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Two Towers – A Cycle Ride Around Haslingden and Darwen

Two Towers – A Cycle Ride Around Haslingden and Darwen

The longer Stockport Community Cycling Club ride in April is always a hilly affair. Andy S’s new ride – Two Towers – certainly proved to be that! Thirteen club members were up for the challenge as we met at Clough Head Visitor and Information Centre, at Haslingden Grane. Sarah was the back-leader for this ride. Immediately out of the car park we set off up Grane Road and our first climb. What Andy S called a ‘warmerer upperer’. Turning off…

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Rivington and its Reservoirs

Rivington and its Reservoirs

Sunday took Sarah and I to Rivington for the latest ride in Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s longer ride series. Whilst we had visited Eyam Hall (click here to read more about our day) the previous day and then gone for a short walk this was the first serious exercise we had undertaken since our exertions in the previous weekends Manchester Marathon 2015 (click here to read more about our experience). The longer rides tend to be around 50 miles. However a…

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