This was forecast to be a dry, moderate day of 6 to 7 C for January, resulting in 8 souls leaving
Cleopatra’s, ably led again by Steve H .
If anyone else has a Garmin then please step forward as Steve H seems to
be leading a lot as well as publishing this.
Dave H, Keith, Mike G, Petar, the tandem-duo and myself followed Steve
down over the old Dee Bridge into England.
We thought that we’d take a flattened figure 8 route down to Malpas but
when you look at the Garmin route, it looks like the UK on its side. We passed
through Tilston, then east and around Bickerton Hill, on to Cholmondeley, where
we met the local hunt. Skirting Chorley
(not of cake fame) we turned back west to arrive at The Wheatsheaf at No Mans Heath,
only to find no food was on as a wake took precedence.
The publican sympathised and pointed us towards Malpas,
where there are 3 pubs but none serve lunchtime food. In this current climate of bigotry and
xenophobia, one should remember how French the “English” language really is:
Malpas is derived from the Norman “Mal” for poor and “pas” for road.
Unusually then for the “Mods”, a hostelry was not available
so Dave P gave us details of The Old School Tea Rooms, 8 Church Street SY14
8NU. Open 7 days a week, it was built in
the 16C as a Grammar School. Talk over
lunch ranged from the following day’s inauguration of DT through to when the
next Rugby World Cup will be; answer = Japan in Sept-Oct 2019. Lunch ranged from British ham, egg and chips
to mozzarella pancake with chilli jam washed down with marzipan rooibos tea.
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| Photos by Macca |
After lunch we took a “longer-short” L-shaped route through
Threapwood , then North through Crewe, minus the Alexandra. Passing through Farndon, we decided to try
the new Lewis Coffee shop for afternoon tea on The High Street, CH3 6PU tel: 01829 270 441. Worth knowing about if ever Cleo’s is
closed. Thanks Steve for a pleasant 33 miles at a leisurely 13.1 mph
Macca
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