Moravian Settlement and Manchester Velodrome

Moravian Settlement and Manchester Velodrome

A visit to the Moravian Settlement is a regular destination for one of Stockport Community Cycling Club‘s Wednesday rides. For the Saturday rides, we often bypass the community and instead head a little further on to Manchester Velodrome. So, a cycle ride visiting both promised to be interesting. It was an overcast, but thankfully sunny morning, as a healthy number of club members met outside Houldsworth Mill. Graham was leading today’s ride and I was the back-leader. We began by…

Read More Read More

SCCC High Legh Ride

SCCC High Legh Ride

Sunday was the SCCC High Legh Ride. It is not a ride that we have done for a few year but which started from Gatley Railway Station. We soon picked up the part of the route that we had used the previous day of the Manchester Airport Afternoon ride. Having passed the edge of the airport and been through the tunnels under the runway, we turned off and headed out towards Ashley. We turned off just before Tatton Park to…

Read More Read More

SCCC Manchester Airport Afternoon Ride

SCCC Manchester Airport Afternoon Ride

Saturday was the SCCC Manchester Airport Afternoon Ride. We met at the Beefeater pub in Heald Green. John was the ride leader for the day and I was the back leader. Initially we set off into Wythenshawe. We followed the tram tracks for a while. Then continued along Simonsway. We turned off through the edge of the park and onwards. We then cycled through Painswick Park. We came out of Painswick Park and then turned right along Thorley Lane. Turning…

Read More Read More

Todmorden 2017

Todmorden 2017

It was a healthy turnout of Stockport Community Cycling Club members that met at Hollingworth Lake for the start of the Todmorden 2017 cycle ride. It was a fine summer day. I was the back-leader for this cycle ride. We set off following the path alongside the reservoir. We left  the reservoir path and picked NCN route at Littleborough. This took us along the Rochdale Canal. We followed the canal for nearly seven miles until we reached Todmorden. Here we…

Read More Read More

Leicester Long Ride – SCCC Club Weekend Sneek-Peek

Leicester Long Ride – SCCC Club Weekend Sneek-Peek

On the forthcoming Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend, there will be two cycle rides available on the Sunday. The Leicester Short Ride, and the Leicester Long ride which Andy S and I will be leading. On the recce weekend, we took the opportunity to test the long ride route out. After leaving the University of Leicester we headed out towards Stoughton where picked up NCN Route 63. This took us past Leicester Airport. The route took us through villages of…

Read More Read More