This Portland Basin 2022 Stockport Community Cycling Club ride followed our annual AGM. It was our first following the sad death of the founder of the club, Jim Court. Business details out of the way, many of the attendees were keen to get out cycling. A ride out to Portland Basin has become a tradition following our AGM’s. It was a cloudy though fine day for it. Graham was leading the ride (and I took up back-leader duties). So, he…
After SCCC’s Annual Club Lunch last week, this week it was back to cycling. We were heading out to Denton, and Sarah and I were leading the second group. We met at Vernon Park. Our route began with us negotiating the Portwood roundabout. We briefly joined NCN Route 62. Then via Penny Lane, we made our way up to South Reddish. After crossing Sandy Lane we made our way through South Reddish Park. Next, we cycled through Heaton Chapel. Then…
The first Stockport Community Cycling Club Festive Ride proved extremely popular. So, this Festive Ride 2021 was an enhanced version of what has quickly become an annual, must repeat, fixture on the club ride calendar. As we continue to navigate our way through the coronavirus pandemic, this year we had two groups. Andy S led the first group … While I led group 2, with Jim the back-leader … It was a cool, though bright wintry morning. The two groups…
This Giro D’Stockpoort cycle route was the third part of the trilogy in my Stockport Community Cycling Club series celebrating the iconic major European bike race tours following our Tour De Stockport and Vuelta a Stockport cycle rides. Of course, the French word ‘tour’, Spanish word ‘vuelta’, and Italian word ‘giro’, all simply translate to the English word ‘tour’. It was a ride that had run into difficulties even before we arrived at the start line. When recceing the route…
The final Stockport Community Cycling Club ride of the year had a festive theme to it. In previous years, occasionally members have come with tinsel on their bikes. This year was slightly different … This year, we made a big thing of it, and our club members turned up brightly dressed – both in person and the bicycle. Our ride began at the car park at the bottom of Vernon Park. The first thing we had to do was cycle…
