Ah, I wish we'd found that cafe (I think it was mentioned on the routesheet/rider notes, but I hadn't had chance to print them off) - we went to the pub opposite the Costcutter, which was packed, and the staff were entertainingly grumpy. The coffee took ages, though it was nice when it came, and the gorgeous brownies went down well, even though I'd have loved a proper meal at that point after riding down from Darlo through freezing fog. Luckily I'd brought a sandwich with me, and I had chance to munch that at the start while the queue died down. 48 entries on the line according to Les - no wonder it was busy.
The ride went fairly well, including an extra 200 to make a 300. Steve made me do it (he made it up to 400). The finish at the York Tap meant we could grab a welcome pie-anna-pint, and I guided our grupetto through the city to avoid the inner ring road.
The fog was rising again as we went north, and luckily tiermat was available to feed me and Steve and coffee us up the THOFC, which might have been the best bit. Mind you, I can't complain about the tailwaind back from York either. Pretty good day out for January, I reckon!