Saturday 25 November - Birchwood Christmas Coffee Morning

A cold but beautiful morning.  The bare branches cast shadow patterns on the Alban Way.  Mad squirrels and boys doing wheelies to add to the fun.  Nine of us flew along the Alban Way,  right to the very end at Wrestlers Bridge.  We turned onto the old Great North Road and rolled down and then turned around through Birchwood to the Methodist Church.













We were expected, so our bikes were invited through to the garden and we came in through the kitchen, like all the best parties! The welcome was warm and the coffee and the mince pies were hot! We had a good browse of the crafts and home produce, and purchases were made. We also tried to guess the number of sweeties in the jar.

We cut straight back onto the Alban Way and headed westward.... and uphill. Even with Methodist mince pies to fuel us we had a breather or two along the way, all the better to enjoy the views of amazing back garden statues and winter fields.