title The BSCC Annual Sponsored Bike Ride, The Cottage, Thorpe St. Andrew, Norwich - 18th July 2004 intro The BSCC does a 56-mile round trip to Norwich and back, in aid of the East Anglian Air Ambulance. There are a few pubs on the route, a nosh-up at Lorraine's pub The Cottage in Norwich, and some epic monsoon weather to dodge. dcp_6954 Jen and Sarah away in the Globe's beer garden dcp_6955 First stop: the Globe at Shotesham, near Norwich dcp_6956 A random flowerpot man dcp_6957 Sarah on the beer outside The Globe dcp_6960 A view up the road to Shotesham dcp_6961 Alan outside the pub, near Shotesham dcp_6962 Jen tops up with an extra half dcp_6964 Pip, Apple, Jen and Sarah dcp_6968 Our next stop is The Cottage in Thorpe, Norwich dcp_6970 Claire has the baby Matthew dcp_6972 DH, Suey and Pip hide from the rain dcp_6973 It lashes it down outside dcp_6974 The Boy Phil shelters under the verandah dcp_6976 It's time for lunch - Bill is a bit damp dcp_6977 Jill and the Saga table dcp_6978 Hanging around outside dcp_6980 Suey and Sarah in the kids' playground dcp_6982 The BSCC shelter under the verandah dcp_6983 Bill and Suey mess around in the playground dcp_6984 Jill wipes her helmet down dcp_6985 Spammy gets ready to head off dcp_6986 Alan is prepared for a soaking dcp_6987 Phil, Suey, Wavy and Jen dcp_6990 The gang hang around dcp_6991 Lorraine comes out to say hi dcp_6993 We stop off at the Globe again on the way back dcp_6994 Pippa and Apple out in the fields dcp_6995 We stop again for some reason dcp_6996 The empty lanes of Norfolk dcp_6997 Wavy pootles about dcp_6999 Bill tries to reverse the no-entry sign dcp_7000 Pippa and Bill dcp_7001 The Boy Phil pauses dcp_7003 The final stop is the Pulham Crown dcp_7004 Phil flakes out dcp_7006 The Pulham Crown dcp_7007 Phil and Wavy dcp_7009 Nosher on a bench dcp_7010 Bill, Phil and DH in a Thelveton phonebox dcp_7011 We cram in to a phone box to avoid the rain dcp_7012 The old Thelveton to Billingford road dcp_7015 Wet fields between Thelveton and Billingford dcp_7018 There's a faint rainbow near Billingford dcp_7021 The Billingford Windmill dcp_7024 The water meadows at Oakley