60 next April. What to do?

[nickyboy]

Cyclechat ride Manchester to Llandudno same day as your birthday seems to fit your requirements

....and there is the prospect of a mini-sesh at the Marble Arch in Manchester (home of Marble, one of the best craft breweries in UK) the night before the ride. Just to get our hydration sorted before 100 miles to Llandudno the next day

 

[cyberknight]

Glorified pub crawl on bikes, by the 10 pub it might be a bit interesting trying to ride straight .

 

[400bhp]

One of the classics. Liege Bastogne Liege being the Sunday after your birthday.

 

[snorri]

How about - getting someone (wives/girlfriends?) to drive a support car/van with tent(s) sleeping bags etc. and the fellas (or with cycling other halves) ride the 60 miles early on Saturday to a suitable area where you know there are good pubs with real ale, get the tents up, drink the pub dry, sleep in the tent(s) and ride home lunch time on Sunday.

Support vehicle.
He's only going to be 60, you don't believe in throwing down a challenge do you?.

 

[classic33]

Start looking forward to the next 60 years!

 

[Globalti]

How about - getting someone (wives/girlfriends?) to drive a support car/van with tent(s) sleeping bags etc. and the fellas (or with cycling other halves) ride the 60 miles early on Saturday to a suitable area where you know there are good pubs with real ale, get the tents up, drink the pub dry, sleep in the tent(s) and ride home lunch time on Sunday.

This is more the kind of thing I had in mind, although Mrs Gti can't drive far thanks to a pelvic injury caused by.... too much time in the car.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

I ride with a club and also a group of mates, 9 out of 10 rides end in a pub.


Edit
You should also ride 60 miles on your birthday

Or find a big hill and do 60mph

 

[summerdays]

How about - getting someone (wives/girlfriends?) to drive a support car/van with tent(s) sleeping bags etc. and the fellas (or with cycling other halves) ride the 60 miles early on Saturday to a suitable area where you know there are good pubs with real ale, get the tents up, drink the pub dry, sleep in the tent(s) and ride home lunch time on Sunday.

I thought that was a good idea till you mentioned tents.... for a 60th I'm sure you could splash out and have a caravan

 

[ColinJ]

This is more the kind of thing I had in mind, although Mrs Gti can't drive far thanks to a pelvic injury caused by.... too much time in the car.

Ok, here's one for you starting a bit nearer home ... ride the 130 miles Yorkshire Dales Cycleway in a weekend, stopping at a Dales pub halfway? It begins and ends in Skipton so that is pretty easy for you to to get to. If you wanted to be more ambitious, cycle to and from Skipton as well, which would mean doing about 95 miles on both days. Or make it a long weekend and stop at Dales pubs on the Friday and Saturday evenings after tackling about 65 miles each day.

 

[Dayvo]

Support vehicle.
He's only going to be 60, you don't believe in throwing down a challenge do you?.

Now read the below messages! You just don't believe in simple fun, do you?

This is more the kind of thing I had in mind, although Mrs Gti can't drive far thanks to a pelvic injury caused by.... too much time in the car.

I thought that was a good idea till you mentioned tents.... for a 60th I'm sure you could splash out and have a caravan

 

[snorri]

You just don't believe in simple fun, do you?

I thought the smileys in my post would indicate that I do.
Truce!

 

[Globalti]

Ok, here's one for you starting a bit nearer home ... ride the 130 miles Yorkshire Dales Cycleway in a weekend, stopping at a Dales pub halfway? It begins and ends in Skipton so that is pretty easy for you to to get to. If you wanted to be more ambitious, cycle to and from Skipton as well, which would mean doing about 95 miles on both days. Or make it a long weekend and stop at Dales pubs on the Friday and Saturday evenings after tackling about 65 miles each day.

Better still! Keep 'em coming!