The weather forecast for the weekend had been for rain, rain, and more rain! The Met Office had issued weather warnings for flooding. Not a great picture for the Stockport Community Cycling Club ride along the Ashton Canal. Not only that but Sarah has been feeling somewhat under-the-weather recently, and just as she begins to recover it seems I am now beginning to struggle with a virus too. So it was against this background that we began the day. At…
Media City is always a popular ride in the Stockport Community Cycling Club calendar. Perhaps surprisingly it is a new club ride for me, though Sarah wrote a blog post of a previous Media City ride a couple of years ago. The ride starts at The Robin Hood pub in Stretford and there was a healthy turnout of club members. Gill was leading this ride and began by taking us for a short cycle along Chester Road. Before briefly picking up the Trans Pennine…
The Stockport Community Cycling Club Media City ride was on Sunday. We met up near the Robin Hood pub in Stretford. From there we headed off to the to the Bridgewater Canal. Where the canal goes under Chester Road, the towpath was closed due to works on the bridge. There was a detour which involved us going up to the main road and crossing over Chester Road before being able to rejoin the canal towpath. Our route then took us…
On Saturday we had managed to dodge the rain showers. The weather forecast was for more rain on the Sunday. Could we do the same as we joined in with the Stockport Community Cycling Club ride to Monton and Worsley? We met outside the Robin Hood pub in Stretford. John had even turned up in his Sunday best! The ride began by heading out through Trafford and Salford Quays passing through Media City. We weaved our way through…
The day started so well! Sarah and I left the house at 7.15am in the morning to meet up with fellow Stockport Community Cycling Club riders to cycle to the start of this weeks ride. The club ride this week was Cuerden Valley, and the start was at Whittle-Le-Woods, Chorley. So ahead of us lay 35 miles. Through Stretford, Trafford Park, Walkden, and around Bolton. It was cold, with temperatures hardly rising above zero. Finally we arrived. Soon we were…
