DH and Suey at the bar
The BSCC Weekend at Rutland Water, Empingham, Rutland - 14th May 2011
It's time for the annual Brome Swan Cycle Club Weekend Away thrash - this year featuring the return to the White Horse at Empingham, near to the dam end of Rutland Water. Isobel, on account of the broken wrist, isn't cycling, so Nosher hauls The Boy around for the first couple of hours, stopping of at the Horse and Jockey for refreshment, before meeting up at the lunch pub, where Isobel has arrived by taxi to take Fred away. The Boy is surprisingly chilled-out on such a long ride, with not a single complaint - maybe it was the promise of chips at the end.
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The Boy Phil moves in
The Saga group
Evening conversation in the White Horse
Marc raises a glass
Fred has hamster cheeks
The Bike Club at breakfast
Fred hides so he can't be seen
Paul looks puzzled
A delivery of garden benches occurs
Fred watches the bench delivery
In the car park
Map checking, before the kick-off
Colin spins about on his bike
Colin spins around the car park
Jill checks her bike out as well
Marc's got the tandem out
DH eyeballs the tandem warily
Fred on the bike seat
Pippa looks keen to go
The BSCC assembles for a photo
The cycle group before the off
Sue cycles along the road
Another stop the check the map
The Boy Phil drinks, er, orange juice
DH and a pint of non-beer
Fred gets some shades on
Outside the Horse and Jockey
Jill grabs her bike helmet
Apple considers the pile of bikes
DH busts some moves
Bill ties his shoes up
Marc and DH in the pub car park
Marc flags down a passing ice-cream van
We stop off at another White Horse
A nice basket of pansies
Fred leans over
Isobel and The Boy
Carmen takes Fred for a walk
The BSCC in the White Horse beer garden
Bill stares at the preserved 70s/80s pub decor
The Boy Phil finds something amusing
Bill checks a skip out
Bill goes skip-diving and finds a leather suitcase
Normanton Church
Walking around the church
The traditional poke around Normanton Church
Marc roams around
Phil 'n' Bill
The Boy Phil considers the choppy waters
Bill and Marc
Bill reads a poster in the window
DH on the path back from the church
We find another ice cream van
Bill and Marc eat ice creams
Our short-cut is rumbled by the Sagas
The ice-cream van is popular with the BSCC
It's a real slog across the wind-swept dam
Sitting down for dinner
The Boy Phil gives the hairy eyeball
After-dinner chatting
Alan holds court
The hidden horse in the White Horse sign
The next day, we take Fred to Rutland Water
Fred roams around with a stick
Fred pokes the big sculpture at Sykes Lane
Fred on the grass
The river at Stamford
Stamford town centre
Stamford High Street
Fred plays around in some taffeta in a shop in Stamford
Fred on a bench
Fred does some pointing
The derelict London Inn pub in Stamford
The coaching sign for The George
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DH and Suey at the bar
DH and Suey at the bar
The Boy Phil moves in
The Saga group
Evening conversation in the White Horse
Marc raises a glass
Fred has hamster cheeks
The Bike Club at breakfast
Fred hides so he can't be seen
Paul looks puzzled
A delivery of garden benches occurs
Fred watches the bench delivery
In the car park
Map checking, before the kick-off
Colin spins about on his bike
Colin spins around the car park
Jill checks her bike out as well
Marc's got the tandem out
DH eyeballs the tandem warily
Fred on the bike seat
Pippa looks keen to go
The BSCC assembles for a photo
The cycle group before the off
Sue cycles along the road
Another stop the check the map
The Boy Phil drinks, er, orange juice
DH and a pint of non-beer
Fred gets some shades on
Outside the Horse and Jockey
Jill grabs her bike helmet
Apple considers the pile of bikes
DH busts some moves
Bill ties his shoes up
Marc and DH in the pub car park
Marc flags down a passing ice-cream van
We stop off at another White Horse
A nice basket of pansies
Fred leans over
Isobel and The Boy
Carmen takes Fred for a walk
The BSCC in the White Horse beer garden
Bill stares at the preserved 70s/80s pub decor
The Boy Phil finds something amusing
Bill checks a skip out
Bill goes skip-diving and finds a leather suitcase
Normanton Church
Walking around the church
The traditional poke around Normanton Church
Marc roams around
Phil 'n' Bill
The Boy Phil considers the choppy waters
Bill and Marc
Bill reads a poster in the window
DH on the path back from the church
We find another ice cream van
Bill and Marc eat ice creams
Our short-cut is rumbled by the Sagas
The ice-cream van is popular with the BSCC
It's a real slog across the wind-swept dam
Sitting down for dinner
The Boy Phil gives the hairy eyeball
After-dinner chatting
Alan holds court
The hidden horse in the White Horse sign
The next day, we take Fred to Rutland Water
Fred roams around with a stick
Fred pokes the big sculpture at Sykes Lane
Fred on the grass
The river at Stamford
Stamford town centre
Stamford High Street
Fred plays around in some taffeta in a shop in Stamford
Fred on a bench
Fred does some pointing
The derelict London Inn pub in Stamford
The coaching sign for The George