{"id":1387,"date":"2020-03-01T20:17:55","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T20:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quest.nwarwick.co.uk\/?page_id=1387"},"modified":"2020-03-01T20:17:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T20:17:55","slug":"day-34-6th-june-2019-warwickshire","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/quest.nwarwick.co.uk\/index.php\/day-34-6th-june-2019-warwickshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 34: 6th June 2019 – Warwickshire"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Meriden checkpoint was one those had vexed me for a while – geographically it wasn’t very close to many other checkpoints that I had to visit (the other Warwickshire checkpoints were in a longer ride that I had planned) so made it difficult to include in with other rides, and the nearest checkpoints in neighbouring counties were also too far away to include it with those.<\/p>\n

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Cyclists Memorial in Meriden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then, out of the blue, the chance to visit just fell in my lap – I was required by work to go to Coventry on a two day course that would necessitate me staying overnight, and with it being early in June the evening would be light enough for me to take a bike and try to get out to Meriden.<\/p>\n

On receiving my accommodation details from work things got even better – they had booked me in to a hotel that was only about four miles from Meriden, so if I took a bike that I could ride in street clothes then I could ride out to Meriden after day 1 of the course and stop at a local pub for my evening meal and then get back all before dark.<\/p>\n

So, after checking in to my hotel after day 1 it was time to head off toward Meriden on my trusty Brompton, and after a short ride along the footpath along the A45 it was time to turn off and join some quieter roads, and head through Millisons Wood where I stopped briefly to take a picture of the memorial stone commemorating the location of the original Triumph Motorcycles factory for the majority of the 20th Century.<\/p>\n

So, back on the bike and after what seemed like only a few turns of the pedal I was at the village green in Meriden, the location of the checkpoint at the centre of England, and also the site of the cyclists memorial.<\/p>\n

My plan to find a pub for dinner took a last minute change when I noticed a fish and chip shop opposite the green – there’s nothing better than fish and chips out of the paper, sat in the early evening sun on the village green half way through a cycle ride.<\/p>\n

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Centre of England Stone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having filled my stomach it was time to mount my steed and head back to the hotel before dark. I opted to take a northerly turn from Meriden and loop round a couple of country lanes, through Eaves Green and back on to the road I came in on before hitting the A45 and back in to the hotel.<\/p>\n

This was easily the shortest ride I’d done whilst questing but was no less enjoyable than any other – the sunny weather, fish and chip supper and a few miles on my underused Brompton all combined to make it a pleasurable couple of hours.<\/p>\n

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Miles Cycled \u2013 8
\nCheckpoints Visited \u2013 1
\nTotal Miles Cycled \u2013 1154
\nTotal Checkpoints Visited \u2013 70<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to download a gpx file for this ride<\/p>\n

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The Meriden checkpoint was one those had vexed me for a while – geographically it wasn’t very close to many other checkpoints that I had to visit (the other Warwickshire checkpoints were in a longer ride that I had planned) so made it difficult to include in with other rides, and the nearest checkpoints in READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/quest.nwarwick.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/quest.nwarwick.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/quest.nwarwick.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/quest.nwarwick.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/quest.nwarwick.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/quest.nwarwick.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1413,"href":"http:\/\/quest.nwarwick.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1387\/revisions\/1413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/quest.nwarwick.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}