New cycle cafe stop Clitheroe

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Wasn't too sure where to put this but realised a certain bunch of forumites not to mention club riders might find it an excellent cake stop.
http://www.thegreenjersey.co.uk/fancy-a-brew
Not the fastest site in the world but who cares, it's a cafe for cyclists, anyone tried it yet? Sounds very friendly, there is a person I have in mind who organises the odd forum ride on here might be interested :whistle:
Please feel free to move this Shaun if you feel it's in the wrong place, just thought it would get a bit more attention here.
 

400bhp

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Bizarre opening hours on Sunday, the most popular cycling day.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
it's a cafe for cyclists, anyone tried it yet? Sounds very friendly, there is a person I have in mind who organises the odd forum ride on here might be interested :whistle:
I wonder who that could be ...? :whistle:

TBH - we are not exactly short of cafes in that area - we have good ones at Waddington, Chipping, Dunsop Bridge and Slaidburn, to name but 4. I tend to detour round Clitheroe on my rides, but the bike shop would certainly be handy for emergency repairs ...
Bizarre opening hours on Sunday, the most popular cycling day.
... except on Sundays after 2:00 pm which might well be when we needed them most!

I don't blame them wanting an afternoon off - they probably want some time to ride their own bikes - but as 400bhp pointed out, that could have been one of their busiest times of the week! I'd have thought it would be better to open all day Sunday and shut mid-week?
 
At first sight you would think so but the majority of cyclists out on a long Sunday ride are club cyclists and the majority in my experience tend to get to cafes between 10.30 and 12.00 with a few spilling over into the afternoon, and these tend to be CTC out on there all day rides.
Mega impressed they got Graham Obree there on the opening night.
 

400bhp

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Anyway - we are nitpicking.

Looks a great place, must try it out. Already looked at a route-just over 40 miles for me. :becool:
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
At first sight you would think so but the majority of cyclists out on a long Sunday ride are club cyclists and the majority in my experience tend to get to cafes between 10.30 and 12.00 with a few spilling over into the afternoon, and these tend to be CTC out on there all day rides.
A few years ago, I was talking to a fit mate about local CTC rides. He'd been on a couple with his sister but got frustrated with the low average speeds, and how long and how frequent the cafe stops were. He said they were lovely people, but he felt like he was hanging about for them all the time. I remember thinking that they wouldn't suit me either. At the time, I was averaging 15-16 mph on my hilly training rides.

A few years on, and now I find myself organising forum rides that are probably slower than a lot of CTC rides, and spend at least as long on the cafe stops ... :whistle:

Mega impressed they got Graham Obree there on the opening night.
Well, he is doing the rounds at the moment, signing copies of his new training book. Perhaps they timed the grand opening to coincide with him being in the area?
 
A few years ago, I was talking to a fit mate about local CTC rides. He'd been on a couple with his sister but got frustrated with the low average speeds, and how long and how frequent the cafe stops were. He said they were lovely people, but he felt like he was hanging about for them all the time. I remember thinking that they wouldn't suit me either. At the time, I was averaging 15-16 mph on my hilly training rides.

A few years on, and now I find myself organising forum rides that are probably slower than a lot of CTC rides, and spend at least as long on the cafe stops ... :whistle:

Chuckle Colin.. sounds like my kind of rides, a shame your so far away!

Well, he is doing the rounds at the moment, signing copies of his new training book. Perhaps they timed the grand opening to coincide with him being in the area?
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Chuckle Colin.. sounds like my kind of rides, a shame your so far away!
I'd prefer to do slow rides from choice though, not because I'm actually riding as fast as I can! :thumbsup:

I'm sure that Steve and Helen accommodate your cake needs on the Rutland rides! I'm hoping to time a summer visit to my family in the Midlands to coincide with one of them. (I've never been to Rutland and would love to check out our smallest county!)
 
I'd prefer to do slow rides from choice though, not because I'm actually riding as fast as I can! :thumbsup:

I'm sure that Steve and Helen accommodate your cake needs on the Rutland rides! I'm hoping to time a summer visit to my family in the Midlands to coincide with one of them. (I've never been to Rutland and would love to check out our smallest county!)

Oh yes.. Steve & Helen are great - they are very accommodating with both my slowness and food needs!
 
Don't believe a word she says Colin, that was then, this is now - a mile muncher, I tell you give her the directions and she might ride from here to Clitheroe just for the cake. Oh, I didn't mean she likes a lot of cake, I meant she likes cake and......I'm digging a hole here and I think I'll climb in just to be safe
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Christopher

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cheers for this TF! Shame the shop is in the middle of Clitheroe and not right on any rural roads - although they do suggest it as a starting point for rides which makes sense. I will drop in if up there...

The caff around there I would really like to visit is in Hope's new factory in Barnoldswick - but I think it is only for staff and guests & not open to the general public. Anyway it would be closed at weekends...
 

ianmac62

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... we have good ones at Waddington, Chipping, Dunsop Bridge and Slaidburn, to name but 4 ...

Hi Colin, I'm a stranger to this part of the forum but I'm coming up to Lancashire next month and would be grateful if you could in fact name the cafés you'd recommend in the four villages. Best wishes, Ian from Northampton.
 
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