Cafe fascination

[deptfordmarmoset]

Is that clipless parkin or rat trap parkin you want sir? Would you like 3 in 2, Finishline or WD 40 with your tea?

Just 4 Ps and some peace. PLEASE!!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

You've tried to cycle around the world. How did you manage?

FTFY...

Less people elsewhere! And I just got on with it, they get less offended by it overseas...

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 3481050, member: 259"]Which EU regs have changed that?[/QUOTE]

There's much stricter food hygiene rules now for food being sold to the public but I'm not sure that they were EU generated. The WI nearly fell foul of them with their jams and cakes.

 

[fossyant]

[QUOTE 3481050, member: 259"]Which EU regs have changed that?[/QUOTE]

Many years ago. When a little farmhouse couldn't open the front room for cyclists at next to no cost, cos they had a kitchen that they had food. Commercial kitchen and stuff.

We used to call into a little farmhouse near the top of Flash in the Peaks and have a quick meal,and tea in the front room which was kitted out with bench seats. Kitchen was opposite. Very simple menu. But health and safety regs/EU shut them down, they needed a commercial kitchen.

There was a special affection with these farm houses. It all changed in the 90's. I know, progress and stuff.

 

[400bhp]

Many years ago. When a little farmhouse couldn't open the front room for cyclists at next to no cost, cos they had a kitchen that they had food. Commercial kitchen and stuff.

We used to call into a little farmhouse near the top of Flash in the Peaks and have a quick meal,and tea in the front room which was kitted out with bench seats. Kitchen was opposite. Very simple menu. But health and safety regs/EU shut them down, they needed a commercial kitchen.

There was a special affection with these farm houses. It all changed in the 90's. I know, progress and stuff.

I was just looking at your post about beans n toast and calling out some famous cyclists name and I was trying to remember the cafe where I used to go which was in a farmhouse in a front room. There you go!!. It was so long ago i had forgotten where it was. I had thought it was Blaze farm perhaps in the old days.

Thanks for the reminder. Man, I remember going there on some very very cold days. No feelings in my hands or toes.

 

[Globalti]

Cafes are more than the refuel and the caffeine hit; you meet up and shoot off urgently like nutters and the cafe stop is your first opportunity to stop and relax and mull things over, compare notes on the hills and gently take the mickey. Cycling cafes are the places where friendships are formed and cemented.

 

[mjr]

you meet up and shoot off urgently like nutters and the cafe stop is your first opportunity to stop and relax and mull things over, compare notes on the hills and gently take the mickey.

Which doesn't explain easy riding groups also using cafe stops, pub stops, ... while we meet up, chat a bit, ride off gently, chat on the ride and so on

 

[PeteXXX]

Go ride the beast at coedy brennin and when you see the little cafe in the middle of nowhere you'll understand

It was closed when I passed by

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Cafes are more than the refuel and the caffeine hit; you meet up and shoot off urgently like nutters and the cafe stop is your first opportunity to stop and relax and mull things over, compare notes on the hills and gently take the mickey. Cycling cafes are the places where friendships are formed and cemented.

I used to be a regular on the Coventry Road Club Rides and there were a few rides where I rode out with one group and rode back with one of the other groups simply because I was so busy talking that I missed my group leaving.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

So, there seems to be this association with fish and water but I am confused as to why...

 

[steveindenmark]

So, there seems to be this association with cyclists and cafés but I am confused as to why...

Please may someone enlighten me?

I love a good cuppa or hot chocolate though.

I think you answered your own question there

 

[screenman]

Must admit I only use my bike for exercise, so seldom stop unless I am out for a ride with the wife where it seems a pub stop is compulsory. For a lot of cyclist in this area the gardens centre's now offer some of the best choices.

 

[Doyleyburger]

Take it your not very sociable @Mr.Si
Apart from coffee and cake which is the most obvious answer, it's a great way to catch up with other riders...... in the warm too. It's often the first item on the agenda before we ride

 

[Mr.Si]

Take it your not very sociable @Mr.Si
Apart from coffee and cake which is the most obvious answer, it's a great way to catch up with other riders...... in the warm too. It's often the first item on the agenda before we ride

on the contrary!

this thread has been very helpful to me.
I was jist kind of interested really, because I had joined a couple of forums and the off topic or non specific chat rooms all have a name relating to café.

I'm looking forward to getting out there and into the café stops too.

when I go to Kettlewell in August, I'll make sure we stop somewhere café-like.

 

[fossyant]

I was just looking at your post about beans n toast and calling out some famous cyclists name and I was trying to remember the cafe where I used to go which was in a farmhouse in a front room. There you go!!. It was so long ago i had forgotten where it was. I had thought it was Blaze farm perhaps in the old days.

Thanks for the reminder. Man, I remember going there on some very very cold days. No feelings in my hands or toes.

It was run by a little old lady. Once she shut down another farm house round the corner opened up for a while.