I went out yesterday under glorious sunshine - just tidying up one of the last remaining unfinished areas. Although only a couple of miles from my house - I had been putting off doing the roads up on the Edge of Alderley Edge - probably a bit narrow to do on the car - but some steep uphill sections on the bike - and slippy cobbled descents.

The climbing wasn't half as bad as I remembered - but I was a bit surprised to come across several other cyclists on some of the narrow lanes parallel to the main road - with more appearing all the time. Turns out I had unknowingly found myself on the route of the "Cheshire Cat" - a "Cyclo-Sportive" event with more than 1800 entrants.

There were some visibly broken people - as some had already done 90 miles before the 1:7 Swiss Hill (with mossy cobbles and virtually no grip!). I was perhaps lucky to have only done around 10-15 miles by the time I made my way up.

Some 10-11 months ago, Chris Morley announced that Cheshire West and Chester - the new Unitary - was complete to public road level. It's taken some time, but with the addition of these last few roads in Alderley Edge - we're almost there with Cheshire East.

There are a small number of minor roads in urban Macclesfield left to do - and the odd road on the west side of Manchester airport.

With perhaps one more push - perhaps we can get Cheshire East complete to coincide with the creation of the new council - scheduled for this Wednesday.