The Stockport Community Cycling Club Big Stockport Ride in Reverse 2018 was based on a Lifeleisure cycle event route a few years back. This year the starting point changed and we met at CERA Cycloan. Before the cycle ride started, CERA Cycloan gave a short presentation, in which they donated to Sarah and I the bicycle they had loaned us as part of our wedding day decorations. It was an extremely kind thought and very well received. It was a dry but…
We met at the top end of Hollywood Park about to make a second attempt to begin Andy S’s new cycle route to Wythenshawe. The first attempt had been cancelled due to the icy weather earlier in the year. Thankfully, the weather this time out was fine. We began by heading under the viaducts and towards Stockport town centre. Then along Chestergate. Before turning briefly to admire the new Redrock complex. We then made our way up Lancashire Hill and along Penny…
Sarah and I had planned to run a 10k in the morning, and then put our feet up in the afternoon, resting before the Sunday club ride. However, one of our ride leaders had to withdraw at the last minute, and Sarah stepped forward as a replacement back-leader. So it was that we found ourselves at Houldsworth Mill ready for a cycle ride to Droylsden. Before the ride, Jim presented Arthur with a gold medal for cycling over 1,000 miles…
A visit to the Moravian Settlement is a regular destination for one of Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s Wednesday rides. For the Saturday rides, we often bypass the community and instead head a little further on to Manchester Velodrome. So, a cycle ride visiting both promised to be interesting. It was an overcast, but thankfully sunny morning, as a healthy number of club members met outside Houldsworth Mill. Graham was leading today’s ride and I was the back-leader. We began by…
The Stockport Community Cycling Club Big Stockport Ride in Reverse usually doesn’t go as planned for me. Last year for instance, I left early due to breaking my gears. This year Sarah was due to lead the ride, but due to struggling with fatigue I stepped in at the last minute and volunteered to lead. It meant today I was both lead and cameraman! I wasn’t however sure my volunteering was such a good idea when I left home and headed for…
