The weather forecast, for the first time this trip, had a part to play in deciding on the venue for the day. There is, however, 99% possibility that it will happen again. Areas to the south of where we currently were could not promise a dry spell long enough to get three hours on the bikes. Leicestershire promised no rain until 1300-1400.
It lied. For the umpteenth time this year, I/we got let down by those BBC weather chaps. Not TOO bad, though; it's always a bonus when the socks stay dry.
Our route today took in yet more villages with the 'stone' suffix, and one of them, Shackerstone, has a steam heritage railway line, with a rather fine tearoom on the station platform. It would be rude not to investigate the tea and cakes, would it not? The rain in the second half of the ride slightly took the edge off.
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