Spam and Jill in the White Horse
The BSCC Weekend Trip to Rutland Water, Empingham, Rutland - 14th May 2005
The Brome Swan Cycle Club does its annual tour thing, this year returning to Rutland Water for a 25-mile bike ride and a few pubs on the way. For a change, we're staying at the White Horse in Empingham, just a mile from the end of Rutland Water itself.
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Wavy gives it two thumbs up
Phil scopes the menu out
Gov and Wavy
Alan, Spam and Bill do mobile phones
The BSCC in the bar
Alan scopes out the menu
Phil and Jill
Alan places an order
Pre-dinner drinks
Marc finishes a pint
Nosher gets a hug
Alan, Spam and Jill
Paul's glass is empty
Wavy finds somewhere for a little sleep
Post dinner hanging around
It's time for breakfast
Marc gets the tandem out
Milling around in the car park
Alan looks around for something
Marc and the roving repair-shop-on-wheels
Colin hauls some bikes out of his pickup
Gov tests out the back end of a tandem
Alan, Colin and Jill hang around
Marc's on the ball
There's a bit of a football kickabout
A most-of-the-group photo
Marc and DH test out the tandem for the first time
Rutland Water
Round the cycle path that skirts the water
A track through the woods
The Boy Phil rides through a bluebell wood
A fantastic bluebelled hill
Gov peels off his backpack
Sheep
The wind is picking up
Gov has a drink
The strong winds churn up silt
The BSCC re-groups
Alan helps out Spammy with some running bike repairs
Outside the Horse and Jockey - our lunch stop
Suey looks over
A bunch of pansies in a hanging basket
Suey and Marc share a cuddly moment
DH gets a roll-up going
'I'm 'avin a fag'
Maps are checked for the second leg
Off again round more of the Water
The recently renovated Wheatsheaf, Normanton
Paul and Wavy
Pippa holds a glass up
Claire's got dark shades on
DH checks his shots
Marc looks down
A couple of old dudes are out for a ride
DH gets a liquorice-paper roll-up on the go
DH on the roll-ups
Gov with a hat on
The partially-submerged church at Normanton
Phil and Suey peer in through the windows
Wavy decides to have a paddle
Wavy scrambled back to the shore
Wavy's a little bit damp
Wavy's shoe adds to the stonework above a window
DH takes a photo over the water
Looking up at the steeple
Marc takes the tandem around for a solo spin
We head back from Normanton Church
A bunch of lambs play 'king of the castle'
Gov has a serviette on his head
The BSCC at dinner
Jen looks surprised
Marc's got his tea finger out
The BSCC does dinner
Something riotously funny occurs
Some sort of five-way finger trap
Spam and John Willy get ready to head off
The White Horse at Empingham
An old school
A quaint thatched cottage
Six miles from Oakham, our previous venue
Spam and John
The Sagas head home
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Spam and Jill in the White Horse
Spam and Jill in the White Horse
Wavy gives it two thumbs up
Phil scopes the menu out
Gov and Wavy
Alan, Spam and Bill do mobile phones
The BSCC in the bar
Alan scopes out the menu
Phil and Jill
Alan places an order
Pre-dinner drinks
Marc finishes a pint
Nosher gets a hug
Alan, Spam and Jill
Paul's glass is empty
Wavy finds somewhere for a little sleep
Post dinner hanging around
It's time for breakfast
Marc gets the tandem out
Milling around in the car park
Alan looks around for something
Marc and the roving repair-shop-on-wheels
Colin hauls some bikes out of his pickup
Gov tests out the back end of a tandem
Alan, Colin and Jill hang around
Marc's on the ball
There's a bit of a football kickabout
A most-of-the-group photo
Marc and DH test out the tandem for the first time
Rutland Water
Round the cycle path that skirts the water
A track through the woods
The Boy Phil rides through a bluebell wood
A fantastic bluebelled hill
Gov peels off his backpack
Sheep
The wind is picking up
Gov has a drink
The strong winds churn up silt
The BSCC re-groups
Alan helps out Spammy with some running bike repairs
Outside the Horse and Jockey - our lunch stop
Suey looks over
A bunch of pansies in a hanging basket
Suey and Marc share a cuddly moment
DH gets a roll-up going
'I'm 'avin a fag'
Maps are checked for the second leg
Off again round more of the Water
The recently renovated Wheatsheaf, Normanton
Paul and Wavy
Pippa holds a glass up
Claire's got dark shades on
DH checks his shots
Marc looks down
A couple of old dudes are out for a ride
DH gets a liquorice-paper roll-up on the go
DH on the roll-ups
Gov with a hat on
The partially-submerged church at Normanton
Phil and Suey peer in through the windows
Wavy decides to have a paddle
Wavy scrambled back to the shore
Wavy's a little bit damp
Wavy's shoe adds to the stonework above a window
DH takes a photo over the water
Looking up at the steeple
Marc takes the tandem around for a solo spin
We head back from Normanton Church
A bunch of lambs play 'king of the castle'
Gov has a serviette on his head
The BSCC at dinner
Jen looks surprised
Marc's got his tea finger out
The BSCC does dinner
Something riotously funny occurs
Some sort of five-way finger trap
Spam and John Willy get ready to head off
The White Horse at Empingham
An old school
A quaint thatched cottage
Six miles from Oakham, our previous venue
Spam and John
The Sagas head home