This Velodrome ride was the first ride after the successful Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend in Leicester.

We met at Sale Water Park. Sarah and I had participated in the Stretford Parkrun beforehand and then rushed over.

Gill was leading this ride and she started by leading us around the water park.

We then turned off on to the Bridgewater Way.

This soon drops on to the Bridgewater Canal near to Stretford.

This section also forms part of local cycle network route 82.

Along the way, the route passed two of the Manchester football stadiums.

We passed by Pomona.

And headed towards Castlefield.

We then joined the Rochdale Canal.

This took us through the centre of Manchester.

We cycled along Canal Street.

We left following the Rochdale Canal near Piccadilly Rail station and turned onto Ducie Street.

Further down Ducie Street we turned off and picked up the Ashton Canal.

We passed near to the second of our Manchester football stadiums.

The third stadium we came to, we stopped off at.

This stadium was the Manchester Velodrome, part of the National Cycling Centre.

After the coffee break, we rejoined the Ashton Canal. This section is also a section of NCN Route 60.

This then took us off the canal and through Gorton.

Further up we turned onto the Fallowfield Loop.

We followed the loopline to Chorlton.

Here we turned off and weaved our way through Chorlton and back into Sale.

We arrived back at Sale Water Park having cycled a touch over 18 miles. Once again this had been an interesting cycle ride around Sale and Manchester.

You can view our Velodrome route below: