Ten Stockport Community Cycling Club cyclists met at Torkington Park for this cycle ride out to Bollington. Neil was leading this second group. Neither Neil, today’s ride leader, or I had managed to recce this route, but we were confident of navigating our way round! Meanwhile, Sarah was resting in preparation for the Stockport 10 running event tomorrow. We are moving into winter, so even though it was relatively mild at the start, we were all ready for the rain…
OK, the title of this post is a little misleading. It wasn’t actually the return of Stockport Community Cycling Club rides following the coronavirus lockdown, the rides started back up again a few weeks ago. It wasn’t even Sarah’s return SCCC ride, she was back leader on the recent Alderley Edge ride. This cycle ride out to Bollington was, however, my return SCCC ride! I was leading this club ride today and Sarah was the back-leader. I had put this…
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has brought major changes to the lifestyle all of us are currently able to lead. For some, these times have brought hardship and tragedy. Sarah and I consider ourselves fortunate so far to be coming through relatively unscathed. The lockdown means, however, that we really cherish our daily exercise slots. For our Sunday morning cycle ride, we decided on a more challenging route out to Pott Shrigley, Kettleshulme and Bollington. After leaving Bramhall, we turned into…
With Stockport Community Cycling Club cancelling all rides for the foreseeable future, and the coronavirus lockdown now coming into force, Sarah and I had been missing our cycling opportunities. Thankfully, we are being allowed one exercise session per day. Sarah and I decided to use this one to go cycling. The cycling organisations are advising us to keep our rides short(ish), so a quick pootle up to Pott Shrigley seemed ideal. We began by heading out through Hazel Grove. After…
Sarah and I had originally planned to attend a New Years Day parkrun. That idea soon became unrealistic. However, a cycle ride to Bollington with our friend Andy seemed like an excellent alternative way to see in the new decade. It was, after all, almost perfect winter weather for cycling. We met at Torkington Park. We hadn’t planned a route, we decided to make it up as we went along. Then headed for Torkington Old Road. We turned into Threaphurst…
