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| dimasobike wrote: |
| kingy wrote: |
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| I remember the good old club run days, where you could have tea pie and a fight (with howitt) for less than 3 quid. |
Skillington? |
I think the young Mr Shore was the recipient of a personal invite to a little fi st i c u f fs and verbal banter with monsier howitt |
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kingy
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Tricky & I rode past the Cross keys in Skillington this morning |
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windymiller
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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Todays hardriders trial
on and off the vale six times is a bit extreme  , |
Only 6 its gone soft
It used to be 8 climbs, and 63 miles
Green hill
Broughton
Clawson east
Clawson west
pasture lane (brock hill)
Harby
terrace
Belvior
Margaret's cafe
retrace
Sub 3 hours was always a challenge  then you blow up |
Right then. I've been up the first hill as you go into Old Dolby from the Melton Road, I think it takes you to Wartnaby, what's that one called? Tu Turned left at the top to the crossroad with the A606 and went straight on.
Left down to Long Clawson, Hose, Harby and then carried on to Stathern and then up Stathern Hill.
61 zig zagging miles and I think I've only been up 2 of the climbs. Actually I must have gone over Broughton when I was riding out from Kinoulton andd Hickling. So how do I fit the others in, I need a better route or I'll end doing about 120miles. |
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kingy
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| windymiller wrote: |
| kingy wrote: |
| billyam998 wrote: |
Todays hardriders trial
on and off the vale six times is a bit extreme , |
Only 6 its gone soft
It used to be 8 climbs, and 63 miles
Green hill
Broughton
Clawson east
Clawson west
pasture lane (brock hill)
Harby
Stathern
terrace
Belvior
Margaret's cafe
retrace
Sub 3 hours was always a challenge then you blow up |
Right then. I've been up the first hill as you go into Old Dolby from the Melton Road, I think it takes you to Wartnaby, what's that one called? Tu Turned left at the top to the crossroad with the A606 and went straight on.
Left down to Long Clawson, Hose, Harby and then carried on to Stathern and then up Stathern Hill.
61 zig zagging miles and I think I've only been up 2 of the climbs. Actually I must have gone over Broughton when I was riding out from Kinoulton andd Hickling. So how do I fit the others in, I need a better route or I'll end doing about 120miles. |
Does this help?
1Green hill
2 Broughton
3 Clawson east
4 Clawson west
5 pasture lane (brock hill)
6 Harby
7 stathern
8 terrace
9 Belvior
Cafe stop where the cross on the route is resting.....pure fluke that |
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Billy Boy
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| Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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I remember that route, and Normski accused me and Wiggy of taking a short cut cos we dropped him at Saxelby 
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windymiller
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| Brilliant, cheers Steve. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:51 am Post subject: |
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 anyone tried the bee hive at roliston nr walton upon trent ...its got to be the best cafe around for cyclist....very good food and good value dont get it mixed up with the one at the forestry centre....its THE BEE HIVE...TRY IT........ |
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Eros Polly
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Another good value place is at the Equestrian Centre at Orston near Bottesford.
Beans on toast and a mug of coffee £2.50 |
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George Minion
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| the belly wrote: |
| anyone tried the bee hive at roliston nr walton upon trent ...its got to be the best cafe around for cyclist....very good food and good value dont get it mixed up with the one at the forestry centre....its THE BEE HIVE...TRY IT........ |
Used to be used alot by Audax events.I agree good food
,good price and nice waitresses.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Eros Polly wrote: |
Another good value place is at the Equestrian Centre at Orston near Bottesford.
Beans on toast and a mug of coffee £2.50 |
Dont broadcast it......but Ive heard that Margaret has started up again near Bottesford somewhere but by invitation only.
That means Norman goes but wont invite the rest of Melton Olympic.
BOO HOO
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Eros Polly wrote: |
Another good value place is at the Equestrian Centre at Orston near Bottesford.
Beans on toast and a mug of coffee £2.50 |
Dont broadcast it......but Ive heard that Margaret has started up again near Bottesford somewhere but by invitation only.
That means Norman goes but wont invite the rest of Melton Olympic.
BOO HOO |
Yeah, just stick it on the world wide tinterweb fool !! 
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TrickyDicky
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Swainy wrote: |
| TrickyDicky wrote: |
| Eros Polly wrote: |
Another good value place is at the Equestrian Centre at Orston near Bottesford.
Beans on toast and a mug of coffee £2.50 |
Dont broadcast it......but Ive heard that Margaret has started up again near Bottesford somewhere but by invitation only.
That means Norman goes but wont invite the rest of Melton Olympic.
BOO HOO |
Yeah, just stick it on the world wide tinterweb fool !! |
Yes but nobody ever reads this tripe.
Hey we could have a tourist event.....Looking for Margarets new place!!
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TrickyDicky
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| TrickyDicky wrote: |
| Swainy wrote: |
| TrickyDicky wrote: |
| Eros Polly wrote: |
Another good value place is at the Equestrian Centre at Orston near Bottesford.
Beans on toast and a mug of coffee £2.50 |
Dont broadcast it......but Ive heard that Margaret has started up again near Bottesford somewhere but by invitation only.
That means Norman goes but wont invite the rest of Melton Olympic.
BOO HOO |
Yeah, just stick it on the world wide tinterweb fool !! |
Yes but nobody ever reads this tripe.
Hey we could have a tourist event.....Looking for Margarets new place!! |
Whoops just had a look at the number of views this thread has had.
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kingy
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Another good value place is at the Equestrian Centre at Orston near Bottesford.
Beans on toast and a mug of coffee £2.50 |
Bargain...and potentially plenty of young lasses in jodhpurs eyeing us up in lycra....oooh  |
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| Betty's in York. Two teas and two sticky buns. £11. Ave it! And that was in 1993 when I was married to the first Mrs Dogma. Etched in my brain for life! Chr ist knows what it would cost now..... |
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kingy
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| Betty's in York. Two teas and two sticky buns. £11. Ave it! And that was in 1993 when I was married to the first Mrs Dogma. Etched in my brain for life! Chr ist knows what it would cost now..... |
Sadly I was lured into the same cafe last year in harrogate ....
Bettys Traditional Afternoon Tea
A pot of Tea Room Blend Tea;
finger sandwiches with a choice of two of the following fillings:
Smoked Salmon, Roast Ham, Roast Chicken
or Egg Mayonnaise; (thats or not and)
a Sultana Scone, strawberry preserve and Yorkshire clotted cream;
a selection of miniature cakes.
£14.95 each
thirty.bleedin.quid....and we had to queue up to get in with all the Japs & yanks.
Still Mrs Kingy was happy.... so was I after I had a pie |
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Dogma Dave
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Betty's in York. Two teas and two sticky buns. £11. Ave it! And that was in 1993 when I was married to the first Mrs Dogma. Etched in my brain for life! Chr ist knows what it would cost now..... |
Sadly I was lured into the same cafe last year in harrogate ....
Bettys Traditional Afternoon Tea
A pot of Tea Room Blend Tea;
finger sandwiches with a choice of two of the following fillings:
Smoked Salmon, Roast Ham, Roast Chicken
or Egg Mayonnaise; (thats or not and)
a Sultana Scone, strawberry preserve and Yorkshire clotted cream;
a selection of miniature cakes.
£14.95 each
thirty.bleedin.quid....and we had to queue up to get in with all the Japs & yanks.
Still Mrs Kingy was happy.... so was I after I had a pie |
Sounds like the erstwhile Mrs Dogma and I got a veritable bargainous afternoon tea apiece at £5.50 a chuck! |
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Dogma Dave
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| kingy wrote: |
| Dogma Dave wrote: |
| Betty's in York. Two teas and two sticky buns. £11. Ave it! And that was in 1993 when I was married to the first Mrs Dogma. Etched in my brain for life! Chr ist knows what it would cost now..... |
Sadly I was lured into the same cafe last year in harrogate ....
Bettys Traditional Afternoon Tea
A pot of Tea Room Blend Tea;
finger sandwiches with a choice of two of the following fillings:
Smoked Salmon, Roast Ham, Roast Chicken
or Egg Mayonnaise; (thats or not and)
a Sultana Scone, strawberry preserve and Yorkshire clotted cream;
a selection of miniature cakes.
£14.95 each
thirty.bleedin.quid....and we had to queue up to get in with all the Japs & yanks.
Still Mrs Kingy was happy.... so was I after I had a pie |
Sounds like the erstwhile Mrs Dogma and I got a veritable *CENSORED* afternoon tea apiece at £5.50 a chuck! |
The censored word being "bar gain" |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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Not strictly a cafe but Swinnerton - Cycles on Cannock Chase do some good home made rolls and flapjacks, few quid and you'll get that and tea or whatever.
A nice stop off after training on or off road at the chase.
Edit:thought I'd add this just to show not every place is a rip off!  |
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| Betty's in York. Two teas and two sticky buns. £11. Ave it! And that was in 1993 when I was married to the first Mrs Dogma. Etched in my brain for life! Chr ist knows what it would cost now..... |
Im not surprised they charged you so much if you went in there with lycra on???
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