2011 Pitstop database

I am looking to develop a database for cyclists to source hot food and hot drinks during long rides 50-100miles. Just focusing on the home counties and outskirts of London initially. The idea came about in late autumn when a few of us were discussing where the best bacon sarnies come from.. I ride with a few groups throughout the year heading in all directions with starts in henley, princes risboro, beaconsfield, st albans, epping, blackheath, crystal palace, richmond park..

What is needed:-
establishment name
postal address
post code
open times / days
seasonal differences
capacity
telephone number

Your comments please, to see if this could be done and whether it would be useful info for all cyclists new and experienced keen to venture out of town.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=uk&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=202571017967163430015.000498e1b11ee91bb5205

Al

sounds like a good idea as long as it stays non-commercial. I mean, if you found a cafe somewhere using this app, you might feel a bit miffed if you found out there were brown envelopes involved in getting their name on the list! Would probably need to have good feedback to stay on the list. (don't know anything about the tech needed or wether it's possible).

1st suggestion would be the tea-hut on high beech, Epping

PS. if this gets off the ground do you think there'd be an android version (please)

Plus one for the High Beech tea hut. Loves that place.

Yalding Cafe
Hampstead Lane
Yalding
Kent
ME18 6HH

No idea on opening times, but it's open whenever I ride past. Looks like a shithole from the outside, but they're very bike friendly with a large outside area, and about 30 seats inside.

What's that one in Surrey? The one that has the covered-over benches outside where all the cyclists go? Not so much a cafe, more of a shop that does hot drinks, sausage rolls, etc.

the best cheese sticks ever. at the bottom of pisslake? or something like this.

okay, this is a start.. i need to find more details for the places i stop at.. it is also useful to know when they open sat / sun / weekdays..

in Chiddingstone there is a good spot, i have a number somewhere.. we usually call them with a order of bacon / egg baps, before hitting the big drop off Brasted Hill, a bit of a ritual on the Hoffmeister 70mile training loop from CP

in response to ian(conker) i'd like to think we could get each cafe nominated to donate something to the LCEF, but that is not the reason for compiling a list.. prefer to keep it non-commercial, and support local business to provide us with the rest / fuel required.

as well as listing the usual places like RP roehampton gate cafe and CP cafe st germain, Costa Coffee Beaconsfield as rendez-vous for rides.

there is a decent spot in Hambledon. The Post Office that does huge flapjacks £1 and Pots of Tea, alas no toilet and its outside only.

Also a cafe in a park at Henley-on-Thames, full of yummy-mummys. food is very decent though.

the best cheese sticks ever. at the bottom of pisslake? or something like this.

Peaslake. The Post Office.

:)

the best cheese sticks ever. at the bottom of pisslake? or something like this.

From this day forward it will always be known as pisslake to me. :)

if this gets off the ground do you think there'd be an android version (please)
i have an HTC android phone so the answer would by yes.. website first.. initial idea is to set up for riders to add details of their favourite stops, not sure how to manage this yet and it could be open to abuse.

can we include pubs that have food? I remember that the pub at the top of Turners hill does cracking bacon rolls, is very bike friendly - and has good outdoor space. (I'll find the details if it's allowed in)

great idea btw

permission granted Clefty..

my favourite is the Pear Tree at Hook Norton, drinking pint(s) of Hookie brewed on the premises with a plate of scampi and chips especially on a 84 mile hilly loop around the cotswolds, or the Castle Inn at Edge Hill (alas outside our region, one for the midlands perhaps) and no doubt between london and brighton there are plenty.. i think the plan is to share our knowledge so that everyone can plan rides around those stops, whether its for 10 mins or a full lunch break.. it's as basic as that.

this leads nicely to those who prefer mid morning bacon sarnie stops, pub lunches or the afternoon cake and tea. A great ride requires good planning.

Date Slice

National Trust Cafe
The Old Fort,
Box Hill Road
Box Hill
Tadworth
Surrey
KT20 7LB

http://www.thechequersmatchinggreen.co.uk/

The Chequers
Matching Green
Essex, CM17 0PZ
England
United Kingdom

Good pub, great steak club sandwiches, loadsa space. Great for that half way stop on your Essex ride.

Date Slice

National Trust Cafe
The Old Fort,
Box Hill Road
Box Hill
Tadworth
Surrey
KT20 7LB

this is a very popular stop in the surrey hills.. good call

http://www.thechequersmatchinggreen.co.uk/

The Chequers
Matching Green
Essex, CM17 0PZ
England
United Kingdom

Good pub, great steak club sandwiches, loadsa space. Great for that half way stop on your Essex ride.

nice one thanks. i'm looking at a round trip from north london to visit family near burnham-on-crouch, this could be one for the summer.. cheers

I don't have any good tips...but someone should start an editable google map or something so that all these places are organised on a map. I think such a thing would be quite useful when planning routes in specific areas. Although I guess that is the ultimate aim. This just seems like a logical initial step which might be more useful than a long 'listy-type' thread... it's easy to do and not labour intensive.

2p

Like this one I just found.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?client=qsb-win&hl=en&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Isle+of+Man&gl=uk&ei=gwJHTOOsH4uj4Qaqw7z7CQ&ved=0CB4Q8gEwAA&msa=0&ll=54.20583,-4.351959&spn=0.383932,1.229095&z=10&msid=103430943177252274901.00048be68aa417ab180be

Just like that.

that sounds perfectly simple.. excellent idea.

Grind Coffee Bar

79 Lower Richmond Road, SW15 1ET
London, United Kingdom
Mon-Fri 7:30am - 4:00pm, Sat-Sunday 8:30am - 5:00pm

Great meet up point for RP or Surrey Hills, very good coffee

Just on the opposite side of the Green from The Pub at the top of Turner's Hill, there's a great newsagent/general store that sells all kinds of pies/pasties/samosas/flapjacks.

+1 for pisslake.

Grind Coffee Bar

79 Lower Richmond Road, SW15 1ET
London, United Kingdom
Mon-Fri 7:30am - 4:00pm, Sat-Sunday 8:30am - 5:00pm

Great meet up point for RP or Surrey Hills, very good coffee

i went past there this morning, heading home after RP.. about five cyclists outside..

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en&gl=uk&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=202571017967163430015.000498e1b11ee91bb5205

i will start adding places, periodically and add link to OP..