Next event
Cycle will take place mid-June 2008
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Event date - TBA
Eventers (Or the mad people who are doing the cycle) - Neil Sayle. & TBA
Time - Start time 4.30 am - depending on Sunrise.
Time - End time 10.30 pm - depending on, time finished, sunset.
Event route - Cheshire Ring -
From - Woodley
To - Woodley
Via - Marple, Macclesfield, Congleton, Kidsgrove, Sandbach, Middlewich, Northwich, Preston Brook, Warrington, Grappenhall, Lymm, Altrincham, Ashton.
Total of - 97miles
The cycle will take place for the Stockport County Trust. - (I will get information as soon as possible for them)
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I've now booked my days off for the cycle!! June 20th, 21st and 22nd - Wed, Thur and Fri! So, I'm in the cycle!!
More information to come as follows
Map of the Canal network in the North West - Cheshire Ring Route is in Red.
Planned Route
Option ONE
Peak Forest Canal - Woodley - Marple - Total of 4 miles (16 Locks)
Macclesfield Canal - Marple - Kidsgrove - Total of 26 miles (13 locks)
Trent and Mersey Canal - Kidsgrove - Preston Brook - Total of 14 1/2 miles
Bridgewater Canal - Preston Brook - Manchester - Total of 40 miles (No Locks)
Rochdale Canal - Manchester - Manchester - Total of 2 miles (4 Locks)
Ashton Canal - Manchester - Ashton - Total of 6 miles (18 Locks)
Peak Forest Canal - Ashton - Woodley - Total of 4 1/2 miles
Option TWO
Peak Forest Canal - Woodley - Ashton - Total of 4 1/2 miles (16 Locks)
Ashton Canal - Ashton - Manchester - Total of 6 miles (18 Locks)
Rochdale Canal - Manchester - Manchester - Total of 2 miles (4 Locks)
Bridgewater Canal - Manchester - Preston Brook - Total of 40 miles (No Locks)
Trent and Mersey Canal - Preston Brook - Kidsgrove - Total of 14 1/2 miles
Macclesfield Canal - Kidsgrove - Marple - Total of 26 miles (13 locks)
Peak Forest Canal - Marple - Woodley - Total of 4 miles
Both Routes consist of the same ways,
Option One goes up .. Locks and is higher/lower
Option Two goes up .. Locks and is higher/lower
At the moment, the easiest route, seems to option TWO, as the locks all seem to go down (Info from Woodley to Lymm and Woodley to Macclesfield)
Cycles Done
Sunday 7th January!
Peak Forest Canal - Marple, 4 miles
Macclesfield Canal - Bollington, 7 miles (Puncture on canal, rode/walked Middlewood way to Train station)
Total - 11 miles, (Got train back as too dark)
Percent of Course completed today = 9.57%
Total percent completed = 9.57%
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Sunday 14th January!
Peak Forest Canal - Ashton, 4 and a 1/2 miles
Ashton Canal - Manchester, 5 and a 1/4 miles
Rochdale Canal - Manchester, 2 miles
Bridgewater Canal - Lymm, 11 miles
Total - 22 and 3/4 miles, (Got lift from dad as getting dark.. again )
Percent of Course completed today = 21.34%
Total percent completed = 30.91%
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