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Wedgwood – SCCC Keele Club Weekend Sneek-Peek

Wedgwood – SCCC Keele Club Weekend Sneek-Peek

Our third, and final, recce ride of our weekend at Keele, in preparation for the Stockport Community Cycling Club upcoming weekend away, was the shorter ride to Wedgewood. Again, we left by the back door of Keele University. The first seven miles followed the same route as the longer ride. The route starts to change, however, when we change direction and head for Cotes Heath. Then Swynnerton … but from a different direction than previously. We also pick up the…

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Market Drayton – SCCC Keele Club Weekend Sneek-Peek

Market Drayton – SCCC Keele Club Weekend Sneek-Peek

The second of our Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend recce rides was the Sunday longer ride. This would be from Keele University to Market Drayton. Keele University sits on the top of a hill. We were staying in nearby Newcastle-under-Lyme. It was a bit of a climb for us to reach the start! Thankfully, the club weekenders won’t have to do this. 🙂 Our ride started by leaving the Keele University through the back door. It was a nice downhill…

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Eccleshall – SCCC Keele Club Weekend Sneek-Peek

Eccleshall – SCCC Keele Club Weekend Sneek-Peek

Sarah, Andy S and I made a trip to Keele last weekend. The purpose was to recce the routes for the forthcoming Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend. Our first recce was the Saturday ride. This would see us cycle out to Eccleshall. The cycle ride began from Trentham Gardens near Stoke-on-Trent. We cycled out of via the back door of the Trentham Gardens complex. The first few miles of our cycle ride were quite lumpy as we made our way…

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Popup Bikes 2019

Popup Bikes 2019

With Sarah and I having to temporarily to cut back on our cycling, it was good to finally get out again and join Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s Popup Bike 2019 cycle ride. We met at Cringle Park, Levenshulme. The weather forecast promised to be mixed in the morning and improving later. We began by joining the Fallowfield Loop, part of NCN Route 60, and making our way towards Gorton. We crossed the Ashton Canal. Before crossing Ashton New Road. It…

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Portland Basin 2019

Portland Basin 2019

Last Saturday was Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s AGM. As has now become a tradition, it was followed by this Portland Basin 2019 cycle ride. This year the AGM was held at Bredbury Library. Leaving Bredbury, we headed for Woodley. Here we joined the Peak Forest canal. We followed the canal all the way to Portland Basin. At Hyde, we crossed over from one side of the canal to the other. Navigating one bridge, we got it slightly wrong. Instead of…

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