Favourite tea shops

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Don't know if this one has been recommended before, but we've called in twice recently and had superb meals there.

The cafe is called "Bean on a Bike" and it's located within "County Cycles" large showroom and shop in Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire.
It's in the business park at the eastern end, towards 3A's Caravans.

The food is all home-made and mostly veggie but there will be a few meat-based items for us carnivores, although I've thoroughly enjoyed the veggie stuff and feel as if I'm being converted to "the dark side". :shock:

The ladies in there, especially the owner, are so friendly and helpful.
She had home-made lemonade the other day, which was so refreshing in the heatwave.
Her coffees are top notch too.

And you can also ogle the gorgeous road bikes while in there.

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ibbo68 wrote:Called at Birkin Fisheries Tea Room near Knottingley,Wakefield with the CC last Sunday.
Great little bike friendly cafe in a nice location.Has enough bike racks for probably 40+ bikes.



Go there, at times, with Wakefield Triathlon Club

Squires, a bit further up the 'Tadcaster TurnPike' has now started selling proper cake, not just pre-packaged flapjack, etc...

I had 'Sticky Chocolate Orange Cake' recently, & it was good........................


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I recently tried the Post Office at Wray in Lancashire and although its very small the service and prices were fantastic a slice of cake was £1. :D
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hjd10 wrote:I recently tried the Post Office at Wray in Lancashire and although its very small the service and prices were fantastic a slice of cake was £1. :D

Around the corner from the P.O. is Bridge House Farm Tearooms. Prices are a bit more but good food.
There is also the Post Office at Hornby about 1.25 miles away.
http://www.stayinthelunevalley.co.uk/?H ... _Tea_Rooms
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Tea at Maria's just outside Radcliffe, Notts on the A59 - ignore the A59 - this cafe served me the most amazing pot of tea I have ever had in my short existence. Bone china cup, pot, jug of milk AND JUG OF HOT WATER TO TOP UP POT!!!!

Thank you to both the friendly women in there.
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Recentlymet my son at Gorilla's cafe Kings Heath, Birmingham. Offer of a lock if I needed it, nice coffee and cracking toast!
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rmurphy195 wrote:Recentlymet my son at Gorilla's cafe Kings Heath, Birmingham. Offer of a lock if I needed it, nice coffee and cracking toast!


You should try the green cake! No idea what it is but it's lovely.

Would also recommend these guys, not just because of the quality of the cafe but because the bike shop side of it has really got involved with our community cycling stuff. James the owner is a top chap!
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Relatively new tearoom, The Boat Shack, overlooking Derwent Reservoir (that's the Durham Derwent).
Next to Pow Hill Country Park, on the Edmundbyers to Blanchland road.
Very welcoming, super views, pretty safe for bikes.
Limited menu - soup, sandwiches, paninis, cakes, etc, but we had a bit of everything and it was good (esp the Toffee Cake!!)
Closed Mon and Tues. Roast lunches on Sunday, 12.00 - 3.00

For youngsters/less confident, there is a multi-use path about 5 miles round the reservoir, from Pow Hill car park over the dam to Millshields in Northumberland, and 5 miles back.
Public toilets at the dam and Millshields, but not at Pow Hill
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cycleruk wrote:...............There is also the Post Office at Hornby about 1.25 miles away.

That's true - but the prices may put you off a second visit...........certainly did me.
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The Chalet,Portinscale,Keswick.
Large,Cycling friendly cafe.Plenty of space to park/lock bikes but has large windows if you don’t carry a lock.Also plenty of outside seating.
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Showing remarkable fortitude, I rode straight past two of my favourites yesterday.
Have we got time for another cuppa?
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Tea Shops and B&B

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Hi guys my first time on here. I am doing the UK's ten toughest climbs, thought I'd share a little gem I found. I did the Buscombe Lane, Woodmancote Cheltenham climb Monday. Last minute decision and found a cracking B&B just up the road, Gambles Lane Farm, accommodation, people and food great. Reasonable prices too. Incredibly they say they don't get many cyclist. The area is lovely with some challenging lumps. If you're that way try it.
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Audax67 wrote:Showing remarkable fortitude, I rode straight past two of my favourites yesterday.

Is this statement incomplete? I bet you stopped at the third favourite (one of my favourite words) :wink:
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Spike1964 wrote:Hi guys my first time on here. I am doing the UK's ten toughest climbs, thought I'd share a little gem I found. I did the Buscombe Lane, Woodmancote Cheltenham climb Monday. Last minute decision and found a cracking B&B just up the road, Gambles Lane Farm, accommodation, people and food great. Reasonable prices too. Incredibly they say they don't get many cyclist. The area is lovely with some challenging lumps. If you're that way try it.
Regards John


Quite a few audaxes take in that area. I did that climb on an audax. It is a bit chewy. Hope you are also doing the Devil's Staircase in mid Wales, from the Abergwesyn side. That is a real tester.
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if you want a coffee shop in London there is a famous one in Old Brompton Rd called the Troubadour. I used to know the owner of the place, Bruce Rogerson, - he long since sold up as he was getting old and running it was a struggle. I remember it from the late 1970s when run by Bruce and the venue was more intimate than it is now.

https://www.troubadourlondon.com/

Amazing indoor decor of bric a brac and old instruments.
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