Hi all
Though I might start a thread and see if anyone else does shortish local rides with some interest/photo opportunities ?
So can I start ?
This one is about 22 miles or there about's , Saturday morning ride out for breakfast left @ 8:00am and started with about 5.5 miles of quite road work through Rainworth an old mining village to reach a disused railway now the Southwell trail.
As you can see at this end now only 5.5 miles to breakfast !
So at 9:15am I rolled in to the village of Southwell .
Southwell is a very posh village with loads of eating places even terrace houses with no parking are upwards of £250k ! they don't keep coal in the bath and residents mostly have their own teeth !
One of the posher cafes the Refectory Cafe does however open at 9:00am has a good menu , it is situated in the grounds of Southwell Minster so another photo shoot ?
Jurys out on the pronunciation ?
Suthell or Southwell ? I was once asked there if I was a Southwellian ? very elitist
Southwell Wikipedia
Toast marmalade and a pot of tea set me up for the run back.
All on the road now as I wanted to get back quickly , although the road route has 2 good hills it is a lot more direct than the railway and no need to keep slowing down for dog walkers/joggers/cyclists etc.
So seen this may times thought it warranted a picture ?
The sign says Saversick Lane ?
Now there are a lot of lanes in Nottinghamshire so I can't decide if they ran out of names and this shows a lack of imagination or a stroke of genius ?
Wife though it could have been a family name ? savers-ick maybe ? however there is nothing on the web about it ?
So off home arrived in time for lunch , it was hot enough to be the first shorts day of the year so very pleasant and training for Holland in to the bargain.
Anyone else have a ride they want to share ?
Though I might start a thread and see if anyone else does shortish local rides with some interest/photo opportunities ?
So can I start ?
This one is about 22 miles or there about's , Saturday morning ride out for breakfast left @ 8:00am and started with about 5.5 miles of quite road work through Rainworth an old mining village to reach a disused railway now the Southwell trail.
As you can see at this end now only 5.5 miles to breakfast !
So at 9:15am I rolled in to the village of Southwell .
Southwell is a very posh village with loads of eating places even terrace houses with no parking are upwards of £250k ! they don't keep coal in the bath and residents mostly have their own teeth !
One of the posher cafes the Refectory Cafe does however open at 9:00am has a good menu , it is situated in the grounds of Southwell Minster so another photo shoot ?
Jurys out on the pronunciation ?
Suthell or Southwell ? I was once asked there if I was a Southwellian ? very elitist
Southwell Wikipedia
Toast marmalade and a pot of tea set me up for the run back.
All on the road now as I wanted to get back quickly , although the road route has 2 good hills it is a lot more direct than the railway and no need to keep slowing down for dog walkers/joggers/cyclists etc.
So seen this may times thought it warranted a picture ?
The sign says Saversick Lane ?
Now there are a lot of lanes in Nottinghamshire so I can't decide if they ran out of names and this shows a lack of imagination or a stroke of genius ?
Wife though it could have been a family name ? savers-ick maybe ? however there is nothing on the web about it ?
So off home arrived in time for lunch , it was hot enough to be the first shorts day of the year so very pleasant and training for Holland in to the bargain.
Anyone else have a ride they want to share ?