ABC Towns and Villages

[Ming the Merciless]

Well I have had a. bumper harvest of letters today. Total of 200km and 11 hours elapsed. I needed to up my distances to get back to Audax so it was nice to construct a route to collect letters rather than Audax. The planned route was not meant to be 200km but I decided to add some bonus km towards end as everything had gone well with no mechanicals. Like riders above I had to exit villages in various directions to try and find the village signs.

Will post up signs tomorrow. I am naturally in post recovery tea mode at the moment, before evening meal. I am a bit hungry.

 

[Houthakker]

Managed to get my challenge off to a start today with A, B & C

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Didsbury or Davyhulme no good for you?

I'm up to 'H' and while there are a few within 5 or 6 miles (Harehills, Holbeck, Headingley and Hunslet), I'm struggling to find any proper signs with them being part of the urban sprawl, so I might have to have a special ride to Harewood or Harrogate (both involving the same hateful road), or further afield.

Or Denton

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Why has everyone got better looking place signs than me?

We all take a can of Mr Sheen and some flowers with us.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

On the subject of a different challenge, @13 rider and myself where talking about doing pub names

 

[Ming the Merciless]

On the subject of a different challenge, @13 rider and myself where talking about doing pub names

Picture with drink and bike from said pubs?

 

[NorthernDave]

On the subject of a different challenge, @13 rider and myself where talking about doing pub names

I'm in.

 

[Mr Celine]

[QUOTE 5539675, member: 9609"]I knew you hadn't but was very good and didn't say anything
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My mistake was including the strava map. Just to allay any suspicions you might still have about today's ride here's today's map, clockwise circuit. Also if you look at this week's photos, the bidon gets emptier.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Now on ice cream and beer. I need more calories...

 

[rugby bloke]

Busy haul this morning , missed the Overstone sign

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So settled on Overstone caravan park .

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Then N for Northampton .


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Then P for Preston Deanery.

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Q for Quinton

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R for Ravenstone

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S for Stoke Goldington

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T for Tyringham

Leaving U for another day but did get a V

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V for Village

That's an impressive haul. You also bagged the same P,Q,R sequence I've got planned for Friday !

 

[rugby bloke]

I withdraw River Jordan as it seems to have been the catalyst for the tone of some recent posts.

I thought the river may be contentious which is why I asked for a ruling. I did think it might fall within the definition of “inventive” as an exception for “difficult ones”. In other respects I have taken the “rules” seriously.

The river post received a number of likes and @User9609 initially seemed to be OK with it but subsequently rolled back suggesting it qualified only as a bye anyway.

This started out as a light-hearted challenge in the photo gallery section of the forum with some humour and a relaxed attitude towards its goals. Perhaps it should be moved to the challenges section with firmer rules and formal points. Either way I’m out.

That's a shame. Its very much my impression that this is a bit of fun and a motivation for getting out on the bike during the winter months. I certainly don't want a load of rules being introduced and I am more than happy with a bit of creativity. For what its worth, I'm more than happy with your River Jordan pic.

 

[rugby bloke]

First of all apologies to @steverob I had decided I was doing a 200km ride this weekend, but couldn't decide between do Verney Junction, which meant 62 miles of headwind and lots of climbing or Lincoln, which would be flatter but a 2 hour train journey added on at the end.

I got up at 5 this morning and decided on Verney Junction but thought it too late to let @steverob know.

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As you can see, there are a few house there, and just up the road was:

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Impressive ride, nice one.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Just 5 miles this afternoon to bag my R & S
I live in one and the other is an adjacent village.
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I do like your bike colours and setup.

 

[biggs682]

That's an impressive haul. You also bagged the same P,Q,R sequence I've got planned for Friday !

Enjoy the ride and make sure you listen out for the lambs in Ravenstone

 

[Ming the Merciless]

My mistake was including the strava map. Just to allay any suspicions you might still have about today's ride here's today's map, clockwise circuit. Also if you look at this week's photos, the bidon gets emptier.

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You are allowed to fill up your bison you know. We would not want to find your skeleton by a village sign as you did not drink enough and died of thirst.