Category: NW

Café Ventoux in Tugby is a real cyclists 'honey pot', where you'll always find plenty of customers in lycra.

The first route takes us out to the North-West via Houghton, before coming back up and round from the North; here's the Strava link.

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And this second route goes North East and round Rutland Water, arriving at Cafe Ventoux after 55 km.

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And here's a shorter route that also goes North-West and is a loop of 60km.

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Launde Abbey Clockwise

4/12/2022

There are three clockwise loops here of 39, 42 and 51 km to take us to Launde Abbey Café, where the coffee break is tempered by thoughts of the sharp climb immediately after leaving the stop! The return from Launde is 20 Km.

The first part of the two longer routes are also useful if you are looking for a short ride to Mint and Ginger in Tur Langton, which comes up after 16km/10miles.

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Here's a link to the longest route in Strava.

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Medbourne 'Flower'

6/11/2022

Medbourne is only about 9 km from the clubhouse, so this route wiggles around to make up a decent distance of 52km. By heading towards Medbourne, only to veer off in a different direction a few times, it gives plenty of options to shorten the route if weather or pace require it.

The coffee stop in Medbourne is at Rural Relaxing, which is opposite the sports and social club. For those that eat meat, the bacon butty I had there was exceptional (and I believe the vegan sausage gets the Pete seal of approval)!

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Northern Cobbler

12/6/2022

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A triangle route; West, North-East, South-East, with the coffee stop at the Northern point. This is very fitting, as the stop is the Northern Cobbler, near Billesdon.
The route as a whole is 72 Km, with the stop coming after some 50 Km.

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Buttercups Tearooms, nr Billesdon

26/6/2021

Buttercups is a large barn cafe, with loads of space for social distancing. It is part of a petting farm complex off the Tilton Road, just North of the A47.

The 78 km route shown is HERE on Strava, and in the GPX file below.

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And below is a shorter route with the cafe coming up 38 km into a 63 km loop.

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Circuit to Uppingham

Wistow in Summer

Cafe Ventoux, Tugby

Launde Abbey Clockwise

Medbourne 'Flower'

Northern Cobbler

Buttercups Tearooms, nr Billesdon

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