Cafes on Exmoor? Ilfracombe to Bridgewater

chickenlegs

]Will be riding across Exmoor & Brendon Hills in a week or so & are looking for refuelling stops on the way.
Our route is from Ilfracombe to Bridgewater on the B3358, B3223, & B3224 via Challacombe, Simondsbath, Edgecott, Wheddon Cross, Elworthy, etc.
Any local knowledge on cafe/food stops would be greatly appreciated.
Any suggestions on route from Elworthy to Bridgewater would be helpful - on the map it looks a bit convoluted??

andrew_s

There was a good cafe in Exford last time I was there (2 years ago)

From Elworthy, the simple route is the B3224 to Bishops Lydeard, then via Cothelstone, Park End, Timbercombe and Enmore. There's a cafe at the junction just before Timbercombe, but at that point you'd probably just continue down to Bridgwater.

chickenlegs

Thanks for advice Andrew, couldn't really fancy cycling that distance without a cafe stop!

hosiescott

there's a tea stop in simonsbath...Boeveys i think is the name. lovely route, wish i was going!

chickenlegs

Many thanks hosiescott, at least we are not going to "hit the wall" en route. Much prefer cafes to pubs on cycling trips, tend to find that pubs don't have enough of tha carbo stuff ie cake, cake & more cake!!!!!!!

KirbyJames

Simonsbath
http://www.lkjh.biz/index.php?title=CafesForCyclists#Simonsbath.2C_Boeveys_Restaurant_and_Tea_Rooms

Dulverton
http://www.lkjh.biz/index.php?title=CafesForCyclists#Dulverton.2C_Lewis.27s_Tea_Rooms

Bampton
http://www.lkjh.biz/index.php?title=CafesForCyclists#Bampton.2C_Bampton_Bakery

Map
http://www.lkjh.biz/index.php?title=CafesForCyclists#Map

chickenlegs

Very many thanks Kirby, that's a great site for cafes, didn't know it existed. Now all my dreams of endless cafe stops can be fulfilled!!

KirbyJames

No problem - If you find any more I'll add them ...

... after trying them of course