England : London Super Special Sunday London Ride - 10 March

[rb58]

We're launching our 2019 season with something a little different, and quite a lot special. @Redlight of this parish is organising a treasure hunt around our Great City. This will be on 10 March, starting at 9.30am from our usual start point in front of the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner.

Full details will be posted soon, but in the meantime, expressions of interest to help gauge numbers please - and start swotting up on your A-Z.

 

[GM]

 

[Salty seadog]

Way to bring @Nick Saddlesore down, the poor chap only gets a Sunday London Ride and now this chancer comes in with a "Super Special" Sunday London Ride.

I'va a good mind to come on it and have a great time......That'll teach you.

 

[Nick Saddlesore]

Treasure hunt or Alley cat?
The only A-Z I still own is almost as big as my bike. From days before satnav, reading map while driving. Did set fire to it once when I dropped my fag.

 

[Blue Hills]

Interested if around so put me down.

Though I fear I'll be tail end charlie, never been any good at cryptic clues/crosswords.

 

[Mark Grant]

 

[Fab Foodie]

Mmmmmaybe.....

 

[AKA Bob]

Definitely interested but running my first Audax event the day before so may fancy a lie in...

 

[lilolee]

Definitely interested but running my first Audax event the day before so may fancy a lie in...

Mmm and I was thinking of signing up to my first Audax, which is your one (only the 100km), so I may not be on this ride.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

definitely possible

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Family duties call that day, would have been a fun day out on the brommie

 

[Redlight]

Thanks for the expressions of interest. It would be a shame if there were no Brommies - the last time I did one of these it was won by three guys on unicycles, so there's a challenge for you!

I'm still in the planning phase but the broad plan is as follows:

Meet at HPC and, if you haven't already arranged it, hook up into teams of 2-4 (any more is unwieldy and a bit unfair). You'll each be given clue sheets and sent off at intervals of a couple of minutes. To avoid congestion at the clue locations, there will be variations on the order of the questions, so teams may not all head off in the same direction! Everybody will visit the same locations, eventually, though.

You'll need an A-Z or suitable mapping app, unless you have a cabbie's knowledge of central London, as for most of the clues, all you will be given by way of direction will be the name of street on which to look (NONE will be on busy streets, though, for safety reasons).

Whichever route you take, after a couple of hours you'll all come back to the same finish location, which will almost certainly be a pub, where I will wait to add up the scores. Fastest back will be declared the winner, but there will be time penalties for missed or incorrect answers. No prizes, but a definite warm fuzzy glow of satisfaction on offer.

 

[Nick Saddlesore]

a cabbie's knowledge of central London

Oh good, all north of the river then.

 

[lilolee]

It would be a shame if there were no Brommies

Common as muck. I'll be on my folder (a Mezzo)

 

[rb58]

Just giving this a little BUMP!