England : Kent Summer Cinque Ports Ride 6th Aug & 3rd Sept

[ianrauk]

Well that was jolly fun. Thanks for organising @Hill Wimp , lovely to meet you and the others that turned up. It's always good to see @User13710 and @deptfordmarmoset

Sorry i skidaddled off at Rye..I knew that if I joined you for lunch then I probrably would have got some beers in. not moved for a while and got lazyitus and got the train back home. So.. I sort of knew were I was going. I tried to find NCN11 to Ashford but missed the turning finding myself in Brookland, so had to double back until I found the sign for it. All found it was a lovely wind assisted ride back to Tonbridge. With 136 miles on the clock I felt I had my fill of cycling for the day so jumped on a train (which was pulling into the platform as I was walking down the stairs), so was home within half an hour. A nice long shower and the first of tonight's beers already drunk is making me feel normal again :-)

Thanks all. It was a glorious days cycling.

 

[Stephen Piper]

That was the longest tandem ride yet, a nice easy pace until we left Rye when things picked up a bit, we even got the lump to 32 mph down a bit of a slope. Nice to meet you all and will see some again in September.

https://www.strava.com/activities/666679262

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

It seems we missed a light aircraft ditching in the sea outside Rye harbour earlier on today!

 

[Hill Wimp]

It seems we missed a light aircraft ditching in the sea outside Rye harbour earlier on today!

Oh dear, hope the passengers were OK.

 

[Hill Wimp]

What a lovely day, thank you for organising the ride @Hill Wimp. Sunshine and clear blue skies all the way, as per Ian's lovely photos, but a bit of a headwind - I did miss my windbreak after @martint235 decided to set off back home. There was a fair bit of what might be described as mild off-roading, so I may use the touring bike next time.

I had an hour to wait at Rye station, because the tiny two-coach train that Hills and Marmoset got went up to Ashford and then came back again. When it did reappear it was surprisingly empty, so all the bicycles that had appeared in the meantime managed to fit in. Brighton station was packed out with people queuing to get home from Pride, so I ended up cycling home from there, up the Col de Seven Dials. Go me.

Looking forward to the rerun in September .

Oh sorry we pinched your train, that was a bummer. I will remember to keep an eye on those trains before September as I doubt Southern will gets its act together before then.

 

[coffeejo]

It seems we missed a light aircraft ditching in the sea outside Rye harbour earlier on today!

Oh dear, hope the passengers were OK.

Is this the one?

Have there been any updates?

(edited with the correct link)

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Is this the one?

Have there been any updates?

The link didn't work but I found this - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-36999784.

I'd only just caught a snippet on the news while I was doing something else yesterday and it didn't sound too serious but it does does seem that the pilot is lost.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Oh dear that does not sound good.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Glad you had a good time. It was a long shot hoping to bump into you. I was in Camber at about quarter past one, having chips (but not a saveloy ... I decided against that) outside the Pelican Fish Bar.

That wind made things tough. It's a bit weird round there, reminds me of the coastal bits of the Thames (Isle of Grain, and by Tilbury). Flat, scrubby, post-industrial patches. But the wind helped me pick up the pace after Rye.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Glad you had a good time. It was a long shot hoping to bump into you. I was in Camber at about quarter past one, having chips (but not a saveloy ... I decided against that) outside the Pelican Fish Bar.

That wind made things tough. It's a bit weird round there, reminds me of the coastal bits of the Thames (Isle of Grain, and by Tilbury). Flat, scrubby, post-industrial patches. But the wind helped me pick up the pace after Rye.

We got into Rye at 2.30 so were only a little ahead of you. Glad you had a good ride.

 

[HertzvanRental]

At which hostelry did you all end up?

(And was it any good?)

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

After having been corrected on my French pronunciation of Cinque in Cinque Ports I should have guessed how Wipers was spelt.

 

[martint235]

At the 'Wipers'. It was OK.

Only "ok"? Has it gone downhill?

I don't suppose anyone found out if Ian is still running it?

 

[Hill Wimp]

Nothing to write home about but the garden was big. The Harvey's was good though

 

[Hill Wimp]

Only "ok"? Has it gone downhill?

I don't suppose anyone found out if Ian is still running it?

We weren't there long enough to appreciate it properly I think.