Ride report by Andy S
Five members met at P.C. on a cold, misty morning (Mark, Andrew, Duncan, Clive and Andy). With the threat of icy roads, we headed very steadily and carefully inland. We met Ian at Gresham and plodded on through the wet and muddy lanes . There was still frost on the banks and edges of the roads.
The route took us through Bessingham, Matlaske, Plumstead, Edgefield, Briston, Stody and Sharrington (past the now famous telephone box!). Coming out of Sharrington towards Holt we encountered a tractor, hedge cutting, so for the next half mile we were dodging debris and holding our breath up splinter alley. Just over the Holt Road we heard the all too familiar shout “puncture!” Poor Duncan was the guilty party and he is indeed the first to puncture in 2026. In fact Duncan has a 100% puncture rate with his new bike. Two rides with two punctures. It wasn’t mentioned much !!
With the puncture fixed we went onto Saxlingham and down the Dragaway to Bayfield for lunch at Natural Surroundings. A friendly, warm welcome greeted us at the cafe. Soup and cheese on toast were the order of the day. Their cheese on toast is becoming famous with many tasty combinations and door step wedges of toast. The chatter varied as normal from water softeners to members haircuts, Duncan’s flowing, soft, silky locks to Ian’s well lack of hair.
Leaving the warmth of the cafe we headed down the long drive where poor Duncan, with mud in his road cleats, couldn’t get his feet unclipped proceeded to fall off in front of us all at the road junction .
Luckily he fell to the left so no damage to his new bike (not sure about Duncan’s pride).
After this we headed down to Blakeney where Clive headed for home. We carried onto the quay for a photo shoot.
From there it was onto Wiveton. The first climb of the day was taken by Andrew . At the top of this climb Ian turned off for a more direct route home due to a dragging front brake making it hard work (or was he being weighed down by all the cheese and toast). Just before High Kelling Duncan left us for home, leaving the remaining three members to pedal back to P.C. going through Hempstead and West Beckham. Andrew won the last two hill climbs without any competition. I think he is missing Chris to give him a race.
A good day out on our bikes.
PC to PC was 44.1 miles at an average 13.9 mph
Riders: Andrew B, Duncan S, Clive A, Mark M, Ian A, Andy S
Club Social Evening Feb 7th – If you plan to be there, be sure to let Mike know you will attend and any dietary requirements, so he has numbers for catering, use the club email: nnwheelers@gmail.com
Full details here: https://nnwheelers.co.uk/2026/01/28/annual-club-event-7th-feb-final-booking-and-membership-reminder/
Upcoming Rides –
Saturday 31st January – Binham Parlour
Wednesday 4th February – Lily’s Tearoom, North Walsham
Routes for rides on the website under Dates and Destinations: https://nnwheelers.co.uk/club-runs/
Visit the Clubs Runs Gallery for larger and more photos: https://nnwheelers.co.uk/club-runs/club-runs-photo-gallery/
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