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Billy Boy
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| Thanks to kingy for reminding me, get your wallets ready for sunday, a trip to gates is scheduled. |
normally don't bother stopping at Gates..roll down the hill and go to Ashwell garden centre. a bit cheaper, better coffee & eye candy, fewer grumpy old farts smelling of pee and less risk of having ya bike nicked. |
You should work in sales.
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Will Scarlet
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| Gunthorpe cafe is under new management and prices have gone up. Paid £2.95 for a tiny sliver of carrot cake yesterday. |
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highlandpro
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Gunthorpe Lock 2 bits of toast with jam and butter pot of tea $1.80p
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windymiller
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The Limes on a Sunday when you can't have a mug of tea without purchasing food!
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Will Scarlet
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| The Limes on a Sunday when you can't have a mug of tea without purchasing food! |
You mean they won't let you eat your own food? |
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windymiller
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| The Limes on a Sunday when you can't have a mug of tea without purchasing food! |
You mean they won't let you eat your own food? |
I personally have never eaten my own food in any cafe, like you I know of others but that's their business. It wouldn't be my choice of a tea stop either, Edwinstowe or Rufford preferably. I was correct in my first statement in that they wouldn't serve me a mug of tea without purchasing food.
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kingy
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Gunthorpe Lock 2 bits of toast with jam and butter pot of tea $1.80p
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Dazzer
one dollar ninety pence ...is that some sort of jockenese pricing notation?
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TrickyDicky
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| Will Scarlet wrote: |
| Gunthorpe cafe is under new management and prices have gone up. Paid £2.95 for a tiny sliver of carrot cake yesterday. |
Was it out of a packet.............I had a piece a few weeks back there and it was in a cellophane wrapper and it was horrid!
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| Will Scarlet wrote: |
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| The Limes on a Sunday when you can't have a mug of tea without purchasing food! |
You mean they won't let you eat your own food? |
I personally have never eaten my own food in any cafe, like you I know of others but that's their business. It wouldn't be my choice of a tea stop either, Edwinstowe or Rufford preferably. I was correct in my first statement in that they wouldn't serve me a mug of tea without purchasing food. |
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windymiller
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| Fluffy wrote: |
| windymiller wrote: |
| Will Scarlet wrote: |
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| The Limes on a Sunday when you can't have a mug of tea without purchasing food! |
You mean they won't let you eat your own food? |
I personally have never eaten my own food in any cafe, like you I know of others but that's their business. It wouldn't be my choice of a tea stop either, Edwinstowe or Rufford preferably. I was correct in my first statement in that they wouldn't serve me a mug of tea without purchasing food. |
I've seen you |
Rubbish, my manners and etiquette are impeccable as taught to me by my parents.
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kingy
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today its the turn of the garden centre at Tollbar Nr stamford.
nice selection of cakes and beverages ... posh coffee n cake £3.60
acceptable levels of Latino eye candy as well..bloke taking orders & money could do with err refining his customer care skills  |
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billyam998
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after 6 days of earlies I was unable to drag myself from my pit in time to get over to Melton, so off I went into the wind for a ride south of leicester. I eventually ended up at wistow garden centre, where there is a posh cafe bistro. Cup of coffee and beans, egg on toast, wait for it - - - -£5.50 
A bit on the expensive side, but coffee excellent and nice large portions of food, cake selection also looked amazing, so will go again when warmer.
One thing to note that there are some nasty cattle grids on the roads in all directions around there, managed to get across them with no mishaps, but wouldn't have liked to do them on my "best" wheels.
Bl**dy cold on the way out once I got the wind behind me the ride home was much more enjoyable. Must've been the egg and beans 
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kingy
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after 6 days of earlies I was unable to drag myself from my pit in time to get over to Melton, so off I went into the wind for a ride south of leicester. I eventually ended up at wistow garden centre, where there is a posh cafe bistro. Cup of coffee and beans, egg on toast, wait for it - - - -£5.50
A bit on the expensive side, but coffee excellent and nice large portions of food, cake selection also looked amazing, so will go again when warmer.
One thing to note that there are some nasty cattle grids on the roads in all directions around there, managed to get across them with no mishaps, but wouldn't have liked to do them on my "best" wheels.
Bl**dy cold on the way out once I got the wind behind me the ride home was much more enjoyable. Must've been the egg and beans |
Wistow used to be a favorite stop of mine (ours?) until about 10 years ago when the new owners made it very clear that cyclists where not welcome...I remember him saying "and do not lean your bikes against the cafe exterior"
Hopefully that situation has been reversed |
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billyam998
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No such problems today, I was the first customer (10:30ish), woman was very friendly and asked where I had come from etc, and the service was excellent, it might be a bit different on a club run when 20 lycra clad blokes descend upon the place without warning.
A nice part of the world and a good ride on some very quiet roads, I will deffo go again. Normans rides are great, but he does seem to have developed a "comfort zone" bit gutted I missed todays ride as I have not been there before.
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No such problems today, I was the first customer (10:30ish), woman was very friendly and asked where I had come from etc, and the service was excellent, it might be a bit different on a club run when 20 lycra clad blokes descend upon the place without warning.
A nice part of the world and a good ride on some very quiet roads, I will deffo go again. Normans rides are great, but he does seem to have developed a "comfort zone" bit gutted I missed todays ride as I have not been there before. |
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No such problems today, I was the first customer (10:30ish), woman was very friendly and asked where I had come from etc, and the service was excellent, it might be a bit different on a club run when 20 lycra clad blokes descend upon the place without warning.
A nice part of the world and a good ride on some very quiet roads, I will deffo go again. Normans rides are great, but he does seem to have developed a "comfort zone" bit gutted I missed todays ride as I have not been there before." |
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dimasobike
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after 6 days of earlies I was unable to drag myself from my pit in time to get over to Melton, so off I went into the wind for a ride south of leicester. I eventually ended up at wistow garden centre, where there is a posh cafe bistro. Cup of coffee and beans, egg on toast, wait for it - - - -£5.50
A bit on the expensive side, but coffee excellent and nice large portions of food, cake selection also looked amazing, so will go again when warmer.
One thing to note that there are some nasty cattle grids on the roads in all directions around there, managed to get across them with no mishaps, but wouldn't have liked to do them on my "best" wheels.
Bl**dy cold on the way out once I got the wind behind me the ride home was much more enjoyable. Must've been the egg and beans |
Wistow used to be a favorite stop of mine (ours?) until about 10 years ago when the new owners made it very clear that cyclists where not welcome...I remember him saying "and do not lean your bikes against the cafe exterior"
Hopefully that situation has been reversed |
yes he reversed his decision after we put his window through.
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after 6 days of earlies I was unable to drag myself from my pit in time to get over to Melton, so off I went into the wind for a ride south of leicester. I eventually ended up at wistow garden centre, where there is a posh cafe bistro. Cup of coffee and beans, egg on toast, wait for it - - - -£5.50
A bit on the expensive side, but coffee excellent and nice large portions of food, cake selection also looked amazing, so will go again when warmer.
One thing to note that there are some nasty cattle grids on the roads in all directions around there, managed to get across them with no mishaps, but wouldn't have liked to do them on my "best" wheels.
Bl**dy cold on the way out once I got the wind behind me the ride home was much more enjoyable. Must've been the egg and beans |
Wistow used to be a favorite stop of mine (ours?) until about 10 years ago when the new owners made it very clear that cyclists where not welcome...I remember him saying "and do not lean your bikes against the cafe exterior"
Hopefully that situation has been reversed |
yes he reversed his decision after we put his window through |
Nice to see you have always been such a good abassador for the sport Darren.
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kingy
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yes he reversed his decision after we put his window through |
Nice to see you have always been such a good abassador for the sport Darren. |
Now now Bill that really is a grand insult to call dimasobike, Darren |
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