CC Ecosse mince pie & stollen ride (RV ride#3)

[HLaB]

Nice to see everyone again, especially Telemark whose baking was great as always .

Looking at the met I think we all made the right decision not to cycle the whole way, it never raised above 0 deg (well at the Gogarbank weather station anyway).

 

[Jane Smart]

Jane, your Christmas card is the best we've had in many years

T

It was the glitter on the panniers that did it for you

 

[Telemark]

It was the glitter on the panniers that did it for you

That was the highlight, but it's the whole idea of a home-made cycling Christmas card

T

 

[Jane Smart]

That was the highlight, but it's the whole idea of a home-made cycling Christmas card

T

And it can get

re- cycled

booom tish

 

[gavintc]

Thanks Telemark, great to meet you and the others. The food was simply excellent and I loved the homemade stollen. It is so nice to put a face to a nickname.

 

[Telemark]

Thanks Telemark, great to meet you and the others. The food was simply excellent and I loved the homemade stollen. It is so nice to put a face to a nickname.

Nice meeting you too Gavin!

Wheel building classes by Touche next ?
(before you head off south ...)

T

 

[scook94]

Thanks again to Telemark & HJ for their hospitality and generosity. The stollen was fabulous and I will no doubt be making a trip to Lidl to get one for Christmas day. Mince pies were awesome too and believe it or not the goody bag made it to Eldudino's intact!

 

[Telemark]

Thanks again to Telemark & HJ for their hospitality and generosity. The stollen was fabulous and I will no doubt be making a trip to Lidl to get one for Christmas day. Mince pies were awesome too and believe it or not the goody bag made it to Eldudino's intact!

Thanks Scook for volunteering as the CC Ecosse delivery driver today
(first Jane, then mince pies )

Thanks all for turning up, I enjoyed the lively chat too! And it was great to see you rallying after the ice alert - 5 cyclists on bikes, and 3 in disguise . Even HJ arrived by bike, and brought a potential new CC recruit along (hello Cat if you are reading this )
Thanks also for reducing the leftovers from my baking orgy substantially, the stollen would have gone stale very quicky ...

T

 

[Scoosh]

VMT Telemark for entertaining us all, especially in your HJ's absence .

Home made stollen is definitely better than shop stuff .

Great to meet some a new faces and reconnect with more familiar ones [whew, avoided the 'old' trap rather neatly, eh ].

Beautiful sunset as HLaB and I rode home !

 

[eldudino]

Thanks so much to Telemark and Scook94 for the Stirling delivery of the joint best mince pies I've ever tasted! They were absolutely gorgeous, and everyone in my family was impressed that I even managed to share them round! They got rave reviews from everyone that managed to taste them and the idea of the cake cases was brilliant. I'm sorry that I missed the main event, I really would've made it if I could but this was my family Christmas as my folks live in France and it was the weekend they visited.

Scook did mention that Jane's having a hot-tub and BBQ evening/afternoon at her mansion in The Kingdom in mid-2010, I'm going to have to make it to that one!

Thanks again, Telemark. And it was nice seeing Scook's new motor!

 

[Telemark]

Thanks so much to Telemark and Scook94 for the Stirling delivery of the joint best mince pies I've ever tasted! They were absolutely gorgeous, and everyone in my family was impressed that I even managed to share them round! They got rave reviews from everyone that managed to taste them and the idea of the cake cases was brilliant. I'm sorry that I missed the main event, I really would've made it if I could but this was my family Christmas as my folks live in France and it was the weekend they visited.

Scook did mention that Jane's having a hot-tub and BBQ evening/afternoon at her mansion in The Kingdom in mid-2010, I'm going to have to make it to that one!

Thanks again, Telemark. And it was nice seeing Scook's new motor!

(A belated ) Merry Christmas Eldud & family!

Glad you liked the pies ... I can only blame my mother-in-law for giving me the "Good Housekeeping" cookery book , and HJ for insisting that the Drambuie should be replaced with Glayva. It's really just a case of stirring the ingredients together (10 min), and putting the pies together is good fun and quite quick too.

Hope we can have a proper bike ride next time we meet! A shame about the less than ideal conditions today, if next weekend wasn't the last one before Christmas and everybody so busy and booked out, I'd have happily suggested to postpone... that's winter in Scotland, we've been amazinly lucky with the last few rides!

Looking forward to next year's adventures ... dare I say it - What's next???

T

 

[Jane Smart]

Scook did mention that Jane's having a hot-tub and BBQ evening/afternoon at her mansion in The Kingdom in mid-2010

I am not sure that I mentioned the hot tub but hey, if anyone wants to jump in, they are more than welcome, but if we get a warm day ( where is the fingers crossed smilie when you need it ) you may find it too warm.

Looking forward to next years cycling and RV's already

 

[Theseus]

Just to add my belated thanks for the soup, mince pies and stollen. All washed down with lashings of tea.

 

[Scoosh]

If anyone else was kind enough to take away some of Telemark's stollen , be aware that it doesn't keep very well . TM was telling us that it needs all that butter smeared over it to 'preserve' it.







Mine is all gone now

 

[lazyfatgit]

Now that I'm back to the land of short winter days and shitty weather, is there a ride in the offing to help cheer me up?