Cafe stop nosh

Frank the tank

What's your favourite on the half way stop on a winter ride?

I like beans/jam on toast. Mind you the Cafe at Elton in Derbyshire do very nice pea and ham soup with a brill granary roll, luuuuuuuurvley.

pugwashcp

I'm not a member of a club and the vast majority of my riding so far has been on my own so even though it pains me to do so I have to admit to only ever making one cafe stop.

I had a mug of tea and a choccy muffin.

FCE2007

Sorry, I was at the title.
Your cafe does 'extras' ?

keef66

The term Nosh does appear to have acquired an altogether different meaning for the younger generation.

To the innocent and elderly like me it conjours up an image of a full english breakfast and a mug of tea. When I mention it in teenage company it induces either sniggering or the urge to run away and disown me.

I know which one I'd rather have first thing in the morning, and it would involve judicious use of brown sauce!

keef66

Forr clarity, that's the breakfast then.

Frank the tank

pugwashcp wrote:

I'm not a member of a club and the vast majority of my riding so far has been on my own so even though it pains me to do so I have to admit to only ever making one cafe stop.

I had a mug of tea and a choccy muffin.

TBH, I do 98% of my riding on my own and seldom have a cafe stop, I just thought I'd start a new thread.

iain_j

Most of my riding is on my own but always involves at least one cafe. Usually sandwiches, jacket spud or beans on toast, and something yummy from the cake counter.

Oh and Peak District cafes do good hot chocolates. They kept me going on a very hilly 70 miles a couple of years ago

SBezza

Normally sausage and bacon sandwich or roll, with brown sauce of course.

Sirius631

My vote goes to The Hunny Pot Tea Room at Beehive Farm in Roliston. I regually go for beans on toast, coffee and coffee and walnut cake. Good value for money too - the coffee, which comes with a chocolate, is £1, and the generous slices of cake are £1.25.

OffTheBackAdam

Beans on toast was the dish of the day for me. Washed down with a mug of very sugary tea!
Not sure what the other customers used to think , especially as sweaty undershirts were quickly changed before heading off out into the wilds again!

ChrisLS

...the cafe at Stisted in Essex is the best...a dry towel when it's raining, a very friendly welcome for cyclists and 10% off if you arrive by bike...the cakes and homemade energy bars are second to none...

iain_j

I have crawled into the Eureka near Chester at the end of many a tough day and left a short while later suitably refreshed

I remember once thinking healthy and nutritious and getting a jacket potato and beans. Just after it arrived a whole table-load of cyclists turned up and got lovely looking fry-ups. My spud suddenly didn't seem so appealing

spen666

keef66 wrote:

Forr clarity, that's the breakfast then.

That's a relief- I thought you had a slight peversion on the go there

pneumatic

keef66 wrote:

The term Nosh does appear to have acquired an altogether different meaning for the younger generation.

To the innocent and elderly like me it conjours up an image of a full english breakfast and a mug of tea. When I mention it in teenage company it induces either sniggering or the urge to run away and disown me.

I know which one I'd rather have first thing in the morning, and it would involve judicious use of brown sauce!

Reminds me of the time my octagenarian mother went to the LBS in search of matching accessories for her grand-daughter's new bike.

I kid you not, she asked the guy if he could show her a purple helmet! :shock:

None of us has ever told her why he was so shocked. Just can't even begin to explain!

finchy

iain_j wrote:

I remember once thinking healthy and nutritious and getting a jacket potato and beans. Just after it arrived a whole table-load of cyclists turned up and got lovely looking fry-ups. My spud suddenly didn't seem so appealing

I've never seen the attraction of a fry-up, and the thought of having one in the middle of a bike ride makes me want to puke.

finchy

pneumatic wrote:

keef66 wrote:

The term Nosh does appear to have acquired an altogether different meaning for the younger generation.

To the innocent and elderly like me it conjours up an image of a full english breakfast and a mug of tea. When I mention it in teenage company it induces either sniggering or the urge to run away and disown me.

I know which one I'd rather have first thing in the morning, and it would involve judicious use of brown sauce!

Reminds me of the time my octagenarian mother went to the LBS in search of matching accessories for her grand-daughter's new bike.

I kid you not, she asked the guy if he could show her a purple helmet! :shock:

None of us has ever told her why he was so shocked. Just can't even begin to explain!

My current job is just casual work, moving boxes of books. My Nan keeps telling me that humping boxes all day can't be good for me. :oops:

STEFANOS4784

keef66 wrote:

The term Nosh does appear to have acquired an altogether different meaning for the younger generation.

To the innocent and elderly like me it conjours up an image of a full english breakfast and a mug of tea. When I mention it in teenage company it induces either sniggering or the urge to run away and disown me.

I know which one I'd rather have first thing in the morning, and it would involve judicious use of brown sauce!

Lol, your misses quite open minded then is she?

Stewie Griffin

STEFANOS4784 wrote:

keef66 wrote:

The term Nosh does appear to have acquired an altogether different meaning for the younger generation.

To the innocent and elderly like me it conjours up an image of a full english breakfast and a mug of tea. When I mention it in teenage company it induces either sniggering or the urge to run away and disown me.

I know which one I'd rather have first thing in the morning, and it would involve judicious use of brown sauce!

Lol, your misses quite open minded then is she?

As teenagers a friend regaled me with his last nights exploits and the moral was dont suggest toothpaste, whatever you do .

Anonymous

Teapot island, Yalding in Kent is good, flapjack and a milky coffee and they have a big teapot in the garden for you to admire. I reckon thats why its called teapot island.

And its next to a weir and a river and a little bridge.

Thats where the island part comes in.

Nothing gets past me, shouldve been a detective, like Starsky or Hutch. Or Frost, hes always in cafes eating.

cyclingmev

It's great that Cumbria is scattered with cracking places to slurp good tea (often pints of it), cracking crumpets and uber fruity tea cakes with lots of butter and jam...the Watermill at Caldbeck is a good watering hole, not to mention Lakeland Peddler in Keswick (but not much cop if you like your bacon butties!) Always amazed me that i watched some of my cycling buddies devour a plate full of toast and monster tins of baked beans, followed my sticky toffee pudding and custard...fat barstools..still, it's a diet that got them up the hills! x

Kieran_Burns

Every time I go to the Salt Box cafe in Hatton (my home village) the place is packed with cycle clubs getting stocked up.

It's a trucker cafe during the week but every Saturday morning it's a bike cafe and the clatter of cleats is almost deafening

Stone Glider

At my first cafe stop with a group of cyclists I was instructed that the only fare a cyclist could consume was a toasted tea cake. Apparently it had less calories than beens on toast, etc. My guru rather spoiled his advice by proceeding to slather on large quantities of butter and jam.

Tea cakes are nice though.

Bhima

Never needed to stop at a cafe. I always take out ridiculous amounts of food with me and eat on the bike.

finchy

The organic garden centre in Yalding, Kent does a fantastic crumble and ice-cream.