As the weather takes a distinct turn this week, multi-sports retailer Wiggle announces a pop up cafe designed to celebrate the great British outdoors throughout the seasons.
With the aim of rewarding outdoor enthusiasts and athletes that carry on whatever the weather, Wiggle’s Adventurer’s Cafe will serve hot drinks and sweet treats devised by GBBO finalist and keen outdoor sports enthusiast, Steph Blackwell. Payments will be “charged” in the form of miles travelled along a route that covers hiking trails, woodland and even a lake – the more land traversed, the bigger the reward.
Open to the general public for one day only on the 3rd November, the Adventurer’s Cafe will sit on its very own remote island in the middle of a lake – which itself is in the middle of a deer park not usually accessible to the general public – in the heart of Kent. Through a bespoke route incorporating the Greensand Way long-distance walk route, taking in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and crossing 300m high Leith Hill, the cafe will require attendees to hike, trail run, cycle and even cross water to get there.
Once at the lake, Wiggle teams will be on hand to provide attendees with their currency card, which will be stamped to validate the miles travelled and used as payment at the cafe. Wiggle will provide kayaks and paddleboards to those that use them, who can show they’ve earned their coffee and cake stop for the final leg of the journey. A boat will also be available to transport athletes to and from the island.
For anyone that wishes to have their say in the cafe’s final menu, voting is open on Wiggle’s Facebook and Instagram channels with a selection of bakes and other sweet treats proposed by Bake Off’s Steph Blackwell.
Wiggle’s Adventurer’s Cafe will be open to the public from 8am-3pm on Wednesday 3rd November at Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone. For full details of how to get there – and earn those important miles to buy your coffees and cakes – see here.
