Probably going to head up there for a ride Saturday afternoon....never been before so weather looking good :banana:
Anyone out there free to boost the GTR contingent ? :cool:
http://www.squires-cafe.co.uk/
Looks good Bryn, should put the link in the biker friendly sticky. I'll have to try and get up there some time.
If the sun is out it will be heaving, probably with a lot of first time outers for this year, but its good for a coffee stop. Watch out for the boys in blue i dare say they will be about.
Be careful on the approach, particularly if you're coming from Sherburn end. Watch for dick heads on crotch rockets. All over the road and not got a clue most of them.
There was a 3 bike crash last week at the railway bridge next to the cafe , 3 bikes came out off like hell towards. The bridge and some car came the other way ,they all smashed into it and each other I think one of them was killed , that's about 6 deaths at that bridge , they will never seem to learn , I watch people doing the same thing that killed some one the day before and think why , these are older blokes who should know better , Thursday night is the best time to go as all the classics turn up ,and car clubs in summer , we'd is race rep night , :biker3:
Beginning to think that Fish & Chips in Matlock Bath may be easier , nearer , and less hazardous :rolleyes:
It is worth a visit to Squires, but it does attract some right cocks!
I go there quite often as its local for me.
As with most places that have anything to do with bikes, there are the idiots, the new, the old and the plod.... Oh and quite a few tractors. Probably an advanced biker and or instructor or two....
Coffee and a pastie (if the que isn't out the door)
Park away from the gate (safer)
Sit back and enjoy the spectical and diversity of the bike world......
Enjoy.
Looked at the website... and that sealed it for me.... This weekend.. Streetfighter show :sleep1: Or " I've dropped my bike and ruined the fairing, so I junked it and bought a set of straight bars , and a couple of bar end mirrors.. now I'm a badass :001_9898:
I'll leave it to them and head for Matlock and the Peak District :biker3:
he best thing about squires for me is the road there - the B1222 - we pick it up near ricall
i like to go there on my old tatty classic rd350 as the unsilenced home made pipes sound superb going under that bridge.
its almost compulsory to turn right out of the gates and put on a show and on my gtr last year the front end came up and took me by surprise.
i find just walking round looking at everyones bikes is entertainment in itself but i suppose you can only do that so many times. of the 3 or 4 cafes i visit i think squires attracts the largest variety of bikes from classics to race reps custom stuff and attracts the largest crowds.
sadly it also attracts the power rangers and the boys in blue.
a pal of a pal was involved in that 3 bike crash and injured his shoulder and wont ride again this year.
i didnt know anyone had died?
I read somewhere that Squires is up for sale.
Take sandwiches, food wasn't brill last time I visited...