Category Archives: Portland Street Pedallers

The Port­land Street Ped­al­lers don’t get as far out of town as they used to.  Crayke or bust had become Huby or bust and is now The Jac­o­bean or bust.  Three of us made it by bike, through quite cool … Con­tinue read­ing →

First ride of the sea­son — due to call first at The Ebor in Bish­op­thorpe. I cycled out there early in order to eat, our kit­chen under­go­ing renov­a­tion, and enjoyed an excel­lent poached had­dock in cream sauce with prawns. The … Con­tinue read­ing →

So, the ped­al­lers 2008 sea­son came to an end a few weeks ago with a very gentle ride first to the Fox and Roman, which does good food judging by the well-filled and swiftly emp­tied plates of two of our … Con­tinue read­ing →

By what serendip­it­ous tele­pathy I know not, but some­thing told me to head to Elving­ton and Sut­ton on Derwent via Hes­ling­ton, rather than cut across to Mur­ton after leav­ing yet another tedi­ous even­ing meet­ing at the office.  A light sum­mer … Con­tinue read­ing →

What a delight a May even­ing can be ! Espe­cially after stay­ing late at the office for a meet­ing of the Audit Com­mit­tee, surely one of life’s non-pleasures, but heigh-ho, we still need the bacon. So off into the north-westering sun … Con­tinue read­ing →

The Port­land Street Ped­al­lers set out in search of the ori­ginal pickled egg once again !  A mod­est start, tak­ing in the Deramore at Hes­ling­ton, which I missed, but then I found the intrepid four­some sit­ting out­side the Black­smiths at … Con­tinue read­ing →

Do try the Thompson’s Arms at Flax­ton, right by the level cross­ing. As rural a pub as you could ima­gine, set amongst the rolling arable land­scape at the edge of the Vale of York as it runs up to the … Con­tinue read­ing →

The first ped­al­lers’ out­ing of the year took us from the Blacksmith’s Arms in Hunt­ing­ton — where one of our num­ber was served with the world’s longest chip (pos­sibly an extru­sion) via the slippy banks of the Foss to the … Con­tinue read­ing →