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ROUTE 59 CAFÉ
PONDEROSA CAFÉ Although the 59 Café has the usual
favourites like bacon butties on the menu,
Thanks to its location on the Horseshoe Pass there’s a few surprises like eggs Benedict
and its basic but sturdy menu, the ‘café in the and eggs Royale, not to mention excellent
clouds’ – there’s been a café here since the Italian coffee. The hardstanding car park is
1930s – attracts bikers, hikers, tourists and even ideal for its regular bike nights. The staff are
coach parties (luckily it has a big seating area very proud of their visitors—there’s nearly
that’s just been refurbished). There’s a range 30,000 photos on the café’s web site page,
of breakfast baps and a big breakfast on offer, almost all of which are of bikes that have
with favourites like steak and kidney pie and stopped by. Open from 9am-3.30pm from
cod and chips on the lunch menu. Open during Monday to Sunday (closed Wednesday)
the winter from 9am-33.0pm (4.30pm on with 8pm late night on Tuesday.
weekends) – please check for summer hours. Hambleton Farm, Bolton Abbey, THE BIKERS COVE
Horseshoe Pass, Llangollen, Denbighshire Skipton North Yorkshire BD23 6AF
LL20 8DR 01978 790307 01756 711554 The Bikers Cove probably has the
spectacular view of any café; situated on
Hawes Pier it looks straight out onto the
Forth Bridge, Scotland’s greatest manmade
wonder and a UNESCO World Heritage
site. The Bikers Cove isn’t fancy but it is
much loved by both the biking and local
community (when the place was vandalised
in 2016, many people instantly rallied
around to help with the clean-up) and runs
fundraising events through the year. Open
from 10am to 6pm Tuesday to Sunday
during the winter (call for summer hours).
182 Newhalls Road, South Queensferry,
West Lothian EH30 9TB
0131 331 4872
THE CHEQUERED FLAG
DOM’S BIKE STOP You have to love a café where, if you
don’t fancy a burger or shepherd’s
Good food, locally sourced and well cooked, pie you can order afternoon tea! How
is how Dom Howe has made his reputation, civilised is that? There’s also books and
even down to keeping his own chickens and magazine to read, wifi and charging
pigs to provide materials for the menu which points while you eat. And once you’ve
is all freshly cooked in a log cabin with plenty eaten, you can take advantage of the
of outdoor seating. There’s even lamb burgers Chequered Flag community workshop
made from rare breed Shropshire sheep that or book yourself onto a tutorial to
Dom raises. He also runs Dom’s Fest, an annual learn mechanical skills. Open 9am-
weekend of live music at the Bike Stop. Open 5pm Wednesday to Sunday (late night NEXT MONTH:
9am-5pm. opening to 9pm on Wednesday).
West Eaton Nurseries, Bromyard Road, Plymouth Road (A38), Liskeard,
Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0NA Cornwall PL14 3PG MORE CAFES
07703 961823 01579 344434
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