Day 6 had been the longest day of our Mid Wales tour so far. Today would be more of the same, not too hilly, and our longest day of the tour, We would cycling home, from Chester to Stockport. It was another lovely sunny day too, the summer heatwave now really beginning to take hold. Our day began by seeking out a cafe where we could eat breakfast. We found Marmalade, and enjoyed a pleasant and relaxing breakfast. Food in…
This Cotebrook 2017 cycle ride was the shorter version of Sarah’s rides to the Shire Horse Centre. Last year the ride was cancelled due to bad weather, but thankfully, though wet at the beginning, it was generally fine. Indeed, quite a few of us cycled to the start of the ride in Winsford. For today’s Stockport Community Cycling Club ride, Sarah was today’s ride leader and I was the back-leader. So this was not going to be the easiest ride to take…
For ride leaders, probably the most difficult part of planning a ride is finding somewhere suitable for a lunch stop. The latest Stockport Community Cycling Club ride to Cotebrook certainly lived up to this. Sarah was down to lead this ride. Since it was Mother’s Day we decided that our usual lunch stop for the ride Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre would be too busy to accommodate our longer ride numbers, usually around 15-16 riders, so we decided to look for…
