Having had an Open University tutorial cancelled at the last minute I took the opportunity to contact Andy S and suggest we go out for a cycle for a few hours. He has been talking about a hilly route he often rides and which he has aptly named his ‘Mountain Goat ride’. Today was as good as any to try it out. Andy S is known in Stockport Community Cycling Club circles for living ‘on the side of a mountain’…
The Stockport Community Cycling Club Sunday ride this week was to Swettenham. We met in the car park near Wilmslow Leisure Centre. There were only 13 of us, I think quite a lot of people had been put off by the forecast of the big storm that was due to hit that day. Those of us which had ridden to the start of the ride had found it a little windy but not too bad! We left Wilmslow and headed…
Saturday started out with the weather being overcast as Stockport Community Cycling Club members gathered at Houldsworth Mill in Reddish for a cycle ride to Manchester Velodrome led by Sarah. We began by heading out through Reddish Vale Country Park. After climbing over the M60 at Brinnington we continued through Denton. Sarah on the reccy for this ride, taking a brief rest On the edge of Denton the route went under the M57 as it briefly followed the River…
Back in August Stockport Community Cycling Club assisted with the marshalling of the Big Stockport Cycle. The route proved a popular one, so why not the same ride – but in reverse? The idea for the Big Stockport Cycle in Reverse had begun … Beginning at the Pyramid near Stockport Town Centre the route began by cycling over the top of the centre via Heaton Norris. Next we made our way through the town centre, up past St Mary’s Parish…
Sunday was day 2 of the Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend away (click here to read about day 1). There were two rides, one which went to Pocklington. The original plan was for two rides: a flat 30 mile ride along part of the Way of the Roses and past York Minster, and a hillier 50 mile route calling at Malton for lunch. However the weather forecast for Sunday was really bad – heavy rain and strong winds. Even that morning…
