London to Brighton night ride, March 6th

[Fab Foodie]

On that basis, I may as well throw this in here.
Posted passim & to death....


Night rides, why?


The lack of traffic.

The ability to ride four abreast.

The silence.

The night time noises.

The smells.

The temperature changes.

The white line and the silhouettes flashing past.

The camaraderie.

The feeling that at that time the world is yours.


Love it.

.... the bus shelters ....

 

[User10571]

.... the bus shelters ....

Only in the right company....
I think we can probably do without the image shot on 35mm B&W by Rogerzilla.
Internet hounds are likely to find it anyhow...

 

[Pale Rider]

Night ride is a misnomer for a ride in the south east.

It should be sodium glare semi-darkness never far from a 24 hour petrol station/supermarket/McDonald's ride.

Come oop north for some proper dark darkness.

 

[User10571]

Night ride is a misnomer for a ride in the south east.

It should be sodium glare semi-darkness never far from a 24 hour petrol station/supermarket/McDonald's ride.

Come oop north for some proper dark darkness.

Cool!
Organise one, please.

 

[Pale Rider]

Cool!
Organise one

None of us could see where we were going.

 

[StuAff]

Night ride is a misnomer for a ride in the south east.

It should be sodium glare semi-darkness never far from a 24 hour petrol station/supermarket/McDonald's ride.

Come oop north for some proper dark darkness.

As much as I have enjoyed night rides in God's own county, pish. Plenty of very dark lanes in southern England.

 

[slowmotion]

And the hip flasks

...and breakfast beer....

 

[Pale Rider]

As much as I have enjoyed night rides in God's own county, pish. Plenty of very dark lanes in southern England.

Darkness does vary across the country, Northumberland being darker than most other areas.

Quoting from the linked site: "Did you know that the rural areas of Northumberland National Park and Kielder Water & Forest Park have the darkest skies in England?
"It is estimated that 85% of the UK population has never seen a truly dark sky."

I'm prepared to bet that 85 per cent includes almost everyone in the south east.

http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/visiting/thingstodo/stargazing

 

[iLB]

I'm prepared to bet that 85 per cent includes almost everyone in the south east.

They do let us out you know. Occasionally.

 

[Wobblers]

Am I the only one getting inordinately excited about this ?

Am I the only one getting inordinately jealous about all this?

The weather forecast looks good - have fun!

 

[Pale Rider]

They do let us out you know. Occasionally.

Northern dark sky wily wavers

Southern internet forum pointless point scorers - assuming you meant 'willy'.

I'd take 'wily' as a compliment.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=wily&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=WAb5VMmvKaOC7gbJvoGoCw

 

[slowmotion]

Never mind the dark, or lack of it. We might just get a good dawn and sunrise according to the Met Office.

 

[redfalo]

Darkness does vary across the country,

very true, but please leave politics aside

 

[rb58]

Nice tail wind for the SMRbtH

 

[dellzeqq]

the darkest clearest night ride (or night recce) I ever went on was the Reading CTC ride to Lymington in 2012. Far, far less street light than any of our northern rides, even those going across the hills from Bury to Blackburn. Then again, with Essex switching off streetlights after 2am, downtown Billericay can be pretty Stygian.