Introduction
A fine warm day in prospect. We set off over Chapel Hill through Barrington to Shepreth. We found an excellent cafe The Teacake where we had coffee, scone and flapjack. We cycled on to Meldreth having missed the sign on our last visit. From there we went to Whaddon and then down Ermine Street the A1198 to Kneesworth which is now combined with Bassingbourn. We cycled into the centre of Bassingbourn for the village sign and back through Meldreth, Melbourn and back down the A10 cycleway. A 53k (33 mile) morning ride.
Meldreth
Whaddon
Single sided. Church, oak leaf and acorn, dinosaur and village pump.
Plaque on post: "In Grateful Memory of Mr Jim Law 3rd June 1912 - 16th September 1993 For His Life Long and Dedicated Service to Whaddon"
Bassingbourn cum Kneesworth
Double sided with the same image on each side. Wellington bomber, church, lampost, trees, grey heron, old car, flowers including I think the tudor rose. On the left under the main picture are tools and black blobs (which I think might be coprolite which is fossilised faeces of animals that lived millions of years ago). The right image shows two pigs possibly saddleback breed.
Further information on the sign in this PDF which states that the car is a taxi which were made in the village. The rose is the Lancaster rose not the Tudor one. The tool is a plough found in the church during renovation work.
91 signs so far in 29 rides. Bassingbourn and Kneesworth are treated as separate villages in my list.
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