A few weeks ago we had used one of our regular Sunday cycle rides to recce this Tour De Stockport route. Now it was time to officially cycle the route on a Stockport Community Cycling Club ride. We met near Woodsmoor Rail station on a bright Saturday morning. At the moment, for coronavirus social distancing reasons the club is keeping the numbers on the rides to a maximum of twelve. Setting off, we weaved our way through Woodsmoor. Then over…
I have been struggling with a sore shin for the last week or so, making walking painful. So, we decided upon a shortened ride this week, and since I needed to recce the upcoming Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s Tour De Stockport ride, it seemed a good idea to combine the two. It was a lovely sunny Sunday morning when five of us met near Woodsmoor station. Our route began with us weaving our way through the streets of Woodsmoor and…
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 SCCC Alderley Edge ride was the first cycling club ride I had been on since the Covid-19 lockdown first began. This was actually the third ride Stockport Community Cycling Club (SCCC) had put on since the lockdown restrictions had been eased slightly. It was my privilege to the back leader for the day’s ride. We met in the laybe outside the Deanwater Hotel. The group consisted of a mix of new rider with the club and some regular faces….
Cuerden Valley 2020 was the latest version of a regular and ever-popular Stockport Community Cycling Club ride. You can view earlier versions here: Crash and Burn, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Jim was leading today’s ride. We left Kem Mill car park at Whittle le Woods and joined NCN Route 55. This took us through Cuerden Valley Park as we followed the River Lostock. I managed to get further than on the Crash and Burn version of this ride. Eventually,…
