We’ve been charged by Mrs J to organise a Sunday ride. A few rules have been stipulated. 1) The idea is to explore some of the finer stretches of tarmac in and around Essex and Suffolk, we’d probably get away with a little Norfolk if necessary. 2) The itinerary is to include a lunch time nose bag in a proper pub. 3) If the route includes a ford we’re not to advertise the fact in case nobody notices it. 4) There is a 2 mile exclusion zone around Lowestoft.
I think the idea was born out of your mention of the 1508 which Mr & Mrs J have yet to sample. So I’m thinking of a meet up point at the Marks Tey greasy spoon with a run up the 1508 to Sudbury, a circular route back to Sudbury via a lunch stop and a final run back down the 1508 to the greasy spoon to be sure to be sure.
The road from Manningtree to Harwich is worth seeking out.
Best local pubs are:Butt n Oyster at Chelmodston, but needs booking. In East Bergholt, any of the:pubs
are fine, but worth reserving a table tbh. Loads of Sunday diners so pubs do fill up.
Check the date with me…have a couple of stag weekends and a:wedding to go to.
So far we’re looking at Marks Tey to Sudbury, join the dots, Manningtree to Harwich and somewhere for lunch. We’ve never booked for lunch on a ride before, probably because it gets complicated with numbers and arrival times. Since we’re now at Harwich would Yates at Walton on teh Naze fit the bill as a decent chip shop?
After lunch I could join some more dots back to Marks Tey which may well leave us fordless!
a cafe/tearoom/chipshop would count
