FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast York to Hull 19 April, 2013

[mmmmartin]

f having taken five and a half hours to do the seventy odd miles.

 

[Andrew Br]

Good work dell.
Did you wear longs ?

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for the first seven miles or so, and then over the Bridge.

I've only ever seen that twice; the 1st time was for the Manchester-Morecambe reccy and the 2nd on the "Deathly Windows" ride, although on that occasion you sported a natty pair of "proper" trousers IIRC !

I'd intended to stop at a sort of works canteen in Flixborough. It serves school dinners gone large for about four quid a go - the only problem being the hill that awaits you when you get under way again.

I remember it, I asked them to take some of the food off my plate 'cos there was no way that I would/could eat it all.
I also remember the hill.

Spool forward six miles, and, on that very hill outside Flixborough, the fish and chips described a perfect arc over my handlebars.

After that I was pretty done in - crawling in to Hull at about 2.15, having taken five and a half hours to do the seventy odd miles.

Epic !
And not in a good way.

As always, I admire your dedication and I'm looking forward to the ride !

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[StuAff]

Further chapeau! 5 1/2 hours in those conditions is pretty incredible (yes, I'm slower than you & that neck of the woods is as flat as a pancake, but...). Particularly after lunch disagreed with you!

 

[User10571]

for the first seven miles or so, and then over the Bridge. And let me tell you, that bridge is something in a cross wind. I was glad not to have bladed spokes. I wouldn't be surprised if they closed it tonight.

My big mistake was lunch. I'd intended to stop at a sort of works canteen in Flixborough. It serves school dinners gone large for about four quid a go - the only problem being the hill that awaits you when you get under way again. But........when it started to rain I dropped in to a chippy in Keadby, and I have to say that I was kind of concerned when I started eating. Spool forward six miles, and, on that very hill outside Flixborough, the fish and chips described a perfect arc over my handlebars.

After that I was pretty done in - crawling in to Hull at about 2.15, having taken five and a half hours to do the seventy odd miles.

That sounds like it's made almost entirely of grim.
Looking forward to balmy conditions on the night of the ride.

 

[craigwend]

Signed up & raring to go....

Still waiting to see if

or any other lochulls are going?

 

[User10571]

Does anyone have a GPS file of this route that they'd care to share, please?

 

[Shaun]

Signed up & raring to go....

Still waiting to see if

or any other lochulls are going?

Unfortunately not this time around. I'll try to make it next year.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Does anyone have a GPS file of this route that they'd care to share, please?

You have email (or you will have shortly) re last year's route file.

 

[mcshroom]

Does anyone have a GPS file of this route that they'd care to share, please?

This was the route a couple years back: -
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/386933

I think there's been mention of a change of half-way stop though so it may have changed a little.

 

[vernon]

This was the route a couple years back: -
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/386933

I think there's been mention of a change of half-way stop though so it may have changed a little.

It's not a public file and can not be viewed.

 

[mcshroom]

Should work now - That's weird though as I never set it as private

 

[User10571]

You have email (or you will have shortly) re last year's route file.

Thanks, FD.

 

[Davywalnuts]

I have conceded defeat on this ride to the weather God's.. So even though I wasn't on the list, am a defo no no now. One year, maybe. But for now, the weathers constrained my attempts to do some long distance miles.. Sucks.

 

[mmmmartin]

The Met Office is suggesting the weaher on this ride might be OK, actually. Certainly a lot warmer than the temperatures currently outside my window, anyway. I'm more interested than usual in the forecast as I'm riding back to London afterwards, BTW.

 

[craigwend]

Potential attendance problem solved....

The rather fine Hull City AFC were playing a home game on the Saturday (Brizzle), okay, not a lot of sleep but not a terrible dilema...

SKY - aaarrrrrggghhh changed the game to Friday night,

Leaves a 'decision' (football or cycling) or, solution how to do both,

luckily big brother who lives in York is attending this game & I have arranged (well a fare bit of faffing) for him to bring me back to York after the game for about 11:30!