not biker friendly

baz-R · Post by **baz-R** » Jun 22nd, '06, 08:52

went to a little tea shop in porlock (with green painted front on main street) last summer on a nice sunny day and the owner was an arse and thort me and misses were going to do a runner with out paying and wasnt polite to us but was to every one else.
so take your money else were?
sorry cant think what it was called
ps we were out for the day on the bike in our gear!

Mervin · Post by **Mervin** » Jun 22nd, '06, 09:21

the whortleberry was it called/ did it have old pics of people picking whortleberries on the walls? went there last summer when driving through with the car on the way too minehead. seemed ok then but was driving car so would not know, but the whortle berry jam etc was bloody expansive i know that
merv

baz-R · Post by **baz-R** » Jun 22nd, '06, 16:59

there was jam there! loads of it
boycott it anyway

chris_1127 · Post by **chris_1127** » Jun 22nd, '06, 17:19

dont boycott it, turn up in large numbers!! And all pay for one cup of tea with a £20 note

bandit · Post by **bandit** » Jun 27th, '06, 21:26

i guess u mean porlock as in porlock hill, devon?

random question, but if u mean that one..
whats it like goin up an down hills like that on a bike? aint rly done anytrhin like that an not been taught bout rly steep hills... u gotta be careful or anythin incase of front goin up an stuff?

Webber · Post by **Webber** » Jun 27th, '06, 21:32

no mate nothing to worry about, you will be suprised how easy and effortless it is to get upand down there on a bike. lovely views from the top aswell

Funky · Post by **Funky** » Jun 28th, '06, 00:57

chris_1127 wrote:dont boycott it, turn up in large numbers!! And all pay for one cup of tea with a £20 note

brilliant idea, or lots of pennies!

Honey Monster · Post by **Honey Monster** » Oct 13th, '06, 13:57

yeah i like that idea

Jon B · Post by **Jon B** » Oct 13th, '06, 15:36

Going down Porlock is probably worse than going up, apart from turn 2 on the way up where if you go up on the inside it is very very steep. On my Bandit I have to drop into 2nd to do the first part of the hill.

I did it on my moped though. Just.

Maver-Nick · Post by **Maver-Nick** » Oct 13th, '06, 17:17

bandit wrote:i guess u mean porlock as in porlock hill, devon?

whats it like goin up an down hills like that on a bike?

Come along on the Minehead run in the summer... you'll be up and down them hills all day long then...

monkey8414 · Post by **monkey8414** » Sep 29th, '10, 20:27

i've been up and down porlock on a push bike, went on a mates stag wekend there last year. would be much easier on my ninja

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