title The BSCC Weekend Away, Lyddington, Rutland - 9th May 2015 intro It's the fourth visit for the Brome Swan Cycle Club to Rutland Water, but the first time staying at the nice (but expensive) Old White Hart in Lyddington, about seven or eight miles south of the resevoir. It's also the first time trying out a tag-along, with Fred attached but nominally riding his own bike, but being able to easily let him off for the chance to ride for a few miles around the Water itself, where the terrain was slightly less "extreme hill" than the journey to and from Lyddington. imgp8300 Harry pulls on a bungee cord imgp8301 Off to a good start with a flat tyre at Bar Hill imgp8304 Time for dinner imgp8307 The BSCC Top Table imgp8309 Marc's guffed again imgp8310 Fred's impressed with his ice cream imgp8311 Honey-coloured cottages in Lyddington imgp8314 Fred and Harry in their own bedroom imgp8317 Fred bumps in to Al and Spam on Main Street imgp8320 The Old White Hart pig imgp8321 Fred at breakfast imgp8322 Spammy gets some breakfast imgp8323 Pippa and Apple unload their bikes imgp8324 Harry's in a wicker den imgp8326 The bike club exit the hotel imgp8327 Marc points imgp8329 Marc gets the tandem down imgp8331 Fred and Harry play giant Jenga in the garden imgp8333 Harry and Isobel walk back to the flat imgp8335 Lyddington's absurdely-picturesque Main Street imgp8336 DH gives out some Stiff Upper Lip imgp8337 A thatcher's trademark imgp8338 Harry gets his shoes on imgp8340 Harry and the pig-chef imgc1045 Bikes are unloaded imgc1046 Suey helps Harry with something imgc1047 Harry gets rugged up for the ride imgc1048 Fred shows Suey his compass/bell imgc1049 Harry roams around imgc1050 Spammy takes a photo over the fence imgc1051 A BSCC group photo imgc1056 Fred gets his peepers out imgc1057 At the top of another hill imgc1058 Marc and The Boy Phil outside the Horse and Jockey imgc1060 Massed bikes outside the Horse and Jockey imgc1062 The tandem and all the bikes imgc1063 Fred does some balancing on a bike rack imgc1064 DH does a Winston imgc1065 Harry gets a cuddle imgc1067 Riding around the Water imgc1068 Fred walks around imgc1069 Alan, Jill and Colin set off again imgc1070 There's a pause for a breakdown imgc1071 The Boy Phil has some mechanical issues imgc1073 An information sign is consulted imgc1074 A view of a windy Rutland Water imgc1075 Fred and Isobel imgc1076 Cycling through the boat yard imgc1077 Suey and Isobel push their bikes up a hill imgc1079 Marc at the bar of the White Horse in Empingham imgc1080 Fred makes something out of random bits imgc1083 Isobel shows off a photo imgc1087 DH, Phil, Marc and Gaz sit outside in the cold imgc1088 The lads outside the White Horse imgc1090 A pile of bikes in a beer garden imgc1091 We find an ice-cream van at Normanton church imgc1093 Gaz has got a 99, as Fred waits imgc1095 The Boy Phil roams around near Normanton Church imgc1096 The bike club shelter from the fierce wind imgp8341 In the marquee before dinner imgp8343 Apple and Pippa imgp8345 Gaz looks over imgp8347 John Willy sticks his tongue out imgp8354 Alan surveys the scene imgp8356 Harry gets some cereal out imgp8357 Marc photo-bombs Harry at breakfast imgp8359 Fred points to Harry and Isobel imgp8361 The boys roam around in the restaurant imgp8362 The boys find a playground imgp8371 Isobel and Harry bounce around imgp8373 Fred has a bounce on the trampoline imgp8377 Harry on the swings imgp8383 Lyddington's K6 phone box imgp8387 Harry tries out a phone box for the first time imgp8389 Harry in the K6 phonebox imgp8391 Our little top-floor flat for the weekend imgp8394 The boys' room imgp8398 We leave out flat - Bisbrooke imgp8400 In the hotel's beer garden imgp8404 Lyddington's village green imgp8405 Harry enters the old Bede House imgp8407 The boys run around the Bede House imgp8408 Harry hides by a tree imgp8409 We have a look around the house imgp8410 Harry watches as Fred wanders off imgp8413 The impressive attic room imgp8417 Looking around the Bede House's great hall imgp8419 Fred at the refectory table imgp8421 Fred's got his head up a chimney imgp8424 Fred runs off imgp8425 A cooking range imgp8426 Harry on the lawn outside the Bede House imgp8428 Lyddington's church nave imgp8432 A stained glass window imgp8434 A 15th Century wall painting of Henry I imgp8436 The boys do some drawing in the church imgp8437 View of the Bede house through a window imgp8438 Under the church tower imgp8440 Isobel hauls Harry into the hotel imgp8445 Fred "helps" the Jenga pile