FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - 16th May 2014, York to Hull

[ComedyPilot]

Late - last minute panic- dropped off at Stamford Bridge - ride to the den at @User10119 house. Thanks for the tea and company Kat. Good to meet @User10571 , 'Uncle Mark', @phantasmagoriana, @Soltydog and @mcshroom .

Weave our way to minster avoiding race-going drunks - thanks for the 'Bicycle' rendition - not.

More later - pooped. Off to bed.

 

[alans]

It'd be such a shame if this ride was no more

Indeed it would.

Although I was not able to ride the event this year I would have liked to imagine that there would be an opportunity to do so in the future.
If it's necessary to financially protect the ride via the imposition of a non-refundable fee to cover the club's food costs at Garthorpe I would happily accept such an arrangement.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Wot no rain?

 

[alans]

Were there any trike riders?

 

[User10119]

Were there any trike riders?

There was indeed!

 

[alans]

[QUOTE 3086274, member: 10119"]There was indeed![/QUOTE]

anyone we know my dear?

 

[alans]

anyone have pics?

 

[User10571]

anyone have pics?

You want pictures?
We got pictures.
Just a couple to start with, more and words may come later.
When I have attended to the sleep dep.
This, I'm pretty sure is what was going on above the River Trent whilst Charlie & Olaf & Mistral talked their way through one of Charlie's inner tubes.
Amazingly, a passing mini-cab driver offered
A) A lift
B) Assistance of our choice
C) Use of his tools
You can see a random Addison Lee driver in London doing that, can't you? Well? Can't you? I thought not.

Then, there's this... which is the shot I should've, but didn't take on this ride last year - owing to me being 90° away from where I should've been to take the pic

I remain needled by the slight lack of symmetry. An iPhone is not ideal for this sort of stuff.
I'm sure that others will follow with more pics in no time at all.
Now, I must saw logs....
ZZZZZZzzzzzZZZzzzzzzzz

BTW. Before I go.
This ride is magic.
Really magic.
It shrugs off suburban York in less than half an hour.
The darkness embraces you almost immediately.
Then, just before Goole, the ride starts giving.
And keeps on giving, and giving, unabated, for mile after mile....
Only towards the end, does it ask for something back.
And most, even those who deploy the 24" gear, are happy to repay.
Because the rest of the ride is such a dream.
Worth every penny of the keffafle (for those who don't reside in York) to get to and return from.

Hell! - It cannot be a bad ride - last night someone from Glasgow pitched up for it, as did someone from Portsmouth.
I'd say that's a good catchment area.


OFFS! - What am I talking about now?
I should be in BED!!!

 

[Andrew Br]

TC - no witty repartee.

Bugger; back to the drawing board.
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[Andrew Br]

That was lovely, just lovely.
I may have finished my ride report.

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[Soltydog]

My first FNRTTC & boy did I enjoy it. Thank you to all on the ride, it was a fantastic experience & I'd recommend it to anyone who's crazy enough
Special thanks to @dellzeqq for all of the hard work going into organizing such an event & everyone else who helps with reccy runs & other stuff that goes on behind the scenes. Thanks to @User10119 for the kind hospitality before the ride & the stacks of cake which helped pre & during ride, the flapjack was fantastic & i'm sure it helped me & others over the last leg. Thanks to @ComedyPilot for arranging the weather, although I'm not too sure how much of a hand he had in it, despite his claims
Surprisingly I never felt like I needed sleep during the ride & even the hours ride home alone I felt fine, just the legs were a little tired & my total ,mileage was 104, which I'm well impressed with. My longest ride for a good few years & probably my most enjoyable too. Thanks all

 

[CharlieB]

Perfect. Just perfect. Good roads (for the most part). A near full moon. NO RAIN.
A new little green Brommie that flies (when it doesn't p######e).

Over breakfast we learnt that the predominance of single decker buses in the North is due to the observed fact that all the double decker buses have precipitated themselves to Hull.

Thank you, one and all - that was top banana. Can we do it again next week, please?

 

[User10571]

Being the last person on this planet to have an interest in footy (sorry if that offends anyone), on my return journey from Hull today I was the only person on the train to not be wearing Hull City colours.
I thought I'd be dead.
But I wasn't.
A lovely bunch of people / supporters.
Having heard in the last few minutes what the score is, I wish them every success - which coincidentally were the words with which I parted with my fellow travellers earlier today

 

[Tim Hall]

Wot Charlie said. Team photo below. Who is who? More later

 

[User10571]

Stonkin' photo, Tim !