Mike Wigley, Higher Grange Farm, Millcroft Lane, Delph, Saddleworth OL3 5UX

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1 Mike Wigley, Higher Grange Farm, Millcroft Lane, Delph, Saddleworth OL3 5UX Date & Time: Sunday 23 rd December 2018 at 8:30am prompt. The Community Centre will be open from 7:30 for tea/coffee and toilets, and reopen from 16:30 for hot soup and mince pies. Parking: there is NO parking at the Community Centre itself with NO on-street parking in the vicinity. There is a large free car park in Woodley Centre, a small carpark (6 6 height barrier!) on Redhouse Lane opposite the church, or on-street parking on Mill Lane. Access to the Community Centre is adjacent to the Pedestrian Crossing over A560 from Woodley Centre. Off-road: Note the short off-road section at 156km but this is OK for tandems, recumbents etc Route, GPX and Maps: see Start SJ Arthur Greewood Community Centre, Hipley Close SK6 1ES Moston 46km SJ CONTROL at the Horsebox Cafe with tea/coffee and mince pie Market Drayton Alford 82km SJ CONTROL: get a till receipt from anywhere suitable, eg:- cafe inside Morrisons (toilets, hot meals & snacks until 2pm, hot drinks and cakes until 4pm) Londis/Shell petrol station (cold drinks and snacks) Wetherspoons (toilets, hot and cold drinks, snacks, meals) Costa on the right on Cheshire Street 125km SJ INFO CONTROL: just after the turn off B5130 Gatesheath 133km SJ CONTROL at Old Ma s Coffee Shop please ask for a sticker for your card and add the time. After 4pm continue to Spar/Petrol Station in Tarporley (coffee machine) Finish 202km SJ Arthur Greewood Community Centre, Hipley Close SK6 1ES

2 1 L from Start, R Sycamore Road, R Oldham Drive, L Bents Lane 1.4 n A627 [Hazel_Grove] 3.9 T A626 & l A T [Stockport> A6 & pass McDonalds 6.9 l <Woodford] Chester Rd & soon t 8.2 n [Woodford 10.7 T (A5149 no sign) Woodford] Chester Road 11.7 o <Woodford_A5102 Woodford_A5102] 1 st exit 14.5 O 2 nd exit & o 1 st exit for Wilmslow 16.5 N[Prestbury] & N[Alderley_Edge] 19.6 t London Rd (B5087) 19.9 De Trafford Arms, Chorley Hall La 20.6 t A535 to Chelford 25.6 N2 nd exit [Holmes_Chapel] A r [Jodrell_Bank> (SO at LH bend) 32.2 T [Rudheath> by Goostrey Church 35.5 n A n [Middlewich] 39.7 t B5081 & t B E [Middlewich> A l <Sandbach] A r & l <Warmingham] 45.5 Control on right in layby Moston 4 NB if the weather is bad and I haven t been able to get here, continue to info in Moston 2 continue along Warmingham Lane 45.9 T Forge Mill Lane to info on Left i Moston (see card) 48.3 t <Nantwich] A r [Church_Minshull> 50.8 T [Church_Minshull> 52.0 o <Nantwich] B N [Nantwich] A r 1 st Right Vauxhall Rd (at Town Centre straight on sign) 60.3 t Manor Road North 60.6 T Manor Road 61.1 T 61.3 w B5341 <Whitchurch] 61.6 r Shrewbridge Road (Humps!) 62.4 T (IE straight on) 63.1 l <Audlem] 71.3 t [Newcastle] A525 (sign missing?) 72.3 r [Market_Drayton> A N [Mkt_Drayton] A529 (3 rd exit) 82.0 N get till receipt from... - Morrisons on left - Londis/Shell on left MarketDrayton 82 8 or continue N & Y [Town_Centre> 82.3 get till receipt from Wetherspoons (Hippodrome) on left (or continue to Costa Coffee) MarketDrayton 82

3 Market Drayton controls: get receipt from - Morrisons (cafe, toilets) - Londis Petrol station - Wetherspoons - Costa Coffee (toilets) 3 continue on Cheshire Street (Costa Coffee on Right) n [Chester> B T [Other_Routes> Shropshire St 82.7 P Straight on at mini-o T [Chester> B r [Bruera> [Bruera> in Aldford 83.0 r 1 st Right on Clive Road 125.4info on right ialdford t o O Longslow Road 84.2 F over A53 to Calverhall 92.6 T [Whitchurch> 98.8 E [Nantwich> A o <Whitchurch] T & follow any signs for [A41] [B5395] and [Malpas] N [Chester] A41 4 r [Hatton_Heath> in Bruera F over A41 to Gatesheath y <Beeston] 132.6Old Ma s Coffee Shop on right Gatesheath 133 (cafe closes at 16:00, if later than this continue to Spar petrol station at Tarporley which has a hot drinks machine) l <Malpas] B n [Stretton] in Tilston l Wetreins Lane (next left by railings) T [Farndon>

4 5 right from Old Ma s w <Huxley] r [Huxley> T [Tarporley> l <Tarporley] F Eaton Road in Tarporley 141.8get till receipt from Spar/Petrol Station if Old Ma s was closed 141.8continue on Eaton Road t through Eaton & pass Red Lion PH r [L_Budworth> [L_Budworth>& pass OultonPark l <Northwich] Park Road to A n Cross A54 onto Clay Lane n [Whitegate] r Grange Lane (after White House) 155.9over 3T bridge then left at Telegraph Cable sign, over 2 bridges and up the stoney track, through 2 tunnels and T onto Niddries Lane t Jack Lane O Jack Lane t London Road r Church Street (at Pharmacy) n A530 (fast!) T [Holmes_Chapel> B l <Lower_Peover] Common Lane t B5081 in Swan Green F at A50 onto Seven Sisters Lane n over A537 [Wilmslow> B5085 and T [Wilmslow> l Newton Hall Lane T [Wilmslow> A t e [Station> t <Stockport] A O [Stockport> A o <Stockport] A O 2 nd exit [Poynton_A5149> l Woodford Rd n Chester Rd imm R after left at Jehovah s Witness, left towards McDs and right to A6 traffic lights...

5 195.8 T A l <Marple] Torkington Road T [Marple_A626> use pavement/cycleway on left after river bridge for the climb of Otterspool Road (which is narrow and busy and very unpleasant) l <Bredbury Bredbury_A627] Dooley Lane n at Cow and Calf r just before traffic lights Oldham Dr l Sycamore Road to Arthur Greenwood Centre, Bredbury if you finish before 16:30, sign your brevet card and post through letter box of Community Centre; later riders will be welcomed with hot soup, hot drinks, so take your time! Contact: please ring Mike Wigley ( ) if unable to finish updated 26/11/2018