title The BSCC Weekend Trip to Rutland Water, Empingham, Rutland - 14th May 2005 intro The Brome Swan Cycle Club does its annual tour thing, this year returning to Rutland Water for a 25-mile bike ride and a few pubs on the way. For a change, we're staying at the White Horse in Empingham, just a mile from the end of Rutland Water itself. imgp5274 Spam and Jill in the White Horse imgp5277 Wavy gives it two thumbs up imgp5279 Phil scopes the menu out imgp5280 Gov and Wavy imgp5283 Alan, Spam and Bill do mobile phones imgp5286 The BSCC in the bar imgp5288 Alan scopes out the menu imgp5289 Phil and Jill imgp5295 Alan places an order imgp5297 Pre-dinner drinks imgp5301 Marc finishes a pint imgp5314 Nosher gets a hug imgp5316 Alan, Spam and Jill imgp5317 Paul's glass is empty imgp5321 Wavy finds somewhere for a little sleep imgp5325 Post dinner hanging around imgp5329 It's time for breakfast imgp5332 Marc gets the tandem out imgp5333 Milling around in the car park imgp5334 Alan looks around for something imgp5337 Marc and the roving repair-shop-on-wheels imgp5338 Colin hauls some bikes out of his pickup imgp5343 Gov tests out the back end of a tandem imgp5345 Alan, Colin and Jill hang around imgp5346 Marc's on the ball imgp5349 There's a bit of a football kickabout imgp5351 A most-of-the-group photo imgp5352 Marc and DH test out the tandem for the first time imgp5357 Rutland Water imgp5359 Round the cycle path that skirts the water imgp5363 A track through the woods imgp5365 The Boy Phil rides through a bluebell wood imgp5368 A fantastic bluebelled hill imgp5373 Gov peels off his backpack imgp5375 Sheep imgp5378 The wind is picking up imgp5382 Gov has a drink imgp5383 The strong winds churn up silt imgp5387 The BSCC re-groups imgp5388 Alan helps out Spammy with some running bike repairs imgp5393 Outside the Horse and Jockey - our lunch stop imgp5397 Suey looks over imgp5402 A bunch of pansies in a hanging basket imgp5404 Suey and Marc share a cuddly moment imgp5407 DH gets a roll-up going imgp5411 "I'm 'avin a fag" imgp5413 Maps are checked for the second leg imgp5415 Off again round more of the Water imgp5416 The recently renovated Wheatsheaf, Normanton imgp5420 Paul and Wavy imgp5422 Pippa holds a glass up imgp5425 Claire's got dark shades on imgp5434 DH checks his shots imgp5436 Marc looks down imgp5437 A couple of old dudes are out for a ride imgp5440 DH gets a liquorice-paper roll-up on the go imgp5442 DH on the roll-ups imgp5446 Gov with a hat on imgp5449 The partially-submerged church at Normanton imgp5452 Phil and Suey peer in through the windows imgp5455 Wavy decides to have a paddle imgp5460 Wavy scrambled back to the shore imgp5463 Wavy's a little bit damp imgp5464 Wavy's shoe adds to the stonework above a window imgp5466 DH takes a photo over the water imgp5468 Looking up at the steeple imgp5471 Marc takes the tandem around for a solo spin imgp5475 We head back from Normanton Church imgp5478 A bunch of lambs play "king of the castle" imgp5484 Gov has a serviette on his head imgp5487 The BSCC at dinner imgp5488 Jen looks surprised imgp5494 Marc's got his tea finger out imgp5500 The BSCC does dinner imgp5501 Something riotously funny occurs imgp5504 Some sort of five-way finger trap imgp5508 Spam and John Willy get ready to head off imgp5510 The White Horse at Empingham imgp5513 An old school imgp5515 A quaint thatched cottage imgp5516 Six miles from Oakham, our previous venue imgp5517 Spam and John imgp5518 The Sagas head home