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Yes, Morrissey does enjoy a good ride. As do a legion of bike-riding Smiths fans if the coverage of Sunday’s bike ride is anything to go off.

Gathering at 10.30am outside – where else – the Salford Lads Club, the route takes in several Smiths-related sites, as organiser Ruth Martin explained to Terry Christian on BBC Radio Manchester:

We’re going to be passing by Morrissey’s old house on Kings Road in Stretford, then we’re going to the cemetery gates on the cemetery in Chorlton, down to Holy Name Church on Oxford Road, up to Manchester Ritz, but we start and finish at the Lads Club. There’s going to be events on at the Club afterwards to welcome us home.

That’s quite a big round-trip and with Phil Gatenby – author of Morrissey’s Manchester: The Essential Smiths Tour - on board you can be sure it’ll be the most educational bike ride you’ve been on.

Participants are asked to donate £5 to the Lads Club, which is raising funds after the lead from its roof was stolen. They’ll be treated to a set by tribute band the Smyths, while ‘vintage ice cream van’ Everyday is like Sundae will also be on site.

Interested? Call 0161 872 3767 or visit this Morrissey forum thread.