Wavy chats to Colin in the Black Horse, Thorndon
The BSCC Charity Bike Ride, Walberswick, Suffolk - 9th July 2005
It's that time of year when the Brome Swan Cycle Club does its long(ish)-distance cycle ride for charity, this year returning to the picturesque village of Walberswick on the Suffolk coast - some 28 miles away from "base", and thus a 56-mile round trip. The route goes out through Brome, Hoxne, Cratfield, Heveningham, Walpole, Bramfield and Wenhaston, where we stop at the Star Inn for a few early beers but have to wait for it to open as the landlords had gone out to get some potatoes. After that, we skirt the edge of Blythburgh before crossing the A12 and heading to the sea. After lunch, and a few more beers at the Walberswick Bell, it's time to crash out on the beach and doze for a few hours. The return trip has some "splinter-group" stop-offs; firstly at the Huntingfield Arms, and then the Cratfield Poacher.
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Bill and Wavy
In the Thorndon Black Horse, the previous Thursday
Colin in the Black Horse
Wavy and Bill at the bar
Apple, Pippa and Paul
There's a stop to check we're going the right way
Bill does some tyre pumping
Spammy's on the bananas
Jill sits and waits
Colin and the gang wait for the pub to open
At the bar of the Star
Apple looks out of the window on the Star Inn
Jill waits for a gin or something
Apple gives Pip some of his nuts
Bill with a pint
Pippa and Apple on a bench
Spammy sits alone
More of the gang outside the Star
Spammy has a cup of tea
Bill bangs his head on a nearby hanging basket
Wavy turns up hours later
The path to the pub is a bit overgrown
The 'Saga group' heads off to Walberswick
Wavy catches up on beer
The rest of the 'fast' group turns up
The Boy Phil on his bike
DH walks past Marc's abandoned bicycle
Ninja M and Paul
Bill pretends to have breasts (again)
Bill manages to balance a pint on his 'breasts'
We stand around in what looks like set-aside
DH, Marc and Bill
Wavy on the steps of the pub
Paul looks around at the Walberswick Bell
Wavy nods off
Colin in the sun
The Bell's beer garden
Bill brings some pints back from the bar
Bill has a sleep
Wavy finds a nice cushion to sit on
Salad dressing in a fancy brandy bottle
Ninja M sleeps in the dunes
Suey lobs a small stone at the sea
Wavy roams around with an ice cream
The gang on the beach
Ninja M dozes on the beach
Looking up to Blackshore in Southwold
Marc and Bill have a wrestle
Marc on the beach
Bill makes a sandcastle
More sleeping
Bill finds the sea a bit cold
Marc brings more ice creams
The Boy Phil
Marc does something to DH's feet
Marc drags Bill off to the sea
DH heads off
On the crabbing bridge
A tiny window
Some horses ride by near Bramfield
Heveningham Hall prepares for its open day
The endless fence around Heveningham Hall
Wavy in the evening sun at the Huntingfield Arms
Wavy sits on the grass
Outside the Huntingfield Arms
The Cratfield Poacher
Outside the Poacher
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Wavy chats to Colin in the Black Horse, Thorndon
Wavy chats to Colin in the Black Horse, Thorndon
Bill and Wavy
In the Thorndon Black Horse, the previous Thursday
Colin in the Black Horse
Wavy and Bill at the bar
Apple, Pippa and Paul
There's a stop to check we're going the right way
Bill does some tyre pumping
Spammy's on the bananas
Jill sits and waits
Colin and the gang wait for the pub to open
At the bar of the Star
Apple looks out of the window on the Star Inn
Jill waits for a gin or something
Apple gives Pip some of his nuts
Bill with a pint
Pippa and Apple on a bench
Spammy sits alone
More of the gang outside the Star
Spammy has a cup of tea
Bill bangs his head on a nearby hanging basket
Wavy turns up hours later
The path to the pub is a bit overgrown
The 'Saga group' heads off to Walberswick
Wavy catches up on beer
The rest of the 'fast' group turns up
The Boy Phil on his bike
DH walks past Marc's abandoned bicycle
Ninja M and Paul
Bill pretends to have breasts (again)
Bill manages to balance a pint on his 'breasts'
We stand around in what looks like set-aside
DH, Marc and Bill
Wavy on the steps of the pub
Paul looks around at the Walberswick Bell
Wavy nods off
Colin in the sun
The Bell's beer garden
Bill brings some pints back from the bar
Bill has a sleep
Wavy finds a nice cushion to sit on
Salad dressing in a fancy brandy bottle
Ninja M sleeps in the dunes
Suey lobs a small stone at the sea
Wavy roams around with an ice cream
The gang on the beach
Ninja M dozes on the beach
Looking up to Blackshore in Southwold
Marc and Bill have a wrestle
Marc on the beach
Bill makes a sandcastle
More sleeping
Bill finds the sea a bit cold
Marc brings more ice creams
The Boy Phil
Marc does something to DH's feet
Marc drags Bill off to the sea
DH heads off
On the crabbing bridge
A tiny window
Some horses ride by near Bramfield
Heveningham Hall prepares for its open day
The endless fence around Heveningham Hall
Wavy in the evening sun at the Huntingfield Arms
Wavy sits on the grass
Outside the Huntingfield Arms
The Cratfield Poacher
Outside the Poacher