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@sifriday
I will make the argument for cycling from the airport! It might be flat but there are some lovely lanes and villages to be found in Cheshire.
I reckon you want to go a bit further south to find the nicer countryside. Your route is tracking along the M56 corridor, which is a bit industrial/flat/boring as others have said. I would recommend a mix of using Tatton Park and Sustrans Cycle Route 70 (aka the Cheshire Cycle Way) which does a good job of finding nice lanes. (can find GPX files for it online)
You'll probably arrive at Terminal 1 (I think, from Oslo). The exits are all on the north side near the railway station. There's cycle lanes connecting onto Thorley Lane and Runger Lane which are quiet enough to cycle. They'll bring you round the airport to where your route currently starts. Head west on your route for a bit. Then dive south through Tatton to Knutsford (worth a quick detour into the center, possible posh lunch stop). Then west to join Sustrans Cycle Route 70 and into Great Budworth then onwards through Delamere Forest to rejoin your route at Bridge Trafford, near Chester.
It could look at bit like this:
https://www.strava.com/routes/3071397384830584088
some highlights en-route