title The BSCC Weekend at Rutland Water, Empingham, Rutland - 14th May 2011 intro It's time for the annual Brome Swan Cycle Club Weekend Away thrash - this year featuring the return to the White Horse at Empingham, near to the dam end of Rutland Water. Isobel, on account of the broken wrist, isn't cycling, so Nosher hauls The Boy around for the first couple of hours, stopping of at the Horse and Jockey for refreshment, before meeting up at the lunch pub, where Isobel has arrived by taxi to take Fred away. The Boy is surprisingly chilled-out on such a long ride, with not a single complaint - maybe it was the promise of chips at the end. imgp0537 DH and Suey at the bar imgp0538 The Boy Phil moves in imgp0539 The Saga group imgp0540 Evening conversation in the White Horse imgp0547 Marc raises a glass imgp0549 Fred has hamster cheeks imgp0550 The Bike Club at breakfast imgp0553 Fred hides so he can't be seen imgp0554 Paul looks puzzled imgp0557 A delivery of garden benches occurs imgp0558 Fred watches the bench delivery imgp0561 In the car park imgp0563 Map checking, before the kick-off imgp0566 Colin spins about on his bike imgp0567 Colin spins around the car park imgp0568 Jill checks her bike out as well imgp0569 Marc's got the tandem out imgp0570 DH eyeballs the tandem warily imgp0571 Fred on the bike seat imgp0574 Pippa looks keen to go imgp0575 The BSCC assembles for a photo imgp0586 The cycle group before the off imgp0592 Sue cycles along the road imgp0594 Another stop the check the map imgp0597 The Boy Phil drinks, er, orange juice imgp0599 DH and a pint of non-beer imgp0601 Fred gets some shades on imgp0602 Outside the Horse and Jockey imgp0605 Jill grabs her bike helmet imgp0606 Apple considers the pile of bikes imgp0610 DH busts some moves imgp0611 Bill ties his shoes up imgp0612 Marc and DH in the pub car park imgp0613 Marc flags down a passing ice-cream van imgp0617 We stop off at another White Horse imgp0618 A nice basket of pansies imgp0620 Fred leans over imgp0624 Isobel and The Boy imgp0626 Carmen takes Fred for a walk imgp0627 The BSCC in the White Horse beer garden imgp0636 Bill stares at the preserved 70s/80s pub decor imgp0637 The Boy Phil finds something amusing imgp0642 Bill checks a skip out imgp0646 Bill goes skip-diving and finds a leather suitcase imgp0650 Normanton Church imgp0651 Walking around the church imgp0652 The traditional poke around Normanton Church imgp0653 Marc roams around imgp0655 Phil 'n' Bill imgp0656 The Boy Phil considers the choppy waters imgp0658 Bill and Marc imgp0660 Bill reads a poster in the window imgp0662 DH on the path back from the church imgp0666 We find another ice cream van imgp0667 Bill and Marc eat ice creams imgp0669 Our short-cut is rumbled by the Sagas imgp0672 The ice-cream van is popular with the BSCC imgp0675 It's a real slog across the wind-swept dam imgp0679 Sitting down for dinner imgp0682 The Boy Phil gives the hairy eyeball imgp0685 After-dinner chatting imgp0687 Alan holds court imag0083 The hidden horse in the White Horse sign imgp0691 The next day, we take Fred to Rutland Water imgp0692 Fred roams around with a stick imgp0693 Fred pokes the big sculpture at Sykes Lane imgp0695 Fred on the grass imgp0696 The river at Stamford imgp0697 Stamford town centre imgp0699 Stamford High Street imgp0700 Fred plays around in some taffeta in a shop in Stamford imgp0705 Fred on a bench imgp0706 Fred does some pointing imgp0708 The derelict London Inn pub in Stamford imgp0710 The coaching sign for The George