It was a cool, but thankfully, sunny morning when Sarah met up with our Sunday morning cyclists crew, on the corner of Blossoms Lane, for a cycle ride out to Knutsford. Of course, it was going to be a cycle ride without me! I am still recovering from my hip operation following my crash a couple of weeks ago on the last day of our Cheshire Cycleway tour. (I am writing this blog post, by the way, and not Sarah…
The latest Stockport Community Cycling Club Saturday ride started from Lindow Common – former home of Lindow Man. It was a bright and breezy day for a cycle ride around the rolling Cheshire lanes to Lower Peover. Sarah was leading the reading the ride and I was the back leader. We began by weaving our way through the off-road lanes to Morley Green From here we cycled through Marthall and Ollerton. Crossing over the A50 we turned on…
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…
Following Land’s End to John o’Groats getting back to riding local was always going to be interesting. A couple of days after we arrived back home we went with Stockport Community Cycling Club on their Saturday ride around Lower Peover. So that was a start. However the eXtra Ride to Appleton Thorn on Sunday 10th June was always going to be a more substantial challenge as this would incorporate a 50 mile ride plus cycling to the start and finish too….
