Newton Rigg College Archives

SCCC Weekend Longer Ride – Mungrisdale, Matterdale and Ullswater

10 September 2016 Andy

After Saturdays wet ride from Lancaster, Sunday’s Stockport Community Cycling Club weekend longer ride promised a few hills, including Matterdale, but also some fantastic views. We had of course recced this ride recently as part of our Club Weekend recce. It was a cool, but thankfully dry Sunday morning that greeted us as seventeen of us left Newton Rigg College and set off for Newton Reigny. It wasn’t long before the first climb began, a steady rise up to Skelton. Sadly as…

SCCC Weekend Mix and Match Ride

8 September 2016 Sarah

Last Sunday on the SCCC Weekend away, there was a choice of either a longer or a shorter ride. I had been told (by Andy) that I was doing the longer ride and I was looking forward to it as we had tried the ride a few weeks back. I knew that the scenery was going to be spectacular. After a hard week at work, I was feeling really tired all weekend. After breakfast, we had bit of a stroll…

Lancaster – An SCCC Weekend Ride

6 September 2016 Andy

The Stockport Community Cycling Club Weekend is always a highly anticipated event. This year we were off to Penrith.Some of us had recently spent a weekend recceing the Sunday rides (Short ride/Long ride). First however, on the way we stopped off for a cycle ride near to Lancaster. We arrived in Lancaster on a wet Saturday lunchtime. Setting off along the River Lune we followed NCN Route 6 for the first few miles. This took us past Conder Green…