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We saw the signs for free tea/coffee and stopped at the place in a garden we saw just up the road from it for which we had to pay for tea/coffee and had to wait ages as the lady had run out of mugs. Felt shit sitting there and progressively worse as we waited longer and longer. Finally had the tea and got around the corner to find the real free tea/coffee place.
Was a bit fucked off that someone had been cheeky enough to set up their own half-arsed stall, take business away from what sounds like a well-run one up the road and waste my time (I wasn't in a great mood at that point).
Definitely gonna leave earlier next time. And gonna bypass any stops looking too busy/crap, there was almost always somewhere better looking a bit further up the road.
Good point: my triathlete mate on his tt bike (the only tt bike I spotted on the whole ride!) stopping to pick up a hedgehog crossing the road just after that stop.
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The free tea stop was great - I ate 4 bacon rolls (1 on the way out, 2 on the way back + 1 to go) and I regret nothing.
There was also a good, quiet stop soon after Sudbury fire station where I had another bacon roll. Basically every time I decided not to stop because of a big queue I was rewarded a few miles later by bacon with no waiting around.