Comments on: Cycle Route – Colchester – Dedham – Manningtree – Mistley – Colchester

By: GB

GB — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:42:56 +0000

thanks for this mark! did the ride yesterday and had a lovely time.
and thanks kw too for the tip about the cafe at Mistley, had a lovely lunch there, with a great view, and it’s licenced too. oh, and the attached crafty-arty-workshoppy showroom there was interesting also.
my fellow-rider isn’t a fan of hills, but this ride was very manageable.

By: Kate & John

Kate & John — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:24:56 +0000

We tried your cycle route on Sunday and found it very easy to follow and a lovely ride! We missed the turn at the Colchester road into Manningtree, instead going left at the roundabout and down the long fast road, but it was fine! The views at the top of the hill over Dedham were great and well worth a stop. Thanks to kw for the tip on the train back from Mistley, we took that up as it was getting abit dark by the time we got there (set off bit late).
Anyway, a great ride thank you!!

By: kw

kw — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:17:46 +0000

plus you could always get the train back to Colchester from Mistley if you’re feeling lazy!

By: kw

kw — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:17:04 +0000

Looks like a great little circuit! Next time I urge you to take a little loop past the Towers in Mistley and down to the quay and the famous fence (www.freethequay.org). There’s a great little veggie cafe in the old wooden building on the quay with amazing views over the river (also ales at The Thorn opposite)…