Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
18th July
Probably meeting at Manningtree station at 11:00am. Apparently there are no engineering works planned for that day.
Having enjoyed so much dragging you folks up to my part of the world to sample the delights of the Station Café at Manningtree, I've for some time been plotting an additional interim ride taking in the delights of various rivers and the sea.
Rough route for the ride is here:
www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?id=7877
This would include visiting Mistley, Wrabness, Harwich (not the ferry port bit), Walton-on-the-Naze, Frinton, St Osyth, Brightlingsea, Wivenhoe and then returning to Colchester Station (although going from there back to Manningtree, if anyone comes by car, is only about 6 miles). Ride length is about 62 miles; if we wanted to shorten it I'd cut out the bit to Harwich as that's less picturesque than most of the rest.
EDIT - the above is now out of date, Wowbagger and I are planning a slightly alternative route. It's likely that we'll have a chance to swim in the sea at Frinton and play rounders on the village green at Great Bentley, the largest village green in the UK. Route is likely to be shorter, maybe 40-50 miles.
Probably meeting at Manningtree station at 11:00am. Apparently there are no engineering works planned for that day.
Having enjoyed so much dragging you folks up to my part of the world to sample the delights of the Station Café at Manningtree, I've for some time been plotting an additional interim ride taking in the delights of various rivers and the sea.
Rough route for the ride is here:
www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?id=7877
This would include visiting Mistley, Wrabness, Harwich (not the ferry port bit), Walton-on-the-Naze, Frinton, St Osyth, Brightlingsea, Wivenhoe and then returning to Colchester Station (although going from there back to Manningtree, if anyone comes by car, is only about 6 miles). Ride length is about 62 miles; if we wanted to shorten it I'd cut out the bit to Harwich as that's less picturesque than most of the rest.
EDIT - the above is now out of date, Wowbagger and I are planning a slightly alternative route. It's likely that we'll have a chance to swim in the sea at Frinton and play rounders on the village green at Great Bentley, the largest village green in the UK. Route is likely to be shorter, maybe 40-50 miles.