Hi All,

This week’s ride will be to Staverton.

Lunch at Pistons & Rings.

Meet at Silver Ball, 09:30 onwards for 10:00 departure.

A halfway coffee stop is planned at The Hidden Café, Newport Pagnell.

Route as shown on attached map and gpx files. Round trip is approx. 140 miles.

This week’s ride is subject to an assessment of the weather on Tuesday. I am seeing conflicting weather reports and as usual I prefer the optimistic reporting of Accuweather.

Also attached is an alternative shorter ride to the Blue Egg, Bardfield in case weather is bad.

For anyone planning a route you can use the following website to check for road closures:

Causeway one.network

Pistons & Rings is a themed “petrol head” cafe. Good plentiful parking. The café area is inside a tented area but was nice and warm even though a chilly day. Toilet block also appears temporary but very good facility.

Would be better if all day breakfast was offered as lunch menu although well prepared is a little limited.