon as we arrived home from our Way of the Roses cycle tour we set off for another break! This was a short trip to Derby where Sarah would join in with a hen-party. Suzie, Sarah’s sister’s daughter, is soon to be married. The following morning, however, started with Sarah joining in with the Markeaton Parkrun. Sarah has wanted to run her home cities parkrun for some time. We were staying at The Stuart Hotel, part of the Best Western…

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Chester – The Cathedral, the Christmas Market and the City Walls

Chester – The Cathedral, the Christmas Market and the City Walls

Our Chester weekend wasn’t our original plan. We had been due to attend a special family event, but this fell through. However we decided to continue with the idea of a weekend break anyway. Friday Since we didn’t leave Stockport until just after 12pm, we were hungry as soon as we arrived. We made our way over to Chester Cathedral in the hope that they had a cafe. Thankfully there was a refectory in the old monks dining hall so we tucked into…

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Running Schedule 2015

Running Schedule 2015

As you may be aware that whilst most of our posts are cycling related Sarah and I also like to do a bit of running too. We don’t publish too many posts since most of our running is fairly mundane – and its not easy to take photos when running! However we have a few events coming up throughout the year and thought you might be interested in our running schedule for 2015. Sunday 8th March – Trafford 10k This popular event is…

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Longford Park Easy

Longford Park Easy

When there is a Stockport Community Cycling Club longer ride, the preceding day there is usually an easier family afternoon ride. Tomorrow I (Andy) am leading the longer ride to Peover Heath and we don’t normally participate in the family ride. However Sarah decided that on this occasion it would be good training for our upcoming marathon to go along to the Longford Park Easy ride. Thus our Valentines Day day begun with Sarah and I volunteering at Bramhall Parkrun then completing a 6.5 miles training…

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