Sarah and I met up with the rest of our fellow Stockport Community Cycling Club members at Wilmslow Leisure Centre for this Anderton Boat Lift 2018 thirty mile ride. Things didn’t start too well, however, due to roads in the centre of Wilmslow being closed to enable line painting. Andy Sykes was today’s ride leader. It was a lovely summer day for cycling, and eventually, we set off around the back streets of Wilmslow. Then along Knutsford Road. After a few…
It was another healthy group of Stockport Community Cycling Club riders that met at Bramhall Library on a fine Sunday morning for this Middlewich 2018 longer ride. This ride has become somewhat of a May tradition for the SCCC longer rides (click here for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 versions of the ride). Today, Sarah was leading the ride, and I was the back-leader. Leaving Bramhall, we set off towards Woodford. We turned on to Lees Lane near Wilmslow. This took…
Easter Saturday was the SCCC Wilmslow Ride. We started from the Heald Green pub in Heald Green. The was a new route, although it did include plenty of bits that were very familiar. Andy was the ride leader for the day with Jim being the back leader. We set off along Styal Road keeping on the cycle path. We turned off down Moss Lane, following the Airport Circular route. At the roundabout junction with Wilmslow Road and Altrincham Road we…
Sunday was the SCCC Jodrell Bank 2018 Ride. We met in the car park near to Wilmslow Leisure Centre. Andy and I had cycled to the start and by the time we arrived, I felt exhausted! More and more people kept arriving and in the end there were over 30 of us – too many to go in a single group, so we had to split into two groups. Andy Shaw the ride leader took one group with Andy Sykes…
Sunday was the annual SCCC Tatton Park ride, the last ride of 2017. I had been due to lead the ride but having been unwell for most of December, Andy volunteered to lead it in my place. I swapped with Neil, who was due to be the back leader and he instead became Andy’s wing man and was chief corner marker. We met up in the car park for Gatley Station. There were 23 of us altogether. We left Gatley…
