London to Brighton night ride, March 6th

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the darkest clearest night ride (or night recce) I ever went on was the Reading CTC ride to Lymington in 2012.

When I did the 2014 version of the Reading-Lymington ride, I also was puzzled by the darkness. @StuAff's IOW night ride last year was pretty dark as well, though. On Military road, 3am-ish, I found my front light's reflection from the tarmac slightly annoying....

 

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Have a lovely ride everybody - I wish I was fit enough to join you this time. Weather's looking good.

Cheers - maybe fancy joining us for breakfast? We shall be at the Bright Helm 8am-ish

 

[ianrauk]

@User13710 , as what Olaf said.. join us for brekkie

 

[redfalo]

I probably should not say this, but the weather forecast is looking really promising. The Norwegians are in for a dry and partly cloudy night, with temperatures dropping to 4 degrees between 4 and 5am. This should make the scenic route via Chipstead and Lonesome Lane possible and could provide some stunning views from the Beacon.

 

[Pale Rider]

and he's got fed up with denigrating Steve Abraham's efforts.

Newt,

Here's the donation page for Steve.

Ooo look, the name 'Pale Rider' appears on it.

http://oneyeartimetrial.org.uk/donate

 

[Aperitif]

Mögen die Götter von Wärme und gutem Wetter mit euch! Have a lovely ride, Olaf&Co..."Carry on Kampfing"

 

[User482]

Lights charged and hip flask filled.

 

[User10571]

*Starts to think about doing the Brommie/train/breakfast thing......*
A 07:23 service from ECR arrives at Brighters at two minutes to eight.........

 

[Tim Hall]

*Starts to think about doing the Brommie/train/breakfast thing......*
A 07:23 service from ECR arrives at Brighters at two minutes to eight.........

Don't forget to factor in the unreliability of alarm clocks.

 

[User10571]

Don't forget to factor in the unreliability of alarm clocks.

Funny you should say that. Last week I took delivery of not one, but two Braun alarm clocks.
Dieter Rams at his best.

 

[Tim Hall]

Funny you should say that. Last week I took delivery of not one, but two Braun alarm clocks.
Dieter Rams at his best.

<goes off to Google Dieter Rams>
Wikipedia says:

His unobtrusive approach and belief in "less but better" design generated a timelessness nature in his products

Is timelessness an ideal attribute for an alarm clock? EMNTK.

 

[redfalo]

...and now my new ctc number is 90086281...

noted - please see PM and remove phone number from CC discussion please. Or admins (@ianrauk?) can you remove the data from the thread please?

 

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Charles B
David H
David P
Eddie C
Fred S
Geoff S
Gordon P
Greg T
Ian R
Jane L
Jason B
Jeremy C
Julie G
John M
Kevin E
Louise M
Malcom S
Martin B
Martin W
Matthew W
Mick B
Mike E
Nigel C (tentative)
Olaf S (me)
Peter L
Rob H
Rob Ho
Ross C
Sam W
Simon L
Simon R
Steve R
Stuart A
Susie F
Tacey
Tim D
Tim H
Titus H
Tom F

 

[Trickedem]

some of the contents of my pannier. I will be sharing

 

[Tim Hall]

Food news:

We'll be going past Cumberland House, winner of the best B & B Breakfast 2015. Note the presence of the ramekin for the beans. Mind you, the cutlery looks a bit poncey.