The BSCC outside the Beaconsfield Arms
The BSCC Weekend Away, Holt, Norfolk - 12th May 2018
It's time for the first annual Brome Swan Cycle Club bike ride since the Swan itself closed down back in 2017. On the upside, that means that Sylvia can actually join in for the first time in around 20 years, instead of staying behind to look after the pub. The ride leaves the Feathers Hotel in Holt, in the depths of North Norfolk, and winds a circular 27 mile route up to Blakeney on the coast before returning. The weather starts out perfectly, but it's raining for the last eight miles or so from Blakeney and back.
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previous album: A Lunchtime Trip to Peking Seoul, Paddington, London - 9th May 2018
There's a warm-up ride to the Beaky
Isobel rides off
Jill looks over
Alan heads off from the Beaconsfield Arms
We roam around the streets of Holt
Harry and Isobel pass by a proper old-school shop
Harry looks serious in the Taste of India
The Boy Phil scopes the menu out
The Taste of India on Bull Street in Holt
Harry chops up a Naan bread
Food arrives
'Proud to sell Br, it is 'h' meat'. Or something
Bike-club Indian nosh-up
Harry waves something at Phil
Fred shows Gaz how to make Origami frogs
The legendary Bakers and Larners of Holt
We return to the Feathers Hotel
Harry's got his head stuck in a magazine
It's breakfast time for the BSCC riders
The Feathers has a nice reception
Fred packs his bag for the day
Fred's on a phone again
Harry and Isobel while away some time
The riders assemble in the car park
Spammy looks over as cyclists assemble
Sylvia comes out to take a photo
A group photo of the BSCC
Paul pushes his bike around Budgens
Our first pause at Stody Lodge
The Sagas and the children catch up
Another pause to check for directions
Harry must have said something amusing
Marc waves a stern finger in Harry's direction
Gaz gives it some
A pause to re-group in a pretty village
We head off towards Binham
There's another stop - Colin looks over
Fred flakes out for a bit after around 18 miles
The Chequers has an art gallery thing going on
The lunch pub: The Chequers Inn, Binham
Outside the Chequers Inn for lunch
Fred and Harry
Gaz looks up
The Binham village sign
Old-school petrol station sign
A bit of a wrecked building in Binham
A view of the Chequers Inn from across the road
Howell's - a great old-school petrol station
Howell's petrol station in Binham
The optimistically-named Howell's Superstore
Great old-style petrol sign
A nice house on the village green
The BSCC hangs around outside the pub
Nice wisteria on the lane to Blakeney
The ruins of Binham Priory
Another wrecked building
The Chequers' pub sign
Pansies in a tub
Fred looks out as Apple John mills around
Jessica and Fred mess around with The Boy Phil
The Boy Phil does more child tormenting
The Saga group head off past the wisteria
Fred goes for a pootle around
A Morgan roars past
Harry and Isobel go for a little ride
Isobel and Harry
At the top of a steep hill
Alan heads into the King's Head
Harry, Fred, Jessica and Sylvia in the King's Head
Matthew, Claire and Alan in the King's Head
Suey, DH, Phil and Marc at the bar
Gaz is outside hiding from the rain
Harry runs about the car park
The BSCC heads off again, in the rain
We cycle through a soggy Blakeney
There's a stop at the Wiveton Bell
Fred plays guitar in the restaurant
Fred lines up some Lego figures
Fred plays guitar before dinner
Marc looks all 1930s with a wool suit on
A bunch of candles
Fred reads a spot of 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'
Gaz has a read
The Boy Phil and DH
Fred's on guitar again
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The BSCC outside the Beaconsfield Arms
The BSCC outside the Beaconsfield Arms
There's a warm-up ride to the Beaky
Isobel rides off
Jill looks over
Alan heads off from the Beaconsfield Arms
We roam around the streets of Holt
Harry and Isobel pass by a proper old-school shop
Harry looks serious in the Taste of India
The Boy Phil scopes the menu out
The Taste of India on Bull Street in Holt
Harry chops up a Naan bread
Food arrives
'Proud to sell Br, it is 'h' meat'. Or something
Bike-club Indian nosh-up
Harry waves something at Phil
Fred shows Gaz how to make Origami frogs
The legendary Bakers and Larners of Holt
We return to the Feathers Hotel
Harry's got his head stuck in a magazine
It's breakfast time for the BSCC riders
The Feathers has a nice reception
Fred packs his bag for the day
Fred's on a phone again
Harry and Isobel while away some time
The riders assemble in the car park
Spammy looks over as cyclists assemble
Sylvia comes out to take a photo
A group photo of the BSCC
Paul pushes his bike around Budgens
Our first pause at Stody Lodge
The Sagas and the children catch up
Another pause to check for directions
Harry must have said something amusing
Marc waves a stern finger in Harry's direction
Gaz gives it some
A pause to re-group in a pretty village
We head off towards Binham
There's another stop - Colin looks over
Fred flakes out for a bit after around 18 miles
The Chequers has an art gallery thing going on
The lunch pub: The Chequers Inn, Binham
Outside the Chequers Inn for lunch
Fred and Harry
Gaz looks up
The Binham village sign
Old-school petrol station sign
A bit of a wrecked building in Binham
A view of the Chequers Inn from across the road
Howell's - a great old-school petrol station
Howell's petrol station in Binham
The optimistically-named Howell's Superstore
Great old-style petrol sign
A nice house on the village green
The BSCC hangs around outside the pub
Nice wisteria on the lane to Blakeney
The ruins of Binham Priory
Another wrecked building
The Chequers' pub sign
Pansies in a tub
Fred looks out as Apple John mills around
Jessica and Fred mess around with The Boy Phil
The Boy Phil does more child tormenting
The Saga group head off past the wisteria
Fred goes for a pootle around
A Morgan roars past
Harry and Isobel go for a little ride
Isobel and Harry
At the top of a steep hill
Alan heads into the King's Head
Harry, Fred, Jessica and Sylvia in the King's Head
Matthew, Claire and Alan in the King's Head
Suey, DH, Phil and Marc at the bar
Gaz is outside hiding from the rain
Harry runs about the car park
The BSCC heads off again, in the rain
We cycle through a soggy Blakeney
There's a stop at the Wiveton Bell
Fred plays guitar in the restaurant
Fred lines up some Lego figures
Fred plays guitar before dinner
Marc looks all 1930s with a wool suit on
A bunch of candles
Fred reads a spot of 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'
Gaz has a read
The Boy Phil and DH
Fred's on guitar again