One of our favourite little Sunday afternoon rides is to go up to Aldburgh for what must be some of the best fish and chips in the country, plus an ice cream from the specialist shop over the road.
We went out yesterday and had a great couple of hours riding it, so we thought it would make a nice potential day out for a group or for those who don't know the area.
No specific date in mind yet, just gauging interest really, so please pipe up if you fancy it
It would be on a Sunday, and if non-local people fancy it, we have beds available here and you're more than welcome to come down on Saturday to make a mini-weekend of it
General idea.....
Start Harwich in late morning
Harwich > Manningtree (lovely fast flowing twisty back road)
Manningtree > Royal Hospital Holbrook>Wherstead
From there, a double back towards Jimmy's farm then off into Constable country
Constable country....Dedham Vale (for the Philistines, that's the place in 'The Haywain' , Flatford
Then.....Orwell viaduct and pop off the A14 DC again, through some nice wigglies to Woodbridge, Rendlesham forest then out to Aldburgh
Round trip will be approx 150 miles, bimble stylee pace ideal for pillions (and we'll be on the K100 so our top speed on these roads is limited to 120 )
Aldburgh and area:
The queue at the blue gallion can be long, but after about 2 it's fine and WELL worth it
Rough time 6 hours in all
As above, beds available if you fancy coming from further afield, and once we leave Aldburgh, there's always the option of shooting off to the Midlands and scary places further away via the A14 from the area.
Interest?
We went out yesterday and had a great couple of hours riding it, so we thought it would make a nice potential day out for a group or for those who don't know the area.
No specific date in mind yet, just gauging interest really, so please pipe up if you fancy it
It would be on a Sunday, and if non-local people fancy it, we have beds available here and you're more than welcome to come down on Saturday to make a mini-weekend of it
General idea.....
Start Harwich in late morning
Harwich > Manningtree (lovely fast flowing twisty back road)
Manningtree > Royal Hospital Holbrook>Wherstead
From there, a double back towards Jimmy's farm then off into Constable country
Constable country....Dedham Vale (for the Philistines, that's the place in 'The Haywain' , Flatford
Then.....Orwell viaduct and pop off the A14 DC again, through some nice wigglies to Woodbridge, Rendlesham forest then out to Aldburgh
Round trip will be approx 150 miles, bimble stylee pace ideal for pillions (and we'll be on the K100 so our top speed on these roads is limited to 120 )
Aldburgh and area:
The queue at the blue gallion can be long, but after about 2 it's fine and WELL worth it
Rough time 6 hours in all
As above, beds available if you fancy coming from further afield, and once we leave Aldburgh, there's always the option of shooting off to the Midlands and scary places further away via the A14 from the area.
Interest?