England : Surrey Historical commercial vehicle run, Crystal Palace - Brighton 04/05/14

[ianrauk]

That could be one to do again in summer!

Indeed

 

[rb58]

That could be one to do again in summer!

DunRun is 12/13 July. Do it then?

 

[StuAff]

Instead of the Dun Run, I'm thinking of following @kimble's suggestion made on YACF and doing it backwards. Yes, setting off from Dunwich and riding back to the smoke. No problems with trains, peace and quiet in Suffolk, and the opportunity to mess with the heads of all those close-passing undertaking numpties.....

 

[rb58]

Instead of the Dun Run, I'm thinking of following @kimble's suggestion made on YACF and doing it backwards. Yes, setting off from Dunwich and riding back to the smoke. No problems with trains, peace and quiet in Suffolk, and the opportunity to mess with the heads of all those close-passing undertaking numpties.....

Do you mean riding out in the day and back overnight? I don't really fancy riding those lanes at night time when there are 2,000 cyclists going in the opposite direction.

 

[StuAff]

Do you mean riding out in the day and back overnight?

Yes.

 

[velovoice]

Are you guys hi-jacking this thread??
So - has anyone got a link yet to the vehicle run route & timetable, so we can agree place and time to meet up?

 

[User10571]

Linky
http://www.brightonrun.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72&Itemid=91

 

[velovoice]

Thanks User10571!
So if they're starting off from Crystal Palace at 7am onwards, is 8am from East Croydon station reasonable? Too late? too early?

 

[ianrauk]

So has a meet place and time been established?

 

[ianrauk]

As above, 7:30 outside pub at the top of Westow Hill does it for me, unless anyone wants otherwise.

Pub name?
7.30 is good for me..I think

 

[mistral]

Westow House on north side
or immediately opposite is the Cambridge
or on other side of the junction (Anerley Hill) is the Grape & Grain?

 

[topcat1]

I'll be along for this

 

[bobcolover]

going to try to get to do this; not sure if i can meet you at crystal palace early, or east croydon later
recumbent as usual

 

[mmmmartin]

Some of us might be in Belgium that weekend though - choices choices.

So, @User13710 I assume from your absence in the conversation and postings about Belgium that you're not coming along?

 

[Tim Hall]

Thanks - I think even I might be able to manage that.

Adrian is close, but not quite right. Left, as he says, from the station along Haslett Ave (watch for the Blue plaque telling you how it got its name). You'll come to the "Squareabout" (Paymaster General's Roundabout). Take the diagonally opposite exit (Hawth Avenue), going straight on at the next roundabout. Left at the lights onto Southgate Avenue, follow it down to the Stadium.

For further confusion, the stadium has just been rename the Checkatrade.com stadium, and appears as such on the brown signs.