Sometimes you need a change !

[fossyant]

Well, it's been a bit overcast in Sth Mancs most of the day, I'd ridden to another site for a meeting and back to base - blooming windy.

Really couldn't face riding back home...........

............on the road...... Sun was shining, so bugger it - TPT most of the way home............how pleasant !!! Could have gone a bit further and got really close to home...next time......

Won't be able to do this when I get the fixed.....

Silly thing, I've never bothered to do this route in the 18 months I've been at this job...funny eh.....

 

[potsy]

where abouts is that fossyant? I have stuck to the road up to now but would like to try that myself.

 

[fossyant]

Didsbury all the way through to Brinnington. The TPT does stretch coast to coast. I was going to go all the way to Woodley, but took a different turn in Reddish Vale deliberately....and popped up in Brinnington - about a mile from home.

There is the Pyramid in pic two - you've then got a stretch just past the pyramid on road until Tesco where you pick up Reddish Vale trails......

Never tried it until now !

 

[hackbike 666]

That looks nice.

 

[potsy]

Didsbury all the way through to Brinnington. The TPT does stretch coast to coast. I was going to go all the way to Woodley, but took a different turn in Reddish Vale deliberately....and popped up in Brinnington - about a mile from home.

There is the Pyramid in pic two - you've then got a stretch just past the pyramid on road until Tesco where you pick up Reddish Vale trails......

Never tried it until now !

Cheers for that I do Timperley to Brinnington on my commute so will try it 1 day although I'll probably get lost my sense of direction is shocking

 

[fossyant]

Potsy it's dead easy to follow..... I picked the TPT up at Manchester Road, Parrs Wood - just opposite the Galleon Fitness Centre, near the Cinema Complex. When going through Reddish Vale - you get to the top of a climb, then the TPT drops back down the hill - I carried on, under a long lit tunnel, then the trail runs parallel to the M60, and pops up in Brinnington, turn right, follow the road through the estate, and it brings you out on the main road through Brinnington at the little roundabout - about 300 yards from Selecta Tyres !



Worth a change when it's dry....

 

[potsy]

Potsy it's dead easy to follow..... I picked the TPT up at Manchester Road, Parrs Wood - just opposite the Galleon Fitness Centre, near the Cinema Complex. When going through Reddish Vale - you get to the top of a climb, then the TPT drops back down the hill - I carried on, under a long lit tunnel, then the trail runs parallel to the M60, and pops up in Brinnington, turn right, follow the road through the estate, and it brings you out on the main road through Brinnington at the little roundabout - about 300 yards from Selecta Tyres !



Worth a change when it's dry....

I like 'dead easy to follow' work round the corner from selecta tyres so will deffo give it a try. thanks.

 

[hackbike 666]

How many miles is that fossy?

 

[fossyant]

Only 7 - direct route - was about 10-15 mins slower than road. About 4-5 off road, and maybe 2-3 on road (on road bits were 1/2 mile from work, 1/2 mile in the middle, then about 1 1/2 miles at end. Could make it about 10 I think if I followed the TPT as it heads north for a bit, then winds back.

 

[yenrod]

Dont get the fixed: so you can carry on & ride this trail

 

[fossyant]

Dont get the fixed: so you can carry on & ride this trail

Too late..ordered.........

 

[hackbike 666]

Only 7 - direct route - was about 10-15 mins slower than road. About 4-5 off road, and maybe 2-3 on road (on road bits were 1/2 mile from work, 1/2 mile in the middle, then about 1 1/2 miles at end. Could make it about 10 I think if I followed the TPT as it heads north for a bit, then winds back.

Not bad.

 

[dav1d]

Didsbury all the way through to Brinnington. The TPT does stretch coast to coast. I was going to go all the way to Woodley, but took a different turn in Reddish Vale deliberately....and popped up in Brinnington - about a mile from home.

There is the Pyramid in pic two - you've then got a stretch just past the pyramid on road until Tesco where you pick up Reddish Vale trails......

Never tried it until now !

Is that near Fridays (the bit where you started your journey)? My Aunt lives in Wythenshawe, so I may have passed it. Is there a golf club near by? I've been to Reddish Vale Country Park, but I follow the 192 bus route then turn left, problem is I can only find the short routes in the park and always end up back where I started (or near enough where I started).

 

[fossyant]

No...I jumped on near the A34 (Parrs Wood) - You can get on it near Fridays - I ride past on the road most days..... ride along, come up at the Galleon, then cross over the A34, and back on the route