The BSCC Annual Bike Ride - Lenham, Kent - 7th - 9th May 2004
The pub cycle team decamps for its annual trip away somewhere. This year's trip is courtesy of Apple and Pippa who sort out a 42-mile route starting in Lenham, Kent at the Dog and Bear Hotel and going to Smarden, Tenterden, Sissinghurst, back to Smarden and the return to Lenham (via a staggeringly-steep hill that's around 7 miles long). The weather was slightly gloomy, but at least it wasn't the torrential rain that persisted for all of the previous night and right up until breakfast. However, the scenery was impressive, the villages were picturesque and the beer was good.
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The evening of arrival, and Nosher wanders around to get a few scene-setting photos of Lenham itself. This is the churchyard. |
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Our base of operations, the Dog and Bear Hotel: nice food, reasonable beer, a diverse clientelle but strangely miserable staff |
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Phil examines the menu before wandering off to check out the Red Lion pub, down the road a bit |
Back in "The Bear", the world's most expensive stick-game table gets some use... |
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Sophie from Oop t'North (like Nosher) joins in - having just narrowly survived a welcome snog-attempt from Wavy |
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Marc pretends to blow Nosher's head off with a two-finger pistol |
Ready for dinner... |
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Marc looks gloomy - but at least the food's arrived |
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Apple looks perpetually surprised by life |
Guv stuffs a profiterole in |
Spam and Colin prop up the bar |
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Sue proves to Jill that she's only drinking water |
Phil and Guv sit on the pool table |
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The morning of the ride: Guv dons his paramedic's hi-viz and a parrot hat (and why not) |
Marc expresses surprise as Wavy's vibrating Moo, strapped to the back of his bike, sets off |
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Jill, Spammy, Al and Colin prepare for the off |
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First stop, around 8 miles out: the Smarden Bell, in the village of Smarden Bell |
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Team photo! |
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A few scenes from the delightful village of Smarden |
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