Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘Twas a beautiful day for a ride: blue skies, sunshine, not too cold. We rode to Holt via Peckforton and Tilston, with Kev setting the pace, helped in turns by John Conboy and Greg. We all kept together well, with a pace steady enough for conversation (maybe induced by the hangovers that 60% of the bunch seemed […]
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A Sunday run with a difference…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Well today was a bit different: a few of us entered the Tatton Yule Yomp, a 10k cross country run around Tatton Park. Our team comprised Tim Rutherford, Nick and Ann, Kev, me and our daughter Nicola, Jules, Jim Duffy and Bruce. Other than Bruce, with whom we hadn’t shared the plan (sorry Bruce!) we all […]
Blaze Farm “safely and comfortably”
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’d been wondering what our esteemed runs leader had in mind when he said he’d come up with a way to make runs “safe and comfortable” – maybe new saddles, or accompaniment from the National Escort Group? Well the suggestion was much simpler than that – the leader stays at the front and sets the […]
Allgreave
Reading Time: 2 minutes There was a big turnout at the Legion this morning with several new riders coming to join the beginners’ run, which Alan led to the ice cream farm. In the meantime, Ian led a wrinklies’ ride to Oswestry. So that left the rest of us – and there were quite a few – to choose […]
The Wrinklies ride to Audlem
Reading Time: < 1 minute A treat for me: I took today off work, which meant a ride in the sunshine with my wrinkly friends. I’ve only managed this rarely, recently – but during my six months of unemployment four years ago, these rides provided weekly companionship, support, a good belly laugh or two (thanks Garry), distraction therapy and some fabulous adventures: and I got fitter […]
The “not a club hill climb” club run
Reading Time: 2 minutes A beautiful day for a club run with a difference. Forty or so of us set out from the British Legion (including what I think was a record eight women: Carol, Caroline, Elaine, Penny, Fiona, Nikki, Emily and me). We headed off in two groups towards the cobbled climb at Bollington – all went well in my […]
To Romiley the hilly way
Reading Time: 2 minutes A hard 70 mile ride today, led by Jules et Jim. (If you don’t get the reference, google it, under French films!). We three, plus Kev, Carol, Tony, Tim T, Chris G, Ewart and Titch made it to the cafe – Gareth, Rob, John K, Craig and new rider Penny turned off at various stage en route. We rode […]
Newbies ride to Wheelock
Reading Time: 2 minutes We had a good turn out today, with about a dozen setting off for the long run into the hills, and the rest of us heading in a large group of 20+ to Wheelock. This group was a bit too large for even the most sympathetic drivers, so we split up again just before Goostrey. The […]
Two Mills (again…)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Definitely one for a caption competition… An eventful run! Kev had dreamed up a route to Blaze Farm for the long run, which he announced at the Legion only to be met by a widely expressed grumble of “but that involves hills” (indeed it does, radical I know for a cycling club to cycle up hills!) followed by universal bottling out. So […]
Prees May 12th 2013
Reading Time: 2 minutes A good turn out at the Legion today with two new riders, Nicola (good to see our girls’ contingent increasing in number) and Anthony. A warm welcome to them. The short run went to Holt; I joined the long run to Prees, along with Jim W, Bruce, Ewart, Richard M, newish riders Peter and Jamie, […]
Hit the North 4
Reading Time: 2 minutes Matthew, Kev and I rode in Hit the North 4 yesterday – a BC supported mountain bike race in Philips Park, Whitefield. We had a lovely sunny day for it, and the route was fab – with some new stretches of manufactured trail, complete with berms, bumps and swoopy sections. The course also featured “The […]
Llandegla
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last night’s revelries clearly left many club members feeling fragile this morning, as there were only five of us at the Legion this morning. So – our merry crew of Kev, me, Tony, Josh and Alan set off in unpromising drizzle, picking up first Jim and then Tim, both going in the other direction on the Weaverham […]