This Giro D’Stockpoort cycle route was the third part of the trilogy in my Stockport Community Cycling Club series celebrating the iconic major European bike race tours following our Tour De Stockport and Vuelta a Stockport cycle rides. Of course, the French word ‘tour’, Spanish word ‘vuelta’, and Italian word ‘giro’, all simply translate to the English word ‘tour’. It was a ride that had run into difficulties even before we arrived at the start line. When recceing the route…
This Stockport Community Cycling Club Mini Halls Route was a shorter version of one of our regular club rides – the longer Halls Route can be found here. Jim was leading the cycle ride and Sarah was the back-leader. Theoretically, I had a day when I could just ride, though I helped out with corners. It was a cool Saturday morning when we met at Vernon Park. After leaving the car park at the start we followed the track around…
We are into Autumn now, and so have been experiencing some wet weather recently. Thankfully, it was a mild and dry morning for this Stockport Community Cycling Club Wilmslow Circular 2021 cycle ride. This would be a modified version of our 2018 and 2019 route. We met in Heald Green. I was leading this ride, and Sarah was the back-leader. Our cycle ride began with us working our way around the perimeter of Manchester Airport. We were following local cycle…
Sarah and I had a free Saturday, so we decided to book on this new Stockport Community Cycling Club cycle ride taking in the Alan Newton Way. Jim was leading this ride and Tracey was the back-leader. We met at Hazel Grove Park & Ride on a cool Saturday morning. Our ride began by weaving our way through the back streets behind the Park & Ride. This brought us out on to Buxton Road. We weren’t on the main road…
This Stockport Community Cycling Club ride started from Davenport Rail station car park. This particular route was put together by Tracey who led the first group. Sarah and I were leading the second group, Sarah was the ride leader and I was the back-leader. It was a damp Saturday morning as we all gathered, Autumn was arriving fast. Our route began by turning into Sterndale Road and cycling out through Adswood towards Edgeley. In Edgeley, we cycled up St Petersburg…
