Night Ride London to Brighton, 5th Sept - NOW CLOSED

[Tim Hall]

Sitting at a railway station ,got a ticket for my destination.

 

[Flying Dodo]

A small but select group collecting at HPC including Adrian who's clearly popped over from work.

 

[Flying Dodo]

And now Olaf's merry band of wanderers has found the Gatwick Surprise.

 

[JoeyB]

Just got back to Fareham. Made very good time with HorTs on the front! Haven't done that mileage since this time last year!

 

[kimble]

Excellent ride, marred only by knee trouble (too many Welsh mountains earlier in the week) and getting spat at (blinding me, at speed) on the way home.

 

[Tim Hall]

Excellent ride, marred only by knee trouble (too many Welsh mountains earlier in the week) and getting spat at (blinding me, at speed) on the way home.

Bloody hell kimble, that's more than a bit horrid. On a brighter note, that's a brilliant recumbent rider's tan you have (front of legs only!).

 

[Flying Dodo]

!!!! That's shocking & disturbing on so many levels. Hope you're OK Kim.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Excellent ride, marred only by knee trouble (too many Welsh mountains earlier in the week) and getting spat at (blinding me, at speed) on the way home.

That's shocking. Hope it wasn't in Sussex.

 

[theclaud]

Excellent ride, marred only by knee trouble (too many Welsh mountains earlier in the week) and getting spat at (blinding me, at speed) on the way home.

FFS!

 

[ianmac62]

Excellent ride, marred only by knee trouble (too many Welsh mountains earlier in the week) and getting spat at (blinding me, at speed) on the way home.

Bloody hell! Hope you're feeling fine now!

 

[ianmac62]

Many thanks to @redfalo for an excellent ride! And to you all for your excellent company!

Eighty miles for me door-to-door which brought me past 30,000 miles since I started counting. Not a great amount by the awesome standards and achievement of nearly all of my Fridays' friends - but you won't get the smile off my face for some time.

Thanks again for your companionship!

 

[kimble]

That's shocking. Hope it wasn't in Sussex.

West Midlands, naturally, though I've be spat at in various other counties too. Never with quite such uncanny accuracy, though.

 

[kimble]

Bloody hell! Hope you're feeling fine now!

More angry than wibbly, now, which is probably an improvement.

(I initially thought it was a gravel-shattered lens or very unlucky bird poo strike, which would have been just as wibble-inducing, happening as it did on a busy dual carriageway with an abundance of potholes.)

Knee (or more precisely, adjacent bits of overworked muscle that keep the foot pointing in the right direction) is going to need some time off the bike, I think. Only hurts on the stairs.

 

[Flying Dodo]

; I hallucinated Mr Benn at one point.

So that's who Adrian was emulating in his suit!

 

[redfalo]

I don't recall Mr Benn using quite such profane language as I am told was employed on the beacon.

it's all whitewashed by the historians. After 3hrs of sleep, i'm off to a party (feeling dreadful at the moment) thanks for your fine company, really a splendid night out, albeit some key people were missed... more detailled account to follow on Sunday

cheers Olaf