Greystoke Cycle Cafe and Tea Garden

                                                                                                                                    

Contact Details: Tel: +44 [0] 17684 83984

E-mail: annie@greystokecyclecafe.co.uk
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Welcome to

Greystoke Cycle Café

Tea Garden 

Situated 4 miles west of Penrith, Cumbria - close to Ullswater and bordering the Northern Lake District, Greystoke Cycle Cafe and Tea Garden is a few hundred yards past the village green on the C2C route

We are a family run establishment.

 Please see below our unusual opening times** between April and end September

    

Whether C2Cers E2E ers,

birthday or club rides

for cycling groups planning on visiting ....

give us notice and we'll make sure we're  here for you & you get the best service - Hot and tasty pasta seeems to be a favourite

  Greystoke Cycle Cafe Menu

Giving us an idea of what you may need will make your visit more relaxing, less hurried and our job much easier in helping you refuel

 

 

Learn how to perfect these incredibly relaxed and loose brush strokes, how to load the same brush with a variety of colours and intensities to effect a single stroke, how to use the solid ink blocks and exploit the qualities of Xuan paper - a contrast to the tight and precise detailed painting methods of our other botanical classes!. Irene will also give an introduction to the tradition and language of flowers in Far Eastern art.

with Irene Sanderson

Fri 24th Sept

Learn how to perfect these incredibly relaxed and loose brush strokes, how to load the same brush with a variety of colours and intensities to effect a single stroke, how to use the solid ink blocks and exploit the qualities of Xuan paper - a contrast to the tight and precise detailed painting methods of our other botanical classes!. Irene will also give an introduction to the tradition and language of flowers in Far Eastern art.

 

Click below

for many photos

& new workshop dates

There is a photo album for each workshop we run - an invaluable insight into a day

Flowers in Far Eastern

Brush Painting

Learn how to perfect these incredibly relaxed and loose brush strokes, how to load the same brush with a variety of colours and intensities to effect a single stroke, how to use the solid ink blocks and exploit the qualities of Xuan paper - a contrast to the tight and precise detailed painting methods of our other botanical classes!. Irene will also give an introduction to the tradition and language of flowers in Far Eastern art.

Fri 24th Sept

almost just an impression     

Intro to Pen and Wash

Fri 10th Sept

She brings a host of materials to the class- not only the paints and paper- but also many really interesting pictures (often building/ flowers etc)

Using ink pen to define a watercolour painting gives stronger definition to certain areas of the page, usually acheiving a better result. Click on the above link and take a look at some of the results from previous such days with Margaret - she is an excellent tutor, very encouraging for those with less experience and a mine of information, hints and tips. Suitable for all levels

She brings a host of materials to the class- not only the paints and paper- but also many really interesting pictures (often building/ flowers etc)

which people can copy (or quite often trace ) -  the class is about watercolour and pen techniques - not your abilty to draw or to imagine a scene or subject .

For those who'd like to try to put what tthey see onto paper we have a fine view of a castle in parkland and a walled garden where there is plenty to choose from - but as many prefer use supplied pictures and concentrate on technique
   

IMPORTANT NOTE    We have recently been experiencing loss of incoming emails - if we have not replied to you within  36 hrs PLEASE resend or phone -Thank you

To Cyclists there will always be a hot drink here for you when you stop (between Easter and end Sept and maybe after) inThe Cyclists’ Barn’. This is exclusively open for cyclists on their bikes and their support  from 10 -6pm everyday.

Inside, you will find hot and cold drinks and flapjack plus plenty of current bike reading material.  You should find the barn useful, with towels, blankets, oil, bike pump, maps, free juice for your bottles etc and you can sit inside or out in the back garden . 

We have for sale spare inner tubes and Sudocream.   If we’re about and can, we’ll serve you with what ever else we have.

- If you’re a group of 6 or more needing a healthy pasta lunch etc out of above times just phone and we 'll let you know if we can help out .  CYCLE SUPPORT VEHICLES are very welcome to park at the Cafe.

  **We are FULLY OPEN TO ALL  (ie walkers and non cyclists aswell  Fridays 12 – 6pm  and Saturdays 10 – 6pm and the 2nd Sunday  of the month between Easter Good Friday and end Sept..

but politely remind you that we only have parking for Cycle Support Vehicles at the Cafe and ask all others to use the village car park  and take the 8 minute walk around the castle walls.

 Directly on the C2C Cyle Route just 300 yards northwards PAST the village green and at a crossroads with the LeJog End to End west coast cycle route we are just 4 miles west before Penrith .   We are close to Ullswater and the Northern Fells of the beautiful Lake District. Greystoke Cycle Cafe  is an official Sustrans C2C STAMPING STATION …the stamp is always out on the front kitchen window sill in season, together with juice and oil

 See the link and directions to Cycle Cafe                             

We have a garden area that can be used for CAMPING ...please enquire.

Greystoke has many interesting things to offer

including an open air swimming pool ...see

 The new Greystoke Village website for accommodation and places of interest around Greystoke

Greystoke Cycle Cafe and Tea Garden

Greystoke Cycle Cafe and Tea Garden

Greystoke Cycle Cafe and Tea Garden

Greystoke Cycle Cafe and Tea Garden
       
 
Greystoke, Penrith. CA11 0UT    [+44 [0] 17684 83984  email:   annie@greystokecyclecafe.co.uk]