Bike Buffet

Last week hubby and I decided to join the local bike buffet.  I had seen an advert on the book of face about it and decided it looked like it could be fun.

I called a few days before to book our place and was told that there were only about 10 people booked so far so imagine our surprise when we turned up and there were a few more than that  45 to be precise!
So what’s a bike buffet?
Well the idea is that you cycle from pub to pub and eat a different course at each place.

We drove to the Westport town hall which was the starting point and got our bikes out ready. We were greeted first of all with Mocktails and had a chance to eye up who else would be cycling with us. There were couples and friends and families, kids on their own bikes or sitting in a seat at the back of mum or dad.

We were asked to choose what starter we wanted from a choice of three and then we set off to our first pub/restaurant. Although the first part of the cycle was through the town we found ourselves quite quickly onto the The Great Western Greenway cycle track. It was a lovely chance to take in the local views and it was part of the track that we hadn’t cycled before. Also it wasn’t a race so people chatted as we went along. 

We arrived at our first stop off place - The Coast bar. We were guided up to a lovely dining room with views over the quay and it was nice to sit down on tables of 6-8 people, eat our starters and chat to other diners/cyclists.

Once we had finished our starters we set off again. Our route took us through the grounds of Westport House so away from any traffic. 
We stopped for our main course in the grounds of Westport house at Gracys, a pizzeria. Once again we sat at tables of 6 people and were served beautiful tasty pizzas, chips and salad. We chose to sit with different people so we could meet new people. There was also some live Irish music which was great to listen to as we chatted and ate our food. 

We set off again through the grounds of the house and then onto the main street of Westport to our final destination for our desserts - Clew Bay Hotel. 

By the time we had finished our desserts it was getting dark so we set off back to our van and went home. We thoroughly enjoyed this experience, it was a great way to meet new people, try out different restaurants and explore a little bit more of our new home area. We felt it was great value for money at only €20. I would definitely go on one again. Apparently they are run every year, once a month during the summer months and generally the venues change every month.