Our High Legh 2022 cycle ride began with Stockport Community Cycling Club riders meeting at Gatley station, before setting off through the streets of Gatley. It was a cool Autumn morning. Today I was leading this ride. Upon joining St Anne’s Road North and heading towards Heald Green, we picked up NCN Route 558. Then, when joining Styal Road we began following Local Route 85, the Airport Orbital Cycleway. This took us around the perimeter of Manchester Airport. Including through…
Stockport Community Cycling Club riders met at Gatley Rail Station for this cycle ride out to Timperley. Sarah would be leading the group and I was the back leader. It was a fine morning. Yes, we could still cycle in short-sleeved gear! So, we began by setting off down Northenden Road. Then we turned into Longley Lane. Leaving Longley Lane, we took a shortcut up Beech Avenue. This took us through to Northenden. When we reached Northenden we joined National…
This Manchester Airport Circular 2022 cycle ride seemed a familiar route. Yet, it wasn’t as familiar as we thought. We had previously cycled a paired-down version of this route as an afternoon ride and an alternative route starting from Bramhall. We met in Heald Green on a pleasant August morning and set off along Finney Lane. After navigating our way through Heald Green we reached Handforth and cycled down Clay Lane towards Styal. When we turned into Moss Lane we…
This Stockport Community Cycling Club ride started from Davenport Rail station car park. This particular route was put together by Tracey who led the first group. Sarah and I were leading the second group, Sarah was the ride leader and I was the back-leader. It was a damp Saturday morning as we all gathered, Autumn was arriving fast. Our route began by turning into Sterndale Road and cycling out through Adswood towards Edgeley. In Edgeley, we cycled up St Petersburg…
This Knutsford Revisited route was essentially a repeat of a cycle ride to Knutsford, with a few variations, that Sarah and I had completed in May of last years during the early stages of the coronavirus lockdown. It had been somewhat warmer last May! This year Sarah and I met Andy S and Neil on a cool Sunday morning at the Ladybridge Road end of Ladybrook Cycleway. After cycling along Ladybrook valley, at the other end of the cycleway, we…
