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 off Wilmslow Road, we headed down to the Runway Visitor Park.

After having a cuppa and watching the planes land and take off, it was time to set off again.

 

Initially we retraced out route back to Wilmslow Road.

Due to road works, we had to take a bit of a detour which eventually brouoght us out on Wilmslow Road again.

As they are also working on the tunnels under the runway, we had to cross over the road and use the tunnel on the opposite side of the road than normal.

Having passed through both runway tunnels we turned off the road and continued to follow the Airport Orbital cycleway.

When we reached the airport boundary fence, we turned right and follow the fence for a while.

We then followed Altrincham Road up to Moss Lane.

Moss Lane took us up to Hollin Lane.

Hollin Lane, becomes Styal Road, which we followed back towards Heald Green

At the end of Styal Road, where it meet Finney Lane, we crossed over and made our way back to where we had started.

We had cycled 10.5 miles in total and everyone seemed to have enjoyed the ride.