FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - 16th May 2014, York to Hull

[mcshroom]

I'll be riding back to York again I think. Probably along the route we've done before, with a stop for Ice Cream in Melbourn if the weather's nice

 

[CrinklyUncle]

It is looking very good for me piloting the CrinklyTandem, the easiest way to get it back to York is going to be riding back. For the return I won't have a stoker, so if anyone wants to give it ago I can probably arrange for a solo bike to be transported back to York.

 

[Tim Hall]

the Royal German Podolskis of Mertesacker

(going way off topic) Not knowing what either a Podolski nor a Mertesacker was, I did a spot of googling. I was ever so pleased to learn that Mertsacker is known to the Gooners as BFG. Which doesn't have the same meaning stand as when Roald Dahl uses it. I was even more pleased when I realised that a colleague is (a) at least 2m tall and (b) comes from Bremen. We have our own BFG.

 

[redfalo]

(going way off topic) Not knowing what either a Podolski nor a Mertesacker was, I did a spot of googling. I was ever so pleased to learn that Mertsacker is known to the Gooners as BFG. Which doesn't have the same meaning stand as when Roald Dahl uses it. I was even more pleased when I realised that a colleague is (a) at least 2m tall and (b) comes from Bremen. We have our own BFG.

yeah, in Highbury, "BFG" currently has a slightly different meaning to "Big Friendly Giant" . The full chant, sung when Mertesacker scores, is "We got a big f****ing German, big f****ing German ". It highlights how relaxed English-German relationships have become, I think.

 

[craigwend]

yeah, in Highbury, "BFG" currently has a slightly different meaning to "Big Friendly Giant" . The full chant, sung when Mertesacker scores, is "We got a big f****ing German, big f****ing German ". It highlights how relaxed English-German relationships have become, I think.

We Hull have a BFG; unfortunately he's not turned out that good ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Proschwitz & loaned to Barnsley

If only his forefathers had been as bad at hitting the target - Hull would not have had 95% bomb damage during WWII

 

[redfalo]

We Hull have a BFG; unfortunately he's not turned out that good ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Proschwitz & loaned to Barnsley

If only his forefathers had been as bad at hitting the target - Hull would not have had 95% bomb damage during WWII

At least he's looking appropriately depressed on that Wikipedia picture.

Didn't know that Hull was hit so badly, sorry about that.

 

[craigwend]

At least he's looking appropriately depressed on that Wikipedia picture.

Didn't know that Hull was hit so badly, sorry about that.

Sadly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_Blitz - most of our historical buildings & vast areas of housing leading to vast 'poor' post war planning & subsequent house building ( & stupid labour council)

 

[dellzeqq]

Sadly http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull_Blitz - most of our historical buildings & vast areas of housing leading to vast 'poor' post war planning & subsequent house building ( & stupid labour council)

well, we rode in to Hull yesterday afternoon, and we were, once again, mightily taken by the broad, well-tree'd avenues, the generous proportions of the houses and the cheery city centre. As for Hessle - is there anywhere more metrosexually 'en pointe' outside of SW3? On the minus side, Cafe Pasaz has gone the way of all flesh. Breakfast at Weatherspoons beckons.

 

[Canrider]

That's a blow, what happened to that place nearer the docks you went to a few years back?

 

[Andrew Br]

We rode in to Hull yesterday afternoon, and we were, once again, mightily taken by the broad, well-tree'd avenues, the generous proportions of the houses and the cheery city centre. As for Hessle - is there anywhere more metrosexually 'en pointe' outside of SW3? On the minus side, Cafe Pasaz has gone the way of all flesh. Breakfast at Weatherspoons beckons.

Good effort Simon (and AH ?), sorry I wasn't available.

Not being familiar with SW3, I can't comment on Hessle, particularly as I'm completely focussed on breakfast by that stage of the ride.
Hessle; where's that ?

Weatherspoons ? I'm not too disappointed; we won't need to guard our bikes and the beer selection is better (IMO).
We may also meet some of the local characters.
This could be a good or a bad thing.

It's 200m more to get to the station.

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[mmmmartin]

Spoons does seem very popular for food amd beer, indeed we moved to Spoons after Pazaz so starting there will. Save the effort of stirring our stumps. I won't be with you, as I will be doing Le Recce, but the Ibis hotel is just round the corner snd does rooms for about £25 for those who wish to sleep before returning south.

 

[middleagecyclist]

Really looking forward to this yrs ride. Shame about Pasaz though.

How many are wanting to do a group ride back to York after? Be nice to get an idea of names and numbers.

 

[redfalo]

Cafe Pasaz has gone the way of all flesh. Breakfast at Weatherspoons beckons.

This increases the likelihood of getting a cooked breakfast that is actually warm.

 

[redfalo]

Hah! Wasn't going to say so, but I'm glad someone else wasn't that impressed the last time we went there. It had really deteriorated from the year before I thought.

Actually, I am recalling last year's breaktfast in Hull as the worst of any FNRttC, whilst the Spoon's breakfast in Rhyde after @StuAff's IOW nightride this March was pretty decent. (Honest, I'm not talking about the beer. But that was good too.) Hopefully the Spoon will already be open when we arrive.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Hessle is a lovely little village west of Kingston upon Hull in the shadow of the Humber bridge.