title The BSCC Charity Bike Ride, Walberswick, Suffolk - 9th July 2005 intro It's that time of year when the Brome Swan Cycle Club does its long(ish)-distance cycle ride for charity, this year returning to the picturesque village of Walberswick on the Suffolk coast - some 28 miles away from "base", and thus a 56-mile round trip. The route goes out through Brome, Hoxne, Cratfield, Heveningham, Walpole, Bramfield and Wenhaston, where we stop at the Star Inn for a few early beers but have to wait for it to open as the landlords had gone out to get some potatoes. After that, we skirt the edge of Blythburgh before crossing the A12 and heading to the sea. After lunch, and a few more beers at the Walberswick Bell, it's time to crash out on the beach and doze for a few hours. The return trip has some "splinter-group" stop-offs; firstly at the Huntingfield Arms, and then the Cratfield Poacher. imgp7415 Wavy chats to Colin in the Black Horse, Thorndon imgp7417 Bill and Wavy imgp7418 In the Thorndon Black Horse, the previous Thursday imgp7419 Colin in the Black Horse imgp7422 Wavy and Bill at the bar imgp7424 Apple, Pippa and Paul imgp7425 There's a stop to check we're going the right way imgp7428 Bill does some tyre pumping imgp7430 Spammy's on the bananas imgp7433 Jill sits and waits imgp7435 Colin and the gang wait for the pub to open imgp7437 At the bar of the Star imgp7439 Apple looks out of the window on the Star Inn imgp7440 Jill waits for a gin or something imgp7443 Apple gives Pip some of his nuts imgp7444 Bill with a pint imgp7445 Pippa and Apple on a bench imgp7446 Spammy sits alone imgp7447 More of the gang outside the Star imgp7448 Spammy has a cup of tea imgp7450 Bill bangs his head on a nearby hanging basket imgp7452 Wavy turns up hours later imgp7454 The path to the pub is a bit overgrown imgp7455 The "Saga group" heads off to Walberswick imgp7456 Wavy catches up on beer imgp7457 The rest of the "fast" group turns up imgp7459 The Boy Phil on his bike imgp7460 DH walks past Marc's abandoned bicycle imgp7461 Ninja M and Paul imgp7462 Bill pretends to have breasts (again) imgp7463 Bill manages to balance a pint on his "breasts" imgp7465 We stand around in what looks like set-aside imgp7470 DH, Marc and Bill imgp7471 Wavy on the steps of the pub imgp7472 Paul looks around at the Walberswick Bell imgp7480 Wavy nods off imgp7482 Colin in the sun imgp7485 The Bell's beer garden imgp7486 Bill brings some pints back from the bar imgp7487 Bill has a sleep imgp7490 Wavy finds a nice cushion to sit on imgp7491 Salad dressing in a fancy brandy bottle imgp7494 Ninja M sleeps in the dunes imgp7499 Suey lobs a small stone at the sea imgp7500 Wavy roams around with an ice cream imgp7502 The gang on the beach imgp7506 Ninja M dozes on the beach imgp7508 Looking up to Blackshore in Southwold imgp7514 Marc and Bill have a wrestle imgp7517 Marc on the beach imgp7524 Bill makes a sandcastle imgp7536 More sleeping imgp7548 Bill finds the sea a bit cold imgp7575 Marc brings more ice creams imgp7582 The Boy Phil imgp7585 Marc does something to DH's feet imgp7588 Marc drags Bill off to the sea imgp7591 DH heads off imgp7593 On the crabbing bridge imgp7594 A tiny window imgp7595 Some horses ride by near Bramfield imgp7597 Heveningham Hall prepares for its open day imgp7598 The endless fence around Heveningham Hall imgp7600 Wavy in the evening sun at the Huntingfield Arms imgp7601 Wavy sits on the grass imgp7602 Outside the Huntingfield Arms imgp7603 The Cratfield Poacher imgp7605 Outside the Poacher