title A Return to Bedford: the BSCC Annual Weekend Away, Shefford, Bedfordshire - 10th May 2014 intro After a gap of 12 years, the Brome Swan Cycle Club returns to The Airman Hotel near Shefford, a few miles out of Bedford, for its annual away-weekend. The route is about 30 miles long and passes through Ireland, past the famous Cardington airship hangars (one of which is being deconstructed), up to Blunham for lunch, then down via the vicinity of Moggerhanger to Northill, past the Shuttleworth collection, through Old Warden and back. imgc2875 DH roams around imgc2876 Harry by the van imgc2878 Colin and Jill get their bikes ready imgc2880 Spammy wheels her bike out imgc2882 Colin and Spam imgc2886 A group photo imgc2887 The first of a million stops imgc2889 Suey and Isobel pause for a photo in Ireland imgc2892 We head off towards Old Warden imgc2893 Suey on a leafy lane imgc2894 A lovely bluebell wood imgc2899 More bluebells imgc2900 Another stop to check directions imgc2902 The group disappear over the top of a massive hill imgc2903 Cardington hangars in the distance imgc2906 The truly massive Cardington airship hangars imgc2908 One of the hangars is being deconstructed imgc2909 Isobel and Harry imgc2910 Another stop imgc2911 Harry and Isobel imgc2914 Alan cycles past imgc2915 The Sagas head off imgc2917 There's a spot of off-roading through the woods imgc2919 Yet another stop to consult maps imgc2920 Spammy looks around imgc2922 A curious dovecote imgc2923 Snoopy and Woodstock on a ramshackle garage door imgc2925 Isobel (and a hidden Harry) imgc2926 A brutalist form of bus shelter imgc2927 Gabes and Isobel arrive for lunch in Blunham imgc2930 Nosher and Fred imgc2933 Fred's happy as there's a bouncy castle imgc2936 Gaz pushes Harry around imgc2937 The tandem appears imgc2940 DH at the bar imgc2941 getting the beers imgc2942 DH and Pippa imgc2943 The Boy Phil considers a football imgc2946 Colin, Jill and Spam imgc2947 Fred's got a Fruit Shoot, as Paul looks on imgc2949 Harry pokes a fruit machine imgc2950 DH chats to a local imgc2952 Lunch arrives imgc2955 Pub stop number two, in Northill imgc2956 The Boy Phil sits in the sun imgc2961 Fred on a helicopter-themed climbing frame imgc2962 Harry - Baby Gabey - does some climbing imgc2963 Fred on a climbing frame imgc2965 Suey has a go of the slide imgc2969 DH at the top of the slide imgc2973 Suey and Fred in the helicopter imgc2976 The boys try out horses and a wagon imgc2977 DH and The Boy Phil imgc2978 The pub has an amazing copper bar imgc2980 The earth bonding isn't even connected to anything imgc2981 Phil inspects a large outdoor Connect 4 imgc2983 There's a village cricket match in full swing imgc2985 Suey checks the directions again imgc2986 The Old Warden village sign imgc2988 Gaz, Apple and Pippa in a pub imgc2990 Isobel with the boys imgc2992 The Brewery Tap in Shefford: proper old boozer imgc2994 Marc appears imgc2997 The Boy Phil has swapped the paper for his phone imgc2999 Classic old-school wall urinals imgc3000 The gang backlit by a bright window imgc3004 DH looks like a saint from a mediaeval window imgc3006 The early group have abandoned their bikes imgc3008 Fred runs dowen to corridor to our room imgc3011 The bucolic view from the hotel window imgc3012 Harry does some radiator calisthenics imgp7419 Shock! Alan plays Stick Game imgp7421 Alan and Spammy play stick imgp7423 Fred and Harry get the beers in imgp7426 Harry and his high-end fish fingers imgp7431 Colin racks 'em up imgp7432 Fred despairs imgp7436 Fred and Harry imgp7437 Harry roams around on the pool table imgp7440 Jill and Colin play pool imgp7441 Breakfast o'clock imgp7443 Harry amongst the breakfast tables imgp7444 The Sagas do breakfast imgp7446 Fred racks up imgp7448 Harry picks his nose and then eats it imgp7449 Dressed up for evening drinks imgp7450 The modern baby-sitter: a pooPad and Peter Rabbit imgp7451 Multi-part windows imgp7453 Alan at the bar imgp7456 Peter Rabbit proves to be rather popular imgp7457 Pre-dinner drinks imgp7460 The BSCC do dinner imgp7462 Harry looks around imgp7465 The bike group do dinner imgp7467 On the last morning, our breakfast table is laid out