Tag: delicious food
Peddling Pastry Every Sunday
I wrote about the Pastry Peddler in the depths of winter when all we could do was think about riding. After months of pastry deprivation I took my camera down the Millbrook for a snack. Not much of a date, I know, but after a long winter Colin and Dee were happy to see us [...]
Read moreWelcome to Hell.
Would you like to ride your bicycle from Paris to Roubaix? It is no coincidence that Kieran and I were just speaking about this whilst eating a couple of Merckx sandwiches* at St. Veronus . . . wondering when registration for an event such as this may be open. Here is your answer. I think [...]
Read moreThe Joy of Sustenance 3 – The Pastry Peddler
This is another destination a cyclist just has to love. In Millbrook, all good hills lead to the Pastry Peddler. In the heart of the village this little French pastry shop is just about the perfect mid-ride stop. Although challenged by a lack of seating and the fact that, whatever your direction, you will climb [...]
Read moreThe Joy of Sustenance 2 – Nutshell Next Door
Here is another place for a cyclist to love. Found on the main street in Lakefield this is perhaps the café most visited by local cyclists. Years ago this little place (at the time it had a different name …one that I tellingly can’t remember) was the first café outside Peterborough with an espresso machine. [...]
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