Tim, our webmaster, will be leading this ride and writes:
Start: 9.30 a.m.
Meet: Nene Whitewater Canoe Centre, Bedford Road, Northampton, NN4 7AA. (If coming by car, don’t park within the car park barrier. There is plenty of space on the approach road.)
Distance: 56 miles
Speed: 12-14 m.p.h.
Refreshments: Scald End Farm, Thurleigh (at approx 30 miles)
From the Canoe Centre we head out in a generally eastwards direction through the villages of Cogenhoe, Grendon, Bozeat, Odell, Sharnbrook and Riseley en route to our most easterly point at Keysoe. From here we turn south and west to our stop for refreshment at Scald End Farm, located just outside Thurleigh. Here you can feast on the breakfast “fit for a king” or maybe one of the several cakes on offer. There is also the benefit of a cosy wood burning stove to warm oneself by.
Once replete, we continue south westwards through Milton Earnest, Harrold and Lavendon before heading north & west on our final homeward leg via Yardley Hastings, Castle Ashby (where a second tea stop is eminently possible) and Cogenhoe Hill before arriving back at the Canoe Centre.
The route can be viewed (and downloaded as a gpx file) at: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/20043554
Any questions? Please contact Tim on 07749 477231.
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