After a successful Saturday cycle ride out to Knott End followed by an enjoyable evening meal at Lancaster University, Stockport Community Cycling Club riders on the club weekend were now treated to a cycle ride out to Morecambe. I was leading one of the rides Disclaimer: Most of the photos in this post were taken from the ride I was leading. However, it is difficult leading a cycle ride while at the same time trying to take photos. Inevitably there…
Finally, the Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend at Lancaster was upon us. We had recced this shorter ride out to Knott End back in August, but could we remember the route a month later? Sarah and I were leading the two groups. Each containing nearly twenty riders, following the same route, setting off an hour apart. It meant I waited an hour or so to start my ride. While Sarah waited an hour at the end of her ride until…
This Marple Canals cycle ride is a new route on the Stockport Community Cycling Club calendar. It is a ride that pretty much does what it says on the tin, it essentially follows the canals around Marple. I was leading the second group of riders today, with Des as my back-leader, and Sarah taking the photos. We met up at Rose Hill and set off down the Middlewood Way on a lovely sunny morning. We were following NCN Route 55. After…
For this latest Stockport Community Cycling Club cycle ride we met in the layby in front of the Deanwater Hotel. Our destination was Nether Alderley. It was an overcast morning but hopefully, it would stay dry. Straight out of the layby we tackled our first climb. This took us up the hill at the end of Woodford Road. After which we turned into Lees Lane. This took us into Mottram St Andrew. Lees Lane isn’t a pleasant lane to cycle…
The final cycle ride of our little Lancaster recce trip in advance of the SCCC Club Weekend was the Morecambe Short ride. It was, in essence, the same route as the Morecambe Long ride, just in reverse … and a couple of sections removed to make it … ermmm … short. While the Knott End cycle ride at the beginning of the trip had been a matter of dodging the rain, the sun finally made an appearance as the weekend…
