{"id":4241,"date":"2026-03-21T22:48:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4241"},"modified":"2026-03-21T22:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:48:23","slug":"birkin-fisheries-21-mar-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/birkin-fisheries-21-mar-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Birkin Fisheries- 21 Mar 26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The forecast was for wall to wall sunshine, it turns out, the weather had other ideas.
The six tandem crews arriving at Birkin Fisheries were greeted by a rather grey morning that felt more like late autumn than early spring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yes \u2013 spring officially starts on the 21st March!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Back on the bikes, starting the season as we mean to go on…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Still, spirits weren\u2019t dampened for long. \u201cDon\u2019t worry,\u201d came the reassuring call, \u201cit\u2019s due to lift by lunchtime!\u201d And, to be fair, it did\u2026 just as we rolled back in at the end of the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two tandem pairs ready to get going<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Weather aside, the outing itself was a real pleasure. Quiet country roads, good company, and plenty of laughs along the way made it enjoyable from start to finish. Of course, it was all rounded off perfectly with some well-earned, excellent butties, cakes and coffee at the cafe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trekkers at the cafe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A special mention as well \u2014 it was absolutely lovely to see old faces returning, we\u2019re all hoping to see much more of you as the season gets underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write up by Paul<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The forecast was for wall to wall sunshine, it turns out, the weather had other ideas.The six tandem crews arriving at Birkin Fisheries were greeted by a rather grey morning that felt more like late autumn than early spring. Yes \u2013 spring officially starts on the 21st March! Still, spirits weren\u2019t dampened for long. \u201cDon\u2019t … Continue reading “Birkin Fisheries- 21 Mar 26”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4242,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4241\/revisions\/4242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tandemtrekkers.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}