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Due to popular demand I have decided to organise a Cycle Chat forum ride from Manchester for the 1st January . Old friends and new can get together at the beginning of the year to start things off as we mean to go on.
Leaving Manchester's iconic Albert Square at 10am we will wind our way through the gritty urban and leafy suburbs of south Manchester, passing through Wythenshawe Park and under the runways of Manchester airport, before stopping at a café in Alderley Edge for refreshments after approx 18 miles. We then head back via Bramhall, passing through the park where we can stop to view the ancient Bramhall Hall before heading back into the conurbation of Manchester. To break up the urban roads we will be taking in a large section of the Fallowfield Loop cycle path as far as Gorton. From here we hit the mean streets of East Manchester to cover the last few miles back to the start, and in doing so I will take you down Every Street in M/cr and we will also pass through the dinghy underbelly of the Piccadilly area via a short length of the Rochdale canal towpath. If we are spared, we should hopefully all arrive back at the start by 3pm at the very latest.
THIS is the preliminary route, a touch over 40 miles and not particularly hilly (think yourselves lucky I didn't choose to head for the Pennines again!
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A few things will need to be finalised. I need to pre-ride the route as some of the 'roads' I have selected near the airport are possibly little more than bridleways so may have to be adjusted (Eccups Lane/Rotherwood Rd?).
I also need to select a suitable café in Alderley Edge that will definitely be open on the day. I rang the Village Café but they intend to be closed. Caffé Nero have said they will be open so at a pinch we could just pop in there for some grub and a coffee?
So, who's up for a bracing start to 2019? Pace will be sociable, it certainly ain't no race but even at an average of 10mph we should have it done in 4hrs cycling. Probably an hour at the café for sustenance and a good old chin-wag and back in Manchester in good time to return to our families without getting too much ear ache over disappearing for the day
Leaving Manchester's iconic Albert Square at 10am we will wind our way through the gritty urban and leafy suburbs of south Manchester, passing through Wythenshawe Park and under the runways of Manchester airport, before stopping at a café in Alderley Edge for refreshments after approx 18 miles. We then head back via Bramhall, passing through the park where we can stop to view the ancient Bramhall Hall before heading back into the conurbation of Manchester. To break up the urban roads we will be taking in a large section of the Fallowfield Loop cycle path as far as Gorton. From here we hit the mean streets of East Manchester to cover the last few miles back to the start, and in doing so I will take you down Every Street in M/cr and we will also pass through the dinghy underbelly of the Piccadilly area via a short length of the Rochdale canal towpath. If we are spared, we should hopefully all arrive back at the start by 3pm at the very latest.
THIS is the preliminary route, a touch over 40 miles and not particularly hilly (think yourselves lucky I didn't choose to head for the Pennines again!
).A few things will need to be finalised. I need to pre-ride the route as some of the 'roads' I have selected near the airport are possibly little more than bridleways so may have to be adjusted (Eccups Lane/Rotherwood Rd?).
I also need to select a suitable café in Alderley Edge that will definitely be open on the day. I rang the Village Café but they intend to be closed. Caffé Nero have said they will be open so at a pinch we could just pop in there for some grub and a coffee?
So, who's up for a bracing start to 2019? Pace will be sociable, it certainly ain't no race but even at an average of 10mph we should have it done in 4hrs cycling. Probably an hour at the café for sustenance and a good old chin-wag and back in Manchester in good time to return to our families without getting too much ear ache over disappearing for the day
