The Fridays Tour de Normandie 2015

[StuartG]

Another big favour:
Does anyone have GPS tracks from Sunday and Monday, please?
My Garmin crashed yesterday and has lost the files.

Maps & TCX from a Moto G I'm afraid but you can convert:

Saturday: http://www.mapmyride.com/workout/997124939
Sunday: http://www.mapmyride.com/workout/998552187
Monday: http://www.mapmyride.com/workout/999742645

 

[User482]

There is chilli in a high street curry house vindaloo. That doesn't mean it's an attractive thing to eat.

Beer should be balanced between alcohol, malt and other flavouring agents and hops and other bittering agents - which is why Leffe is so moreish. That abominable Duvel Triple was utterly hop-dominated.

Leffe is overly sweet. Gueuze is dominated by sourness. Duvel tripel has a complex blend of aromatics and citrus notes that may be unappealing to the common palate, but is of great reward to the connoisseur.

 

[theclaud]

Seeing as we are in disagreement, I shall defer to @theclaud for a judgement on this matter.

@srw is wrong. Obvs. And his views on tea are bordering on the absurd. But he is excellent drinking company, with the added bonus that he leaves the best stuff for me. The Duvel Tripel Hop was just luvverly. He did have a Westmalle Tripel, though, which is bloody good stuff, so you've got to watch him.

Thanks, Fridayspeeps. For everything.

 

[srw]

Leffe is overly sweet. Gueuze is dominated by sourness. Duvel tripel has a complex blend of aromatics and citrus notes that may be unappealing to the common palate, but is of great reward to the connoisseur.

You couldn't be more wrong... to coin a phrase.

 

[Andrew Br]

Another big favour:
Does anyone have GPS tracks from Sunday and Monday, please?
My Garmin crashed yesterday and has lost the files.

You can download GPX files from these:-

https://www.strava.com/activities/312445632
https://www.strava.com/activities/312445644

(Click the spanner on the LHS and then "Download GPX).

Let me know if it doesn't work.

 

[redfalo]

Cycling with the Fridays is always magic - even in plain daylight, and especially if it's a tour. This one was no exception whatsoever. Great company, a meticulously planned route, benign weather. Time flew by, and at the same time on day 2 it already felt like we had been on the road for at least a week. Kat also loved it. What a blast - I'm already looking forward to the Lowlands, as well as @Trickedem's July 18 night ride to Whitstable. I'll also try to organise another Brighton night ride after the summer break, probably in late September or early October.

As only Strava premium members can download GPS tracks, I've uploaded the whole route here. Note that the route to Brix may be different than what you did, as Kat and I rode there on Friday night on our own. On the last day, you rode a different route after the ferry, when we were sorting out @mmmmartin 's tyre issues.

That's a million to @dellzeqq !

Here are some photos. (more here: https://plus.google.com/photos/1012...101258385711830372076&authkey=CMyM1fjNzY7bjgE)

Job done - the ferry zuchtmeister.

Man on a mission

@dellzeqq asked me to take a good photo of the tiger at the Bruce Castle in Brix. I was in two minds which one to focus on, though.

Hinge and bracket

"I wish you could see the bridge opening!"

 

[Aperitif]

Lovely selection of photos. Olaf. (Or should I say, 'Herr Schlankbeck'?)

 

[mmmmartin]

great photos, nice light, good composition.
unusually for a cycle tour, my bike seems to be in better shape at the end than it was at the beginning.

 

[StuartG]

great photos, nice light, good composition.

And good food ...

 

[dellzeqq]

 

[dellzeqq]

Jenny - all you need is a kilt and you can join too!

 

[dellzeqq]

although you might not be as quick as the boys....

 

[fimm]

Good heavens! How many people?!!!

 

[srw]

Good heavens! How many people?!!!

31. Counted every morning.

 

[redfalo]

Good heavens! How many people?!!!

If you're inspired by this, have a look at this: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/t...of-the-low-countries-2015.168927/post-3434954