The latest Stockport Community Cycling Club Saturday ride started from Lindow Common – former home of Lindow Man. It was a bright and breezy day for a cycle ride around the rolling Cheshire lanes to Lower Peover. Sarah was leading the reading the ride and I was the back leader. We began by weaving our way through the off-road lanes to Morley Green From here we cycled through Marthall and Ollerton. Crossing over the A50 we turned on…
Sunday 22nd March was the 2015 Wilmslow Half Marathon. It is not an event that we have not done before. The start was on Kings Road near the Wilmslow Rugby Club at 10:30. The event was full well before the date of the event, there being 5000 entries. As the event was being chip timed, there were sign posts along Kings road showing expected finish times, up to the 2 hour mark. We started by this sign as we were hoping…
As you may be aware that whilst most of our posts are cycling related Sarah and I also like to do a bit of running too. We don’t publish too many posts since most of our running is fairly mundane – and its not easy to take photos when running! However we have a few events coming up throughout the year and thought you might be interested in our running schedule for 2015. Sunday 8th March – Trafford 10k This popular event is…
Sunday was the the Stockport Community Cycling Club Peover Heath ride. This was a longer ride than we often do, being about 45 miles. Andy was the ride leader and I was the back leader for the day. The ride started by the green in Davenport. There were 15 of us when we set off. One guy (Bruce) met us in Styal and cycled with us as far as Wilmslow before heading off again. Another guy (Neil) missed us at…
Following a successful Stockport Community Cycling Club Annual Lunch yesterday it was back to normal business today with a cycle ride led by Neil to Knutsford in Cheshire. Considering it was an overcast Sunday morning there was a healthy turnout of club members arrived at Wilmslow Leisure Centre from where the ride started. We then headed out of Wilmslow along Styal Road and headed in the direction of Mobberley. From Styal Road we headed down Mobberley Road and Burleyhurst Lane. Then…
