Featured Rideout Bridlington Or Bust

I'm still one trip behind so this one was last weekend. Early March with Spring still getting up to temperature. Warm enough for a decent ride to the coast. I've insured my Street Triple now but for this run it still wasn't allowed out the garage, so it was me on my MV and Rachel having all sorts of fun on her Streetfighter.

First stop was for the obligatory fry-up. Breakfast of champions. Actually, more like lunch of champions by the time we pulled in to the Strawberry Fields cafe, just south of York.





The sun was out. About a dozen bikes gleamed in the sunshine. Service was quick and the breakfast excellent. Too many of these places offer obviously cheap ingredients but not this one. Definitely recommended for the hungry rider.



Refuelled and ready for the second leg of the journey we saddled up and headed for a second coffee stop at the Seaways Cafe, another popular place for bikers.



Lots of metallic eye candy to be had here. The cafe is a decent size and there's plenty of space outside.





I like to think we added a little colour of our own.



After a good look around and a quick check of the map to decide which way to go next, we headed for the coast.

Bridlington, then. When it comes to explaining all the good things to say about Bridlington it's difficult to know where to start. In fact, I can't find the start. It was awful. Gaudy and tired, like so many seaside towns in this country. Cheap attractions and unappetising food abounded. These two shots were about as good as it got.





We took a walk along the sea front, grabbed another coffee in a cafe that seems to have been refurbished in 1975, then cut our losses and rode home. It felt like the biking year had begun.

 

I spent a weekend in Whitby once. From what I remember it was quite a nice place.

 

Thanks, Sandi. There may be t-shirts, I'll have a look on our next visit. There is obviously some bike club(s) affiliation going on.

Spring is going on hiatus this week. Some wintry weather is coming in from the north, annoyingly. Looks like it'll be back on with the thermals and winter gloves next weekend.

 

I realised when we got back that we'd missed an opportunity to stop at the Cow Shed. These days I check the map to see if there's anywhere rocommended en route but I managed to overlook it. It's a good excuse to take a few detours. No doubt we'll be back over that way sometime. maybe heading for that place then taking the coast road up to Scarborough.

 

Thanks for the tip. I've heard Filey is quite nice. Smaller towns are often a better bet when it comes to the coast. I'll check out that cafe at the railway station, too.