52 cafes in 52 weeks - challenge

[Cathryn]

Cafe 4. Rother Valley Country Park on foot. Truly appalling coffee. Deeply disappointing.

 

[PaulSB]

Been away from this thread for a bit but have taken up the challenge.

Week 01 - Village Tea Rooms, Lower Wheelton. Great coffee and cake.

Week 02 - Bill Rimmer's, Southport. Best value in Lancashire. Coffee, bacon, sausage, egg barm £5.50!

 

[Cathryn]

Been away from this thread for a bit but have taken up the challenge.

Week 01 - Village Tea Rooms, Lower Wheelton. Great coffee and cake.

Week 02 - Bill Rimmer's, Southport. Best value in Lancashire. Coffee, bacon, sausage, egg barm £5.50!

Add good’uns to the map!

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I'm up to 5 at the mo.
1. 01/01/22 Peak View cafe, on the Cat and Fiddle road, between Macclesfield and Buxton. One of my favourites, the carrot cake is the best I have had anywhere.
2. 02/01/22 Bidlea Farm cafe near Goostrey (relatively newly opened). Has a good selection of ice creams, so good for a summer stop.
3. 03/01/22 Biddulph Grange NT cafe.
4. 07/01/22 Goostrey Home and Leisure. Good cafe, and a bit of a shopping area. Sells a few plants aswell, sometimes some quite choice ones at bargainous prices. I bought a liriodendron (tulip tree) for £15 and was tempted by several hazels. Had to arrange to go back this week to collect said tree, when I suspect I'll get some of the hazels.
5. 09/01/22 The Old Barn, Marton near Congleton. Popular with cyclists and today was rammed. They also organise tours for cyclists, a friend did one from Vienna to Budapest and really rated it.

6. 14/01/22 Swettenham Arms, Swettenham just had a coffee. Chickened out of riding through the ford, I have done it a few times, but never on a tandem - too much scope for disaster!! It's also a bit dicey getting down to it now as the road collapsed some time ago.

 

[FrothNinja]

Another local (that's at least cafe 3). I've had some excellent ice-cream from there, but not impressed by the pies.

 

[FrothNinja]

@Cathryn The following link should be to a copy of your Google map which does allow adding cafes. People can either use this one (I've added your cafes and text to it), or I think you can probably modify yours by using the 'Share on Drive' button under 'Share' and then setting the options to 'Anyone with this link can edit'.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=13UAd2dgMj9v5kqDWgLzfUjRurn0NYEgR&usp=sharing

Wanged a few on in what was the cafe desert of east Lancs/Yorks border.
Will add others when I have checked they are still okay/open after C19.
Do they need to have somewhere to lock up bikes and/or eat next to your bike?

 

[KnittyNorah]

Lowther Pavilion Cafe in Lytham, Lancashire - fab cakes always on the menu with lots of choice, and overlooks the gardens. All day parking is £2.50 if you wanted to bring the bikes to the coast by car for a pootle around country lanes and the traffic-free coastal path. Or let the train take the strain ...

 

[Pat "5mph"]

@Cathryn would you like this thread moved to the Cycle Chat challenges forum?
Edit: or, even, @All uphill who is the OP?

 

[Cathryn]

Wanged a few on in what was the cafe desert of east Lancs/Yorks border.
Will add others when I have checked they are still okay/open after C19.
Do they need to have somewhere to lock up bikes and/or eat next to your bike?

Not necessarily! We are pretty chilled about rules, I’m happy for them to vary from person to person.

 

[All uphill]

@Cathryn would you like this thread moved to the Cycle Chat challenges forum?
Edit: or, even, @All uphill who is the OP?

Sounds sensible to me. OK with you @Cathryn ?

 

[Cathryn]

@Cathryn would you like this thread moved to the Cycle Chat challenges forum?
Edit: or, even, @All uphill who is the OP?

I’m not sure! Anyone got any strong views?

 

[KnittyNorah]

I’m not sure! Anyone got any strong views?

It's both a challenge - 52 cafe in 52 weeks - AND a very useful service - the growing map! Maybe the link to the map should be in a few different places? Or at least at the top of the thread?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Maybe the link to the map should be in a few different places? Or at least at the top of the thread?

I've added it on the opening post.

 

[Cathryn]

Sounds sensible to me. OK with you @Cathryn ?

Sorry, our posts must have got crossed! I honestly don’t mind at all! As the OP I am happy for you to decide!

 

[PaulSB]

Add good’uns to the map!

I have a long list. Myself and three other pedalling pensioners have taken up the challenge.

@Cathryn suggested this; it's a brilliant idea and I think I'm going for it.

Here is @Sea of vapours editable version of @Cathryn's map, to add your cafes
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=13UAd2dgMj9v5kqDWgLzfUjRurn0NYEgR&usp=sharing

I was going to add some cafes but don't understand what to do. Any chance of an idiots's guide