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…
Friday was a Women On Wheels event to try and encourage women to start cycling. This ride started from Cale Green Primary School with the idea that women could drop the children off at school and then join in a led ride, hence the name ‘WOW Drop Off Ride’. There were some bike technicians on hand from Woodsons Cycles and Cera Cycloan. The cycle ride was being led by Stockport Community Cycling Club. This event was organised by a wonderful…
This Saturday was the second WOW (Women on Wheels) that SCCC (Stockport Community Cycling Club) have been involved in this month. The first WOW ride blog can be seen here. The ride today started at Cale Green school. Where there where a number of other activities happening as part of the event. There were some e-bikes which had been brought along by Woodsons Cycles in Edgeley that were available to be tried out by those over 18 as well as…
Watching Stockport County, and indeed a favourite team in any sport, is often traumatic. And fans of my favourite football team have mastered the art of stress over the years as County have hurtled from one crisis to another and eventually out of the football league. Bringing back Jim Gannon (their ex-manager) who lost his job first time round due to a previous financial crisis, may prove to be a masterstroke but this is still likely to be a slow recovery process. Anyway today County put…
