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The next Cycale ride to Tattingstone will leave the Bricklayers at 10.00am on Saturday 7th May. Route will be Stratford St Mary, East Bergholt, Tattingstone, Manningtree. Options for a train back to Colchester from Manningtree or cycle back https://apotekerendk.com/.

If you'd like to join the ride then email Keith at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk

This year's CycALE ride for Newbies will start from the Hospital Arms at 7pm, Thursday 23rd June (or 6.30 if you're thirsty before the ride!)

We will then be stopping at the Donkey & Buskins, Layer-de-la-Haye, then the Whalebone, Fingringhoe, and finally Rowhedge, where both the Albion and the Anchor can be visited manlig-halsa.se. 

Hope to see you for an easy evening cycle ride via a few pubs.

Julian

Promising a different route - but with the same excellent lunch venue - it's Tim and Paul and thier annual luncheon ride.

We will be departing from the Bungalow Cafe, Marks Tey at 10.30 am, please arrive early should you require breakfast/coffee etc.

The ride will finish in Braintree with the option to cycle back or catch a train.

Riding along the A120 will be kept to a minimum.

If you'd like to join the ride then email Keith at cycling@colchestercamra.org.uk

A ride to Maldon to meet up with the bus-bound Second Sunday pub crawlers.

Leaders: Nigel (cycling contingent) and Ted Ted (bus rabble).

From a cycaleists point of view we will meet 10.00am at the old Maypole Pub (now a shooting and fishing outlet I believe) at the junction of Berechurch Road/Berechurch Hall Road/Bounstead Road.

We will then head to Maldon via Tiptree Tea rooms to meet with the Staggerers at 12 noon.

Their plans are to do the following pubs:

Farmer's Yard

Rose & Crown (Spoons)

Queens Head

We have a Cycale ride on Saturday 25th June (originally to be done by Robin, but he couldn’t make it, so it’s not on the website list) - the plan is to meet at the former Maypole pub on the junction of Berechuch Hall Road and Berechurch Road at 10.30, then an early tea stop at Abberton Nature Reserve, Little Totham, lunch at the Chequers at Goldhanger, Heybridge, Great Totham, Wickham Bishops, then the option of the train back from Witham or cycle back via Layer Breton.

Next Saturday’s ride (25th March) will be out to Tattingstone and back via  (probably) Stutton, Bentley, East Bergholt and Dedham. The distance will be about 35-40 miles. I won’t pre-book lunch anywhere, I’m sure we can find food somewhere on the way.

We’ll meet at the start of the Wivenhoe trail by the pedestrian crossing, (opposite the lightship), and leave at 10.30. If anyone wants to shorten the route slightly, you can get the train to Manningtree as our first stop will be Manningtree station buffet – we’ll be leaving Manningtree at around 11.30 or just after.