On a dry, calm, relatively mild but overcast day, five Wheelers met at PC for another of Harvey’s Saturday routes. This time it was to Watsons of Bacton, which has been under new ownership for a little over a year and is cycle friendly.
Our clockwise route took us through Hanworth and Harvey joined us on the road to Metton, then it was North and Southrepps, Trimingham, Mundesley, Edingthorpe to Bacton.
We arrived and ordered at the right time as Watsons kept getting busier as time went by, it certainly seems a popular place. The menu choice was wide and they had a good selection of cakes, all at reasonable prices. When we had finally emptied the generous teapots, it was time to head out for the longer leg home.
These and more photos can be found here:
https://nnwheelers.co.uk/club-runs/club-runs-photo-gallery/
We went through Worstead and Sloley to our southernmost point where we joined the Tunstead Road and turned northwest through Scottow to the Coltishall road, where Graham A turned off. Around Skeyton, Harvey also peeled off for home, leaving four to continue through Dunkirk, Ingworth and Itteringham.
At the Mannington turn, Neil Mc turned off and we continued north to Red Barn Lane where Ian A turned off, so two finished the ride at PC.
As we left PC to return into Sheringham, Mark M realised that his rear Gatorskin was flat, so he stopped to fix that while Chris S continued on. As he was pumping up the tyre, the pump failed, which required a quick strip down to get it to work long enough to get the tyre fairly hard before it failed again.
Will that be the end of the nearly 20 year old trusty frame pump? They don’t make them to last anymore!
PC to PC was 53.6 miles at an average speed of 14 mph
Another ride with the bikes returning home clean
Riders – Chris S, Ian A (photography), Neil Mc, Graham A, Mark M and Harvey.
Upcoming Rides –
Wednesday 8th Feb – Skeyton Goat
Saturday 11th Feb – Norton’s at Walsingham
Routes for rides on the website under Dates and Destinations: https://nnwheelers.co.uk/club-runs/
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