This was my first ride with Amir and Phil who both have rather nice road bikes so I had to work hard to match them on my knobbly tyred mountain bike. At Dean Row we manged to get separated and Phil went off on his own to Alderley Edge village unaware that the intention had been to ride up the steady climb via Mottram St Andrew to the 'Edge' at Alderley. Having re-established contact we paid for this mistake with a steep climb to get back on track.

The ride travels mostly through the quiet lanes of East Cheshire passing a few very attractive villages (and pubs) on route. The mid point at the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope proved to be a nice spot for lunch.