Riding Back From Hull - April 2012

Oooo. Just found this. Sounds fun, so registering my interest.

And of course for the ride up there Ross. Here

Be rude not to Martin. Although having just scanned the post I'm not sure what I've let myself in for. Sounds like riding up to York, riding from York to Hull, then riding back again. On 29th April. Is that it? That is the week after the London Marathon. So my 'cycling' legs should be well rested

Provisional date for the FNRttC is 27th April so the ride to York will start early Friday 27th and we'll be back in London on Sunday 29th late in the evening I expect.

Yep Im still interested. I wanna do a few 400's this year again so April will be a good start.

Does that mean we actually get to drink beer and sleep somewhere on the Saturday before coming back on the Sunday?

It's a real possibility. The main group will be staying over Sat night or at least sleeping some part of Sat.

There's a nagging part of me that thinks I'll learn more for LEL if I just turn around after breakfast and come back but that's a nagging part of me I'm telling to shut up.

http://www2.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_book/rooms_rates.php?hotel_id=505&from=list

Travelodge sale is on and when I looked at 12.40 the non-refundable rate was £15 for the Saturday night. This may change of course. I have a refundable room at the Ibis which is £45 but as this ride is four months away and anything can happen in the meantime, I prefer to be flexible but expensive. YMMV.

Yep I saw on another place that Travelodge had a sale on. Am thinking of booking it, if I don't use it I may be able to sell it to one of the drinkers

It sounds like fun?

Right hotel room booked. This is now looking scarily real. I can't get into my hotel room until 3pm though so there may be prolonged drinking.....

I've also gone for the no breakfast option so we'll need to stop for food somewhere.

In view of the proximity to the London Marathon, I think I'll pass on this one Martin.

You've got a whole 4 days recovery time! What are you? A premiership footballer?

I am still very interested in this. Not sure I will be able to do the London to York leg though, but definitely want to ride Hull-London as a 300 DIY if possible. Is there anyone willing to split the cost of the Saturday night hotel room?

I just paid £26 for a single train ticket, London depart 19.30 arrive York 21.31 hours on April 27. Ulp. Looks like I will be doing this 300k ride back after all............

I'm trying to do my planning for the York weekend. Reading this, it sounds like people are planning to spend 24 hours lolling around in Hull before riding back.

Why?

Anyone fancy doing the return on the Saturday, before you stiffen up?

Frank, we all know you are A God Of The Cycling World. For us Mere Mortals, working all day Friday, travelling to York by train and staying up all night then returning to London with no sleep is A Bit Much. That would be like doing a 400k but not sleeping for 40 hours, instead of the usual 400k audax time of 27 hours. This is because of the the working day, the train ride and the FNRttC pace of the York-Hull section. A kip in Hull means the final 300k will be memorable, as in I need to memorise it as I'll be following the route of the LEL final 300k.

Oh, and you youngsters will know more about that sort of thing than I would. It's an age thing.....

A kip in Hull makes lots of sense, it's just that 24 hours seems the wrong amount of time. It's either a bit too long to keep your momentum up or a bit too short to have recovered from the night ride. I fear it will make the ride back a bit tough; harder than it would be if you had, say, 1-6 hours rest.

But, rather than do it back on my own on the Saturday, I have booked myself a ticket on the 1:30pm train - direct for £18.

I would have done an up, across and back down, with food and rest interludes, Frank. I can only think that the others are doing too much talking and thinking, rather than riding...and Shaun has hired a club for the evening.