We roam around the streets of Holt
The Brome Swan Cycle Weekend, Holt, Norfolk - 12th May 2018
It's time for the first annual BSCC bike ride since the Swan itself closed down back in 2017. On the upside, that means that Sylvia can actually join in for the first time in around 20 years, instead of looking after the pub. The ride leaves Holt, in the depths of North Norfolk, and winds a circular 27 mile route up to Blakeney on the coast before returning. The weather starts out perfectly, although it's raining for the last eight miles or so from Blakeney and back.
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Harry and Isobel pass by a proper old-school shop
The rest of the non-Sagas meet us up in the Taste of India on Bull Street in Holt
Harry chops up a Naan bread
On the other side of the street, a sign which says 'Proud to sell Br, it is 'h' meat'. Or something
Bike-club Indian nosh-up
The Boy Phil does some child tormenting
Fred shows Gaz how to make Origami frogs
The legendary Bakers and Larners of Holt
We return to the Feathers Hotel
Harry's got his head stuck in a magazine
It's breakfast time for the BSCC riders
The Feathers has a nice reception
Harry and Isobel while away a bit of time before the ride starts
Spammy looks over as cyclists assemble
Sylvia comes out to take a photo
A group photo of the BSCC
Our first pause at Stody Lodge
The Sagas and the children catch up
Another pause to check for directions
Harry - on the towbar - must have said something amusing
Marc waves a stern finger in Harry's direction
The Saga group head off up a lane
A pause to re-group in a pretty village
We head off towards Binham
There's another stop - Colin looks over
Fred flakes out for a bit after around 18 miles
The lunch pub - The Chequers - has something of an art gallery going on
Outside the Chequers Inn for lunch
Gaz looks up
A bit of a wrecked building in Binham - home of the blue cheese
A view of the Chequers Inn
Fantastic old-school petrol station in the middle of nowhere: Howell's
The fantastically optimistically-named Howell's Superstore
Great old-style petrol sign
DH looks over
The ruins of Binham Priory
Another wrecked building
Pansies in a tub
Fred looks out as Apple John mills around
The Boy Phil does more child tormenting, as Fred sneaks up from behind
The Saga group head off past the wisteria
A Morgan roars past
Harry and Isobel go for a little ride
At the top of a steep hill
Matthew, Claire and Alan in the Kings Head, Blakeney
Suey, DH, Phil and Marc at the bar of the Kings Head
Gaz is outside hiding from the rain
We cycle through a soggy Blakeney
There's a brief stop at the Wiveton Bell, but we don't stay sadly
Fred plays some guitar before dinner
Fred reads a spot of 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'
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We roam around the streets of Holt