England : London Sunday London ride

[ianrauk]

beers/tea/coffee/chocolate/biccys will be available at mine after the ride if any one fancies it.

 

[iZaP]

beers/tea/coffee/chocolate/biccys will be available at mine after the ride if any one fancies it.

om nom nom nom

 

[Mice]

Errrr- how many Sunday London Rides are there this Sunday - Topcat1 are you going to Southend? If so can I join you?

If not - then the offer of tea/coffee/chocolate/biccys at Ians sounds very tempting!

M

 

[User10571]

I am drawn to the Knatts Valley angle of stuff.

Don't be surprised if you see me at the Dripping Tap on Sunday morning....

 

[topcat1]

Errrr- how many Sunday London Rides are there this Sunday - Topcat1 are you going to Southend? If so can I join you?

If not - then the offer of tea/coffee/chocolate/biccys at Ians sounds very tempting!

M

i'm going to pootle up to ally pally, i'll be at hpc 10am.. ish

 

[Mice]

i'm going to pootle up to ally pally, i'll be at hpc 10am.. ish

Possibility indeed! I guess I could do some of Andrij's Highgate Helly Hilly Hijinks first. A little bit of Swains Lane type thing. I will post decision early Sunday morning if that's ok!

M

 

[Mice]

Ok - decision made! The temptation of tea and biscuits at Ianrauks is too much so I will be at the Dripping Tap at 0830. (I may be ringing Arallsopp if I lose my way but I have the route). See you then.

M

 

[deckertim]

I am riding up, but if I am not there at 8.30 please don't wait for me.

Tim

 

[topcat1]

I'm going out now, so won't be at hpc at 10am

 

[martint235]

Well that was a good little run out into Kent. A very nice ride in good weather (ok there were drops of rain but nothing much). 58 miles for me taking me past my 5,000 for the year so far!!

 

[deckertim]

Thanks everyone for a great ride and particular thanks to Ian for organising it and showing us interesting things along the way that I have never even noticed when riding past myself!! I had a speedy ride home and got in on the dot of 1pm as planned, unfortunately not before my wife! So I wasn't able to pretend I had being doing diy most of the morning. I finished with just under 70 miles on the clock. Route here: http://connect.garmi...ivity/109971776

 

[User10571]

Fantastic ride! Thanks Ian.
Not even the @r§eh0le in the Beemer who came >< that close to left hooking me in Locksbottom could mar today's miles. 58 on top of yesterday's 75. And the weekend's not over yet....

 

[rb58]

Well that was a good little run out into Kent. A very nice ride in good weather (ok there were drops of rain but nothing much). 58 miles for me taking me past my 5,000 for the year so far!!

And it took me to just 22 miles short of 5,000 this year. My target for 2011 is 5,000, so I figure I now have four months to collect those last 22 miles.

I had a speedy ride home and got in on the dot of 1pm as planned, unfortunately not before my wife! So I wasn't able to pretend I had being doing diy most of the morning.

Fortunately, I managed to be home, cleaned up and in the loft 'tidying up' before Mrs rb58 arrived back from her shopping trip. Result!

Fantastic ride! Thanks Ian.

Indeed. Nice one Ian. That's one of my favourite routes. Thanks for organising. I managed to be one step behind the rain all the way home, so stayed dry. A bonus.

And good to meet you MissTillyFlop. I hope Big Martin we didn't scare you off joining us again.

Cheers all

Ross

 

[martint235]

And good to meet you MissTillyFlop. I hope Big Martin we didn't scare you off joining us again.

Hey what did I do??

 

[Mice]

What an idiot* I am! (It never ceases to amaze me...) I mean if Ianrauk says it's going to be a pootle it doesn't actually mean it's going to be slow or more particularly - flat. So I made the ridiculous decision to ride to Bromley (which turned out to be the other Bromley) and include Crystal Palace as a warm up on the way! In addition, thanks to rubbish navigation on my part I ended up climbing Bromley Hill and Beckenham Hill as well - all before I'd even reached that well known plumbers merchants to start the ride!!

Having got completely lost, Arallsopp - being the complete hero he is - came to find me, reunited me with the group and then promptly had to go home as something bad happened to his derailleur. Extremely unfair that. I felt very guilty. He was missed.

Eight of us, Martin235, DeckerTim, User10571, MissTillyFlop, Mista Preston, RB58, our leader Ianrauk and me headed out to the hills. It has to be said it was a stunning ride. The hills that we climbed took us to stunning views across valleys and beyond. Really, really pretty.

Needless to say I took some pics here I hope

Having cycled to the start of the ride and done 70 miles to Whitstable yesterday it seemed perfectly sensible to cycle home. (I must be nuts!) However, I seem to have 76 miles on the clock for today. And I do love cycling Thank you Ianrauk, it was a lovely day. Even the sudden shower after tea couldnt dampen t
our spirits . Good to meet you Miss TillyFlop, hope you enjoyed it. The highlight of the day for me was tea chez Ianrauk and meeting both Mrs Ianrauk and of course Henry who is clearly a complete star.




M


*No TimH, please recall correctly that I did not fall for your joke about tyres needing fresh air every day...!


Edited to correct grammar. This could be a long edit. I seem to be a little sleepy!