Isobel and Harry do pudding
The Last-Ever BSCC Weekend Away Bike Ride, Thaxted, Essex - 6th May 2017
It's the end of an era as the Brome Swan nears imminent closure through retirement, making this the last ever "official" Brome Swan Cycle Club weekend away bike ride under the auspices of the actual pub, although rumours are the weekends away may go on in some form. As such, it's back to the previous haunt of Thaxted in Essex, near Saffron Walden, to the newly-refurbished Swan Hotel - with its almost-unbelieveable special deal offer for the weekend. Also riding or the first time in any significant capacity (by himself) is Fred, who resolutely manages to do the entire 21 miles of the hilly ride - at the age of eight.
next album: A Postcard From Thaxted, Essex - 7th May 2017
previous album: Campfires, Oaksmere Building and a BSCC Bike Ride, Brome, Suffolk - 4th May 2017
Harry has fruit salad
Colin does some 'jazz hands'
Jill and Spam look at photos
Apple leans over to have a look
Matthew and The Boy Phil
DH looks like he's been caught out
The boys have flaked out
Time for break-fer-ast
The BSCC eat breakfast
Assembling in the car park
Colin, Jill and Pippa
Suey gives it all the thumbs up
Jill and Colin in the car park
Isobel, and Fred on his bike
Colin goes to give Harry a hand
The Boy Phil roams around
Various cyclists mill around
A bike-club photo
A brief stop at the top of the first massive hill
The group heads off again
There's another stop to check maps
There's another map stop at the top of a hill
We pause over the M11 motorway
John Willy looks on at another map stop
We make it to the first pub
The Cricketer's Arms at Rickling Green
Isobel brings some drinks out
Outside the Cricketer's Arms
Colin gets some sort of 'Mustang Envy'
DH has got his grump on
The Cricketer's Arms
John Willy has a smile on
Apple has a beer
Alan checks that his helmet is on
Fred messes about
Picturesque lane at Rickling Green
the Saga group heads off
Fred does a thumbs up
Apple and Pippa arrive at the next pub
Fred holds up a leaf in the Cock's beer garden
Beers in the Cock Inn at Henham
Fred does Lego in the Cock Inn, Henham
Empty Hendrick's bottles on a shelf
A nice old wedding car arrives
There's a wedding at St. Mary's Church
The Cock Inn - the lunch pub at Henham
In the pub garden
The next pub: the Prince of Wales at Broxted
Harry climbs around over the bench
Fred does a power salute
Suey, Paul and Pippa ride in
Apple gets off his steed
The Boy Phil and the Tandem rock up
More bikes outside the Prince of Wales
Pippa passes a beer over
Fred and the gang flake out in the lounge
DH is on the phone
Pippa gives Harry a hug. Harry likes hugs
Fred chats to Isobel
Less-than-helpful directions on a defibrilator
Suey gets her leg up
Fred roams around a gravel pit
Pansies in a hanging basket
Fred has a staring contest with some flowers
Fred leans on a roadsign
Marc looks out
Paul, Pippa and Apple outside the pub
Harry is on his walkie-talkie
Harry shouts at stuff
The Boy Phil does some tormenting
Phil and Harry wrestle on the sofa
Fred pushes his bike up a very long hill
Isobel waits at the top of a hill
Fred and Isobel
We re-group at the top of the hill
Old-school road sign near Folly Mill
Harry has a straw
Pippa looks over
Suey helps out Fred with some Lego
The BSCC do dinner at the Swan, Thaxted
Fred's Lego construction
Fred shows off his Lego
Colin does an 'end of it all' speech
Colin announces his retirement
One of the better views from a hotel window
A view of Thaxted
Fred looks at telly in our room
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Isobel and Harry do pudding
Isobel and Harry do pudding
Harry has fruit salad
Colin does some 'jazz hands'
Jill and Spam look at photos
Apple leans over to have a look
Matthew and The Boy Phil
DH looks like he's been caught out
The boys have flaked out
Time for break-fer-ast
The BSCC eat breakfast
Assembling in the car park
Colin, Jill and Pippa
Suey gives it all the thumbs up
Jill and Colin in the car park
Isobel, and Fred on his bike
Colin goes to give Harry a hand
The Boy Phil roams around
Various cyclists mill around
A bike-club photo
A brief stop at the top of the first massive hill
The group heads off again
There's another stop to check maps
There's another map stop at the top of a hill
We pause over the M11 motorway
John Willy looks on at another map stop
We make it to the first pub
The Cricketer's Arms at Rickling Green
Isobel brings some drinks out
Outside the Cricketer's Arms
Colin gets some sort of 'Mustang Envy'
DH has got his grump on
The Cricketer's Arms
John Willy has a smile on
Apple has a beer
Alan checks that his helmet is on
Fred messes about
Picturesque lane at Rickling Green
the Saga group heads off
Fred does a thumbs up
Apple and Pippa arrive at the next pub
Fred holds up a leaf in the Cock's beer garden
Beers in the Cock Inn at Henham
Fred does Lego in the Cock Inn, Henham
Empty Hendrick's bottles on a shelf
A nice old wedding car arrives
There's a wedding at St. Mary's Church
The Cock Inn - the lunch pub at Henham
In the pub garden
The next pub: the Prince of Wales at Broxted
Harry climbs around over the bench
Fred does a power salute
Suey, Paul and Pippa ride in
Apple gets off his steed
The Boy Phil and the Tandem rock up
More bikes outside the Prince of Wales
Pippa passes a beer over
Fred and the gang flake out in the lounge
DH is on the phone
Pippa gives Harry a hug. Harry likes hugs
Fred chats to Isobel
Less-than-helpful directions on a defibrilator
Suey gets her leg up
Fred roams around a gravel pit
Pansies in a hanging basket
Fred has a staring contest with some flowers
Fred leans on a roadsign
Marc looks out
Paul, Pippa and Apple outside the pub
Harry is on his walkie-talkie
Harry shouts at stuff
The Boy Phil does some tormenting
Phil and Harry wrestle on the sofa
Fred pushes his bike up a very long hill
Isobel waits at the top of a hill
Fred and Isobel
We re-group at the top of the hill
Old-school road sign near Folly Mill
Harry has a straw
Pippa looks over
Suey helps out Fred with some Lego
The BSCC do dinner at the Swan, Thaxted
Fred's Lego construction
Fred shows off his Lego
Colin does an 'end of it all' speech
Colin announces his retirement
One of the better views from a hotel window
A view of Thaxted
Fred looks at telly in our room