Lunesdale Bakery, Kirkby Lonsdale

It has been a while since our last visit, so back to Kirkby Lonsdale Bakery to see if the breakfast remains as good as I remember.  I was not disappointed - still one the finest so far!  Quality bacon and sausage, black pudding made with Guinness, two fresh eggs - fabulous!

Breakfast rating: 🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳

Be A Garden Maker - Wigglesworth

An unusual name, but this cafe is set within a garden centre on the road between Wigglesworth and Bolton by Bowland.  Plenty of room both to park bikes and also inside, with a great selection of cakes, coffees and hot food including Sunday lunches.

Breakfast is massive - be warned!  Crispy bacon, good quality fresh bread to make the toast, great sausages, egg, mushrooms, tomatoes, beans, hash brown - the only thing missing for the full set would have been black pudding, but I doubt you'd be able to eat it!  All this for £8.25 and I bet you won't be jumping straight back on the bike until that lot has digested a little!

Breakfast rating: 🍳🍳🍳🍳

The Corner House Cafe - Grassington

One of our favourites, The Corner House Cafe has lovely friendly staff, great cakes and most importantly, a fantastic breakfast.  This is served until 11:30 and there are 3 choices, a Full English (shown below) at a very reasonable £7.20, a vegetarian Full English (same price) and The Big Breakfast which is an extra £1.  For this you get a Hash Brown and mushrooms in addition to the Full English. Toast is included, along with a decanter of water - very cyclist friendly!

Great quality, fresh produce (a really golden yolked egg!) and nicely cooked.

Breakfast rating: 🍳🍳🍳🍳

Goat Gap Cafe - Newby

Situated on the A65 this cafe would normally be off the books as you’d be pretty mad to cycle on such a busy road. Fortunately however, there is a side road from Newby towards Bentham which makes it nice and accessible.

Breakfast starts at 9am and boy what a choice. Big and little Yorkshire breakfasts, vegetarian, eggs on sourdough, the list goes on. Remember to get your order in before 11:30 though as the cafe then moves on to the lunch menu.

The big Yorkshire included 3 sausages, black pud, crispy bacon, mushrooms, beans, egg, tomato and 4 slices of toast. Excellent!

Breakfast rating: 🍳🍳🍳🍳

Riverbank - Burnsall

Riverbank is a small eco-cafe situated in Burnsall village car park (£1 for an hour or £5 all day).  It is open from Thursday to Sunday all year round.  It gains a star straight away for having a cycle rack.  Inside there are no menus, just choose from what you see at the serving hatch.  When I visited it consisted of assorted cakes and a few savouries - I chose a Thai Vegetable Roll and a "Fat Boy" which was similar to a sausage roll.  So, no full English breakfast on offer unfortunately.  Still, the rolls were good and washed down with a cup of tea the bill came to £8.50.

🍳🍳🍳

TJ's Tearoom - Cracoe

TJ's is an extension of Jackson's Farm Shop in Cracoe - locally famous for quality sausages.  Cyclists and muddy boots are welcome and the cafe is rather larger than its outside appearance suggests.  There is an impressive selection of breakfasts, including a vegetarian option, as well as a cyclists special.  The mugs are bigger than the teapot!

Price is a very reasonable £6.95 inclusive of tea/coffee, or for an extra pound you can go the whole hog and order the large breakfast as shown below.

Breakfast rating : 🍳🍳🍳🍳

Katie's Cuppas - Halton Gill

Not really a breakfast, or even a cafe - but this has to be one of our all time favourites.  Situated in the hamlet of Halton Gill, Katie's Cuppas consists of a farm outhouse containing tea and coffee making facilities, cakes and a toilet.  

Seating is outside, under a covered porch across the road.  The cakes are first rate and the choice of (make your own) drinks impressive, with a selection of teas, coffee and cold drinks in the fridge.

Payment is on an honesty basis - check the price written on the wall (drinks) or cakes (slices are individually wrapped and marked) and put your money in the plastic box.




Breakfast rating:  🍳🍳 (no hot food but cracking cakes!)