Category: 80-90 Km

Holly Lodge Cafe near Hamerton

15/10/2023

Short description of a longish ride, beyond Oundle to a new location, Holly Lodge Farm Cafe just beyond Hamerton, SE of Oundle. The route is a 89 Km ride with the cafe half-way around. Facebook page looks promising!

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W to Mini Meadows in Welford

6/8/2023

Mini Meadows is a modern café attached to a family-friendly farm near Welford. Here's their website.

Here's a link to the 77 km Strava route used in November 2020, and a longer ride of a little over 80 km is downloadable below.

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SE to Woodford Mill, 85 km

30/7/2023

Two rides to a lovely tea-room by the side of the river. Indoor or outdoor. WaterMillTearooms.co.uk

Two distances to choose from; 84 km and 92 km.

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Cafés near Church Brampton

23/7/2023

It is a small café at a stables with a lovely outdoor verandah, but sadly Cafe Monde is not open on Sundays or Mondays now... :( so an alternative is Smith’s Coffee Shop a couple of miles down the road.

Longish 84/92 km round trips from the clubhouse, but worth it.

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Wistow in Summer

18/6/2023

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Here's a summer route to Wistow Garden Centre, with the coffee break coming after 160 km of an 85 km ride. It takes in some lovely roads North of the A47, so there might be a few hills to get over!

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Cafés near Oundle

11/6/2023

There are two nice cafés just to the south of Oundle; Kingfisher Café and Boxwood Café. Kingfisher is in the Barnwell Country Park, while Boxwood is behind the Barn Garden Centre one Km further south. Both have nice outdoor and indoor spaces.
Kingfisher has a lovely terrace overlooking a small lake and is usually a family favourite. Find out about it here.
Boxwood is modern and usually full of adults; here's their webpage.

There are a couple of loops from the clubhouse below, one that's 86km long, is on Strava here, and a shorter one of 67km here.

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82km loop to Buddhist Centre in Thornby

21/5/2023

Here's the full loop in Strava

Lovely coffee and cakes from the veggie café in the grounds of an old country house. It doesn't open until 11:00 though, so worth getting a few more miles in before the stop!

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Wymondham North

30/4/2023

Wymondham gives us a slightly longer ride, with there being two routes. Here are Strava links for the 83km and 101km routes.

Wymondham Windmill Tea Rooms is a lovely café next to the old windmill with outdoor open space and a small copse with a short walking trail.

There's an alternative stop on the larger ride, with the Dairy Barn Café and ice cream parlour being a bright, airy modern café in a country setting.

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SE Loop to Thrapston

18/11/2022

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This 85 km loop flies past Thrapston at 35 km and again at 60 km, so you could easily cut off the Eastern loop and save 25 km. This would mean you won't go past the Kings Head in Wadenhoe, but leaves Thrapston itself or Geddington as potential watering holes.

Here's a link to the Strava route.

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Pennbury Farm - Summer Loop

3/4/2022

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This is an 83km loop, with 50km to the coffee stop at Pennbury Farm. It's therefore one for the 9:00 start time.

Here's the route in Strava.

Wistow Cafe Bistro is passed at 45km, and Pennbury Farm at 50km.

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Loop via Great Glen

5/9/2021

This 83km loop goes West towards Leicester, and passes a couple of good coffee stops around just past the half-distance point.

Here's the route in Strava.

Wistow Cafe Bistro is passed at 45km, and Pennbury Farm at 50km.

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Wadenhoe 85km round route

13/6/2021

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Longer route to Wadenhoe, the coffee stop (blue blob in map) coming up after some 52km, at the King's Head. Lovely riverside garden (as long as it hasn't flooded!).

Strava route is linked here. GPX file below.

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Manvell Farm, Walgrave, 81km

14/3/2021

Manvell Farm has a lovely little café with outdoor picnic tables, based in a fishing lakes facility. It's tucked away, but the cake selection is usually well worth hunting it out. Unfortunately it is now closed on Sundays and Mondays!

This route heads South West via Thornby and Brixworth, where there are other café options available at the Buddhist Centre and the Workhouse respectively.

Here's the Strava link.

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Holly Lodge Cafe near Hamerton

W to Mini Meadows in Welford

SE to Woodford Mill, 85 km

Cafés near Church Brampton

Wistow in Summer

Cafés near Oundle

82km loop to Buddhist Centre in Thornby

Wymondham North

SE Loop to Thrapston

Pennbury Farm - Summer Loop

Loop via Great Glen

Wadenhoe 85km round route

Manvell Farm, Walgrave, 81km

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