Manchester - Llandudno: Saturday May 13
- Thread starter nickyboy
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nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
I think Mrs D should get free drinks and kebabs for the night for this excellent service
Kestevan
Last of the Summer Winos
- Location
- Holmfirth.
May well have to take up Mrs Doughnuts kind offer too.
Don't much fancy getting the late train back in sweaty lycra and SPDs
Don't much fancy getting the late train back in sweaty lycra and SPDs
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nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
1 bag = payment in kind of 1 drink or 1 kebab
Sounds fair
Sounds fair
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I'm going for the late train back, sweaty lycra and SPD approach ...
(I reckon Mrs D will have had her fill of kebabs and drinks by the time that I arrive on my trusty singlespeed bike!
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doughnut
Veteran
This is all bad news for me. Mrs D gets the kebab on her own, finds any bit of goodness in there (e.g. the rogue lettuce leaf that's less than 3 days old), then when she's had that she passes the rest to me with a quick "There's your half". Fast forward 8 hours and I wake up with a T-shirt so soaked in grease that you could make a crate of Molotov cocktails out of it, a very disturbed belly and a completely unsympathetic wife.
Bazzer
Setting the controls for the heart of the sun.
- Location
- On the edge of reality
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Littgull and I have now booked our tickets back on the 19:42 train to Manchester.
Kestevan
Last of the Summer Winos
- Location
- Holmfirth.
Lol...
Looks like we will be sharing a train back to Manchester. I'm booked on that train too.... it was the only one that gets me back to Huddersfield before Midnight.
Given that I recon it's a 6am start if I want to ride to the start I figured that made for a long enough day.
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nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
Try not to nod off on the final train otherwise you'll be in Middlesbrough before you know it
tommaguzzi
Über Member
- Location
- County Durham
I'll be on the 06.20 arriving at 07.30. i have 360 of the 500 miles i wanted in my legs already and i am going out again this afternoon.
I will confirm now that i agree to all Nicky's conditions and am looking forward to meeting you all once more. See you in Manchester.
I will confirm now that i agree to all Nicky's conditions and am looking forward to meeting you all once more. See you in Manchester.
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nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
I think I get in about 0745. Just enough time for a coffee and a bacon roll from Greggs which is right next to our meetup point
My work is a bit busy at the moment but I need to fit in a recce of the revised hilly route just to be on the safe side. I won't have time to do a full route recce before the ride, just too busy with work. But it's going to be as previous years. Hopefully no road closures or whatever en route. Obviously if any locals hear of any problems please let me know.
It is the stormy weather depositing sand on the NCN5 that will be the main problem. Decent weather ATM but there are a few weeks to go so fingers crossed it isn't a sandpit like it was in 2015
tommaguzzi
Über Member
- Location
- County Durham
Mmm i might put some /25 tyres on then.
What is this work thing you keep talking about? :-)
What is this work thing you keep talking about? :-)
