Cuerden Valley 2020 was the latest version of a regular and ever-popular Stockport Community Cycling Club ride. You can view earlier versions here: Crash and Burn, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Jim was leading today’s ride. We left Kem Mill car park at Whittle le Woods and joined NCN Route 55. This took us through Cuerden Valley Park as we followed the River Lostock. I managed to get further than on the Crash and Burn version of this ride. Eventually,…
Having ridden the Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride on Sunday and stayed overnight in Blackpool, Monday was time for the return home Blackpool to Stockport ride. The first job of the day was to go out for breakfast – we went to the Weatherspoon’s pub called The Layton Rakes. We do like breakfast at Wetherspoons and it is good value too. Feeling refuelled, we had a last look at the sea before it was time to start our ride back to…
The Cuerden Valley ride is a regular feature on the Stockport Community Cycling Club calendar. However, I have missed the last couple of editions (though Sarah rode last year). This was the ride upon which my Crash and Burn moment occurred. I was back-leader on that day, and I started off as back-leader on today’s ride too. Hopefully I would get a bit further this time. It was a cool but thankfully day as a healthy group of riders turned up at…
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…
