Does anyone fancy a proper early doors start this Sunday?
The half cooked plan so far is leaving the Bungalow Cafe Marks Tey at 7.30 am on a 150 ‘A’ road mission to Mablethorpe. Where we can check out some organised mo’cycle sand racing on the beech. Nipping off to Brancaster for a light Crabby lunch followed by a ride around the Sunshine Coast and a twisty TOWiE style route back to Marks Tey or Finchingfield.
Not for the feint hearted, expect to be out all day and cover service interval mileage.
Early doors start with very poor visibility through the fog until past Thetford making it a long ride there, a better plan might have been a stop off at Red Lodge or Walkers on the way. The road into Mablethorpe is a bit of fun although the sign posts for Grimsby didn’t feel right, well its like miles away.
The sand racing was what it was with a bit of everything from toddlers just off their stabilisers through to the adults. Some of the races seemed to be decided on by who had the fastest mo’cycle. There were no points for guessing when the more experienced riders were on the track, the pace picked up some and choosing the right lines and cornering skill was everything. Well worth the trip there.
Leaving Mablethorpe some muppet ran straight at me at shouting ‘I want that’ I think I was about to get bike jacked :-( I took the appropriate action and the poor lad tripped over his own feet, a glance in my rear views and he looked comfortable enough sitting up in the middle of the road so I continued on my way to The Crab Hut for lunch. Worth noting Brancaster Crab Hut is only open from April to October, today was the very last day of the season and a mixed baguette came with just salad, sauce, cockles and whelks. Still no crab at The Crab Hut!
Happened across a little ford 7 miles out of Brancaster then it was Route 1065 back to civilisation, 323 miles.