This short little trip where we cycle from Stretford to Liverpool, stay overnight, and return the following day is something Sarah and I haven’t done too often. Something a little different. We would be making this cycling trip with our friends Andy and Mike. Indeed, the beginning of the ride was leaving the drive of Mike’s home! Weatherwise, we weren’t sure what was going to happen. That said, it was a pleasant sunny morning when we set off. We started…
As we left Widnes Travelodge on TPT Day 2 it was a cool and misty morning. All was set for an enjoyable day of cycle touring. We decided on breakfast at the nearby Brewers Fayre. Having fortified ourselves we set off on stage 2 of our journey and were soon on the St Helen’s Canal towpath. The canal also runs alongside the River Mersey and the morning mist provided for some wonderful photos as we looked out over the Runcorn sands. Soon…
This is our fourth visit to North Wales in the last six weeks! You may have gathered that we like this part of the country. It may come as a surprise to you therefore, to know that until this evening I had never stepped foot on the Isle of Anglesey. So, I have had particular reason to look forward to this weekend. It started inauspiciously however with us driving as far as Warrington before we realised we had forgotten some…
After watching football yesterday today it was back to our usual pastime of cycling. We went out with our cycling club, Stockport Community Cycling Club to Culcheth. Although to be more accurate we went to Lane Head. We started from outside St Mark’s Church, Dunham Massey and I was riding ‘lantern rouge’ today. We headed out over Warburton Bridge and then on through Rixton, Glazebrook and Culcheth. We had made good progress by the time we reached Culcheth and in fact…
