Following the cycling club AGM it was the SCCC Portland Basin ride on Saturday. We set off from Stockport Sports Village in Woodley, where the AGM had been held. We went through Haughton Dale basically following the Rive Tame. We crossed over the River Tame, using the bridge at the bottom of Gibraltar Lane and made our way to the Peak Forrest Canal. We followed the Peak Forest Canal for a while. At one point we had to cross over…
Today saw the SCCC ride to Chadkirk. As the normal ride was a similar route to another ride that we had done recently, Neil (the ride leader for the day) took us on a nice new ride. We met at Torkington Park. It was a reasonable turn out consider that it was damp again! We had a slightly delayed start as we waited for John to turn up – he was the back leader today. The route took us out…
Wednesday was our TPT Day 3 – Stockport to High Melton. We set off from home and cycled back to where the TPT enters Reddish Vale, where we left it yesterday. The first section was very familiar to us. From there we headed up through Haughton Dale then on towards Godley. We went through Hattersley We stopped off in Hadfield for a coffee. Our route then took us to the Longdendale Trail and on towards the Woodhead Tunnels. We…
Saturday was the SCCC Big Stockport Ride in reverse. We met up in Green Lane, Stockport – next to a big puddle! The ride was one the was originally organised by Life Leisure and was called the Big Stockport Ride only we were going to do it in reverse. We set off up Green Lane Then across A6 and onto the cycle path opposite. We cycled past Stockport market and up Churchgate Then taking the foot bridge over St Mary’s…
