Perhaps it's the spring weather, or the call of my 40th birthday, or hormones perhaps, but I have once again caught the Cycling Bug. Last time this happened I gave up work to race; the time before I sold the car and rode to work and everywhere else.
Anyway, Action Man and I did a lovely ride today as per the leaflet in the Bury Tourist Office, to Clare. Hilly but fab. Terrific views, quiet lanes, pretty villages (am thinking chocolate box Cavendish and bleakly beautiful Hawkedon).
We lunched at The Globe in Clare, having spurned the pub next door (too smokey, bit rough, long wait for grub - that was the clincher). The garden of The Globe was full of Cambridge CTC types, on fixers, Moultons and Bromptons (and some ordinary tourers). Wearing our Herts Wheelers regalia, we were approached by a fellow from Stevenage, who likes to ride to Cambridge on a Sunday and ride from there with the CTC. He does 120/140 miles on such Sundays.
The Globe gets a Gold Star for service, grub and value for money (£9 for 3 courses - hardly Suffolk prices, in our experience - that's cheap).
Other highlights were the lovely spring sunshine, the three lots of deer sitings (none muntjaks), the waterfall, the ramblers who made way without audible complaint, and the complete absence of Scarey Incidents with Cars.
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