ABC Towns and Villages

[Ming the Merciless]

65 miles just to go to a palce with a Q in the name? Barking mad!
Words of Mrs H, and who am I to argue.
Here it is anyway
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It's the journey not just destination you must tell her.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Eh?

Deleted, wrong thread!

 

[steverob]

Is there anyone else out there who has essentially completed the challenge apart from Z (and also X, but no-one can do that without getting "creative") but still wants to cross off that last letter? Thinking of maybe trying to arrange a ride in about a month's time to Zouch on the Notts/Leics border and wondered if maybe we could turn it into a meetup...

Anyone who lives local to that area is obviously very welcome to join (chances are though you'd already have crossed Zouch off ages ago), but for the rest of us we'd have to probably get a train to either Loughborough or East Midlands Parkway and meet up there cycle to the village - although I guess we'd probably look to do a route that was a little bit more than just that, maybe 30-40km?

I haven't got a planned date for this (couldn't do anything in the next few weeks anyway), but just thought I'd throw it out there in case there was any interest.

 

[craigwend]

You just don’t feckin care do you? I bet you’d walk into Poundland and ask the price.

Great idea ... P next for me

 

[Vantage]

I'm planning on getting there by way of a tour but it's a long way off yet. A long, long way off

 

[EltonFrog]

Who has completed this so far?
@Supersuperleeds
@CarlP
any others?

 

[Dogtrousers]

I'll be riding to Zouch some time later in the year. No idea when.

 

[13 rider]

Slowly getting there ,today's was the tricky X as in Exton in Rutland

Making its second appearance in the thread . No road sign for the village so used the school sign

 

[13 rider]

Is there anyone else out there who has essentially completed the challenge apart from Z (and also X, but no-one can do that without getting "creative") but still wants to cross off that last letter? Thinking of maybe trying to arrange a ride in about a month's time to Zouch on the Notts/Leics border and wondered if maybe we could turn it into a meetup...

Anyone who lives local to that area is obviously very welcome to join (chances are though you'd already have crossed Zouch off ages ago), but for the rest of us we'd have to probably get a train to either Loughborough or East Midlands Parkway and meet up there cycle to the village - although I guess we'd probably look to do a route that was a little bit more than just that, maybe 30-40km?

I haven't got a planned date for this (couldn't do anything in the next few weeks anyway), but just thought I'd throw it out there in case there was any interest.

I need Y first then as I'm local to Zouch would be willing to meet up and guide a ride to the end of the alphabet

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Slowly getting there today's was the tricky X as in Exton in Rutland
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Making its second appearance in the thread . No road sign for the village so used the school sign

That looks familiar

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Is there anyone else out there who has essentially completed the challenge apart from Z (and also X, but no-one can do that without getting "creative") but still wants to cross off that last letter? Thinking of maybe trying to arrange a ride in about a month's time to Zouch on the Notts/Leics border and wondered if maybe we could turn it into a meetup...

Anyone who lives local to that area is obviously very welcome to join (chances are though you'd already have crossed Zouch off ages ago), but for the rest of us we'd have to probably get a train to either Loughborough or East Midlands Parkway and meet up there cycle to the village - although I guess we'd probably look to do a route that was a little bit more than just that, maybe 30-40km?

I haven't got a planned date for this (couldn't do anything in the next few weeks anyway), but just thought I'd throw it out there in case there was any interest.

I should be up for that

@tallliman is local and might join in, his cafe knowledge is legendary so he is very useful

 

[tallliman]

@Supersuperleeds.....I'm sure you can think of a decent pie-selling cafe about 13miles from Zouch!

 

[GM]

Who has completed this so far?
@Supersuperleeds
@CarlP
any others?

Still got about another 15 to go........I know I know, must get out more!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

@Supersuperleeds.....I'm sure you can think of a decent pie-selling cafe about 13miles from Zouch!

Ssssssssshhhhhhh. That's our cafe, I'm not sharing it

 

[TheDoctor]

Is there anyone else out there who has essentially completed the challenge apart from Z (and also X, but no-one can do that without getting "creative") but still wants to cross off that last letter? Thinking of maybe trying to arrange a ride in about a month's time to Zouch on the Notts/Leics border and wondered if maybe we could turn it into a meetup...

Anyone who lives local to that area is obviously very welcome to join (chances are though you'd already have crossed Zouch off ages ago), but for the rest of us we'd have to probably get a train to either Loughborough or East Midlands Parkway and meet up there cycle to the village - although I guess we'd probably look to do a route that was a little bit more than just that, maybe 30-40km?

I haven't got a planned date for this (couldn't do anything in the next few weeks anyway), but just thought I'd throw it out there in case there was any interest.

I'd certainly be up for this.
I'm in with a fighting chance of notching up a V fairly soon, assuming the Romans put up a sign of some sort.
It'll be as part of my Hadrians Wall side-to-side ride, Carlisle to Newcastle.