Last week it seemed like a great idea to plan in a spot of seaside cycling for the upcoming Bank Holiday weekend. Unfortunately this weekend was wet, windy and cold. Did it deter me? Well yes, a little bit, but on Monday I headed out with two much fitter cyclists to act as windbreaks. We… Read More »
Mark Cavendish isn’t quite English, he rides for the Isle of Man, but he is British so he gets a big hurrah for winning a stage of the Giro. I don’t know of any vineyards in the Isle of Man so we settled for an English wine in Giro pink. Wissett Pink 2006 is from… Read More »
Last weekend was the East Midlands International Cicle Classic, a truly bonkers cycle race looping around roads and farm tracks in Rutland, Oakham and Melton Mowbray, best known for pork pies and Stilton cheese. I prepared myself for my role as marshals’ assistant by having an English wine with tea on Saturday. We’d picked up… Read More »
This weekend we took a trip to East Anglia. After a stroll down the pier at Southwold and a visit to the delightfully bizarre Under The Pier Show we pootled back to Wissett Wines. It was strange to find a vineyard on the Norfolk-Suffolk border, but on a sunny day at was a perfect stop… Read More »