Off to a good start with a flat tyre at Bar Hill
The BSCC Weekend Away, Lyddington, Rutland - 9th May 2015
It's the fourth visit for the Brome Swan Cycle Club to Rutland Water, but the first time staying at the nice (but expensive) Old White Hart in Lyddington, about seven or eight miles south of the resevoir. It's also the first time trying out a tag-along, with Fred attached and nominally riding his own bike, but being able to easily let him off for the chance to ride for a few miles around the Water itself, where the terrain was slightly less "extreme hill" than the journey to and from Lyddington.
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Time for dinner
The BSCC Top Table
Marc's guffed again
Fred's impressed with his ice cream
Honey-coloured cottages in Lyddington
Fred and Harry in their own bedroom
Fred bumps in to Al and Spam on Main Street
The Old White Hart pig
Fred at breakfast
Spammy gets some breakfast
Pippa and Apple unload their bikes
Harry's in a wicker den
The bike club exit the hotel
Marc points
Marc gets the tandem down
Fred and Harry play giant Jenga in the garden
Harry and Isobel walk back to the flat
Lyddington's absurdely-picturesque Main Street
DH gives out some Stiff Upper Lip
A thatcher's trademark
Harry gets his shoes on
Harry and the pig-chef
Bikes are unloaded
Suey helps Harry with something
Harry gets rugged up for the ride
Fred shows Suey his compass/bell
Harry roams around
Spammy takes a photo over the fence
A BSCC group photo
Fred gets his peepers out
At the top of another hill
Marc and The Boy Phil outside the Horse and Jockey
Massed bikes outside the Horse and Jockey
The tandem and all the bikes
Fred does some balancing on a bike rack
DH does a Winston
Harry gets a cuddle
Riding around the Water
Fred walks around
Alan, Jill and Colin set off again
There's a pause for a breakdown
The Boy Phil has some mechanical issues
An information sign is consulted
A view of a windy Rutland Water
Fred and Isobel
Cycling through the boat yard
Suey and Isobel push their bikes up a hill
Marc at the bar of the White Horse in Empingham
Fred makes something out of random bits
Isobel shows off a photo
DH, Phil, Marc and Gaz sit outside in the cold
The lads outside the White Horse
A pile of bikes in a beer garden
We find an ice-cream van at Normanton church
The Boy Phil roams around near Normanton Church
The bike club shelter from the fierce wind
In the marquee before dinner
Apple and Pippa
John Willy sticks his tongue out
Alan surveys the scene
Marc photo-bombs Harry at breakfast
Fred points to Harry and Isobel
The boys roam around in the restaurant
The boys find a playground
Isobel and Harry bounce around
Fred has a bounce on the trampoline
Harry on the swings
Lyddington's K6 phone box
Harry tries out a phone box for the first time
Harry in the K6 phonebox
Our little top-floor flat for the weekend
The boys' room
We leave out flat - Bisbrooke
In the hotel's beer garden
Lyddington's village green
Harry enters the old Bede House
The boys run around the Bede House
Harry hides by a tree
We have a look around the house
Harry watches as Fred wanders off
The impressive attic room
Looking around the Bede House's great hall
Fred at the refectory table
Fred's got his head up a chimney
Fred runs off
A cooking range
Harry on the lawn outside the Bede House
Lyddington's church nave
A stained glass window
A 15th Century wall painting of Henry I
The boys do some drawing in the church
View of the Bede house through a window
Under the church tower
Isobel hauls Harry into the hotel
Fred 'helps' the Jenga pile
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Off to a good start with a flat tyre at Bar Hill
Off to a good start with a flat tyre at Bar Hill
Time for dinner
The BSCC Top Table
Marc's guffed again
Fred's impressed with his ice cream
Honey-coloured cottages in Lyddington
Fred and Harry in their own bedroom
Fred bumps in to Al and Spam on Main Street
The Old White Hart pig
Fred at breakfast
Spammy gets some breakfast
Pippa and Apple unload their bikes
Harry's in a wicker den
The bike club exit the hotel
Marc points
Marc gets the tandem down
Fred and Harry play giant Jenga in the garden
Harry and Isobel walk back to the flat
Lyddington's absurdely-picturesque Main Street
DH gives out some Stiff Upper Lip
A thatcher's trademark
Harry gets his shoes on
Harry and the pig-chef
Bikes are unloaded
Suey helps Harry with something
Harry gets rugged up for the ride
Fred shows Suey his compass/bell
Harry roams around
Spammy takes a photo over the fence
A BSCC group photo
Fred gets his peepers out
At the top of another hill
Marc and The Boy Phil outside the Horse and Jockey
Massed bikes outside the Horse and Jockey
The tandem and all the bikes
Fred does some balancing on a bike rack
DH does a Winston
Harry gets a cuddle
Riding around the Water
Fred walks around
Alan, Jill and Colin set off again
There's a pause for a breakdown
The Boy Phil has some mechanical issues
An information sign is consulted
A view of a windy Rutland Water
Fred and Isobel
Cycling through the boat yard
Suey and Isobel push their bikes up a hill
Marc at the bar of the White Horse in Empingham
Fred makes something out of random bits
Isobel shows off a photo
DH, Phil, Marc and Gaz sit outside in the cold
The lads outside the White Horse
A pile of bikes in a beer garden
We find an ice-cream van at Normanton church
The Boy Phil roams around near Normanton Church
The bike club shelter from the fierce wind
In the marquee before dinner
Apple and Pippa
John Willy sticks his tongue out
Alan surveys the scene
Marc photo-bombs Harry at breakfast
Fred points to Harry and Isobel
The boys roam around in the restaurant
The boys find a playground
Isobel and Harry bounce around
Fred has a bounce on the trampoline
Harry on the swings
Lyddington's K6 phone box
Harry tries out a phone box for the first time
Harry in the K6 phonebox
Our little top-floor flat for the weekend
The boys' room
We leave out flat - Bisbrooke
In the hotel's beer garden
Lyddington's village green
Harry enters the old Bede House
The boys run around the Bede House
Harry hides by a tree
We have a look around the house
Harry watches as Fred wanders off
The impressive attic room
Looking around the Bede House's great hall
Fred at the refectory table
Fred's got his head up a chimney
Fred runs off
A cooking range
Harry on the lawn outside the Bede House
Lyddington's church nave
A stained glass window
A 15th Century wall painting of Henry I
The boys do some drawing in the church
View of the Bede house through a window
Under the church tower
Isobel hauls Harry into the hotel
Fred 'helps' the Jenga pile