After last weekend’s Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend in Scarborough today it was back to the bread and butter of the normal weekend rides and today the destination was Sale Water Park. Perhaps it was the good weather, perhaps it was because it was a local meeting point, perhaps an inspiring destination. Whatever it was, once again there was a good turnout of members as we met on the plaza behind the Woolpack pub. We set off down the Trans Pennine Trail path (NCN…
Following the completion of our Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) cycle tour, the following day we began our Post-TPT cycle trip to Scarborough to join up with our Stockport Community Cycling Club friends on the Club Weekend. Leaving Hull we once again weaved our way towards the old Hull-Hornsea railway line. This time we didn’t follow the path to the end but turned off at the A165 near to Skirlaugh. We followed country lanes to Sigglesthorne. We continued to follow the…
Friday was our TPT Day 5 – Howden to Hornsea then Hull. It was also Andy’s birthday (he said he was 24 but I think he may have ‘lost’ quite a lot of years)! We left Howden and followed some lovely quiet roads. The only ‘problem’ was that they were very exposed, which meant we had quite a strong head wind. We crossed over a lock called Weighton Lock. About 16 miles into the ride we stopped off for a…
TPT Day 4 from High Melton to Howden promised to be a less strenuous than yesterday’s exertions over the Pennines. Having been woken early by a fire alarm and still feeling the fatigue in the legs from yesterday the ride mercifully began by dropping down through High Melton and back to Denby Ings Nature Reserve. Soon we picked up the River Don and followed this to Sprotbrough. We turned away from the river and cycled towards Bentley and then on…
Wednesday was our TPT Day 3 – Stockport to High Melton. We set off from home and cycled back to where the TPT enters Reddish Vale, where we left it yesterday. The first section was very familiar to us. From there we headed up through Haughton Dale then on towards Godley. We went through Hattersley We stopped off in Hadfield for a coffee. Our route then took us to the Longdendale Trail and on towards the Woodhead Tunnels. We…
