Biscuits, Bikes, Streakers & Staring on Buses

Episode 3 - Biscuits, Bikes, Streakers & Staring on Buses

Welcome back to Herefordshire Hearsay, the podcast where local stories, village gossip and everyday nonsense collide. This week we’re out and about across the county, celebrating brilliant people, debating the nation’s favourite biscuit, dodging festival streakers and catching up with the ever-unpredictable Jeff from Belmont. Expect laughs, legends, and a very strong warning about Pringles.

🚲 Pedal Power & Possessed Legs

We visit the brilliant 5 & 10 Club where side-by-side bikes, over-enthusiastic legs and near-tipping incidents reign supreme. Big love to Jim, Jenny and the volunteers creating a proper community hub for cyclists, walkers and wobblers alike.

🍔 Vegas Vibes & Beefy Boys at 10

Sparkles, stilts, mocktails and a mysterious giant stuffed tiger… we head to the Beefy Boys’ 10th birthday bash and celebrate everything brilliant about local businesses done right.

📚 From Pizzas to Award Winning 'The Bookshop'

We rewind to the early days of A Rule of Tum, remembering pizzas in pubs, community investment and how local passion can turn into a huge success story.

🎨 Portraits Gone Very, Very Wrong

Rotary Club art night descends into chaos as bobble hats, skis, pine trees and accidental afros appear. No artistic dignity survived.

👑 Don’t Mess with Rosemary

A huge shout-out to Rosemary Rigby MBE, celebrating 90 years of fundraising, fearlessness and fierce gardening supervision — plus a visit to the Violette Szabo Museum (and a strong recommendation to watch Carve Her Name With Pride).

🍪 The Great British Biscuit Debate

Is a Jaffa Cake a biscuit?
Should Rich Tea be banned?
How many people are really injured by biscuits each year?

We investigate with polls, “experts” and some deeply questionable statistics.

🧂 Snack Disasters

A Pringles tube traps a hand.

Custard creams fall from cupboards.

Health & safety helmets may soon be required in Herefordshire kitchens.

🎶 Festival Fever

What’s coming up this summer:

Nozstock Into the Valley (17–18 July)

Eastnor Lakefest (5–9 August)

Beer on the Wye (10–12 July) – back with a bang!

Plus a legendary streaker story involving a guitar, a stage and some very quick security.

🚌 Bus Strangers! The Big Stare Off!

Accidental eye contact turns into a full-blown staring contest, missed stops, awkward advice and romantic possibilities included.

🚨 Jeff from Belmont: The Saga Continues

Police warnings.

A disgruntled vicar.

No tea bags.

Jeff says “no comment”.

📣 Shire Shout-Outs

Local legends, local businesses and personal trainers getting the love they deserve.

🎭 Meeting Basil, Sybil and Manuel, what could go wrong?

Faulty Towers dining chaos at Baskerville Hall.

What’s Next?

Herefordshire Boardgamers playing 'Blood on the Clocktower' and more Herefordshire nonsense coming very soon…

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Episode 3- Where you can find things:

00:00.000 Welcome

00:18.000 Pedal Power & Possessed Legs

03:15.000 Vegas Vibes & Beefy Boys at 10