Crap Cakes

A relatively incident free ride from Cafe 19, Duxford to the Stove Cafe, Bourne with the chance of photo bombing a TV production.

Two groups set off from Duxford on a warm breezy morning. The hitherto bike trap of a gravelled drive up to Cafe 19 has been replaced by possibly the best strip of tarmac in Cambridgeshire. Pristine and silky smooth. Group 2 opted to try this route from the café rather than the advertised footpath and very pleasant it was too, for all of 50m, before it gave way to the pot holed public road.

Having negotiated the A505 we continued through Whittlesford and Shelford to join the Trumpington Wildlife reserve cycle path.

Grantchester. Home of the much critically acclaimed, loved and respected author, Jeffrey Archer and setting for the TV drama of ‘Grantchester’. Grantchester (the TV series) has been running for 10 years and 8 series (and counting) and follows the the detective adventures of the local vicar in the 1950s (not to be confused by the Windmiller’s very own reverend). As luck would have it, an episode was being filmed as our motley peloton emerged onto the streets of Grantchester (the village), fake wisteria adding to the gentle countrified ambience.

Celebrity spotting over, it was out via bridle paths to Barton, Comberton and Toft (St Andrews church looking resplendent) and finally to the Stove Pipe café in Bourne for much needed refreshment.

With the breeze strengthening and the possibility of showers later, it was heads down past the Eversdens, Harlton, Haslingfield and Harston thenfinally back through Newton and Whittlesford.

Charles lost a rear light cover and the lady taking our lunch orders inadvertently wrote “crap cakes” for my order (in case you were wondering about the blog title. the crab cakes definitely were not crap).

Geoff for lunch. Graham, Paul, Martin B, Alan, Charles, Ric, Andrew, Howard, Jeremy, Chris, Rod, Roger