Saturday was the SCCC Lymm 2019 ride starting from Atlantic Street, Altrincham. It was a lovely day as 21 of us met up at the car park at the end of Atlantic Street. We set off along the country lanes towards Dunham Massey. We turned off School Lane onto Back Lane at St. Mark’s Church Signs of spring we around with their being snowdrops and crocuses starting to bloom. On our way to Lymm, we passed through Warburton. Sometimes we…
Saturday was the SCCC Abney Park Afternoon Ride. The ride started from the footbridge near the Pyramid, where 11 of us met up. Andy was the ride leader and Andy S was the back leader. As I was the only other leader there, I was the the corner person for the afternoon. We set off along the river, passing under the M60 motorway. We then turned right ad followed the track running parallel to the motorway. We turned off and…
A visit to Runcorn represented a new destination for the latest in the Stockport Community Cycling Club longer ride series. The start was familiar, Timperley Sports Club, and it was a bright day as a dozen or so club members met. Neil was leading the ride today, Sarah was the back-leader, and I was wingman/corner person. We set off through Altrincham. And through Bowden. And Dunham Massey. As we made our way to Lymm. Next, we cycled through Thelwall. This…
Sunday was the SCCC Southport Ride. We met in Mona Street car park in Wigan. There were 8 of us in total. Numbers were quite limited as a lot of people were away doing other things. Andy was the ride leader and I was the back leader however it turned out that we were the only ride leaders out! We headed out of Wigan and made our way to the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. As we cycled past the lock,…
Saturday 30th April was the day that we took a little ride to Southport. We primarily went to recce a ride which Andy is leading for Stockport Community Cycling Club to Southport in a few weeks time. This was to be a new ride, so we needed to check that the route was suitable. There was a small group of us that met at Mona Street car park in Wigan. We made our way out of Wigan and picked up…
