Any exciting cycling plans for 2020?

[hoots1971]

I'm planning on a few short over nighters with the tent. The plan is to work my way along NCN 2 from Dover down to Cornwall over a few odd weekends!

 

[lazytyke]

Setting aside three weeks or so in May, probably head off with the tent. Looking for inspiration and a partner in crime ! Maybe a train into Europe somewhere and cycle back ?

 

[IaninSheffield]

Lucky to be doing a solo tour of the North Island, NZ early in the new year. Getting away from the dark, dank, winter days is becoming increasingly appealing as age creeps inexorably up on me.

 

[mudsticks]

Lucky to be doing a solo tour of the North Island, NZ early in the new year. Getting away from the dark, dank, winter days is becoming increasingly appealing as age creeps inexorably up on me.

That's not fair -
- jealous now

 

[IaninSheffield]

That's not fair -
- jealous now

Apologies. I've tried to keep quiet about it, but now it's getting closer (to paraphrase from none other than The Pointer Sisters) 'I'm so excited!'

 

[mjr]

I wouldn't know but if it's anything like the Fens - shudder.
I still tremble at the memory of pedalling into a headwind from a campsite near Kings Lynn to catch a timed train at Peterborough. Luckily I had allowed lots and lots of extra time. Have since checked the prevailing wind direction in those parts and discovered my experience was normal.
Would always do in future if heading across flatlands.

Not exactly normal. I think normal is checking the wind direction before riding out onto the fens and accepting that sometimes it's a choice between tacking or grinding.

 

[mudsticks]

Apologies. I've tried to keep quiet about it, but now it's getting closer (to paraphrase from none other than The Pointer Sisters) 'I'm so excited!'

Thats ok - i wouldn't have been able to keep it quiet this long - Enjoy you lucky b*gg*r

 

[Blue Hills]

Not exactly normal. I think normal is checking the wind direction before riding out onto the fens and accepting that sometimes it's a choice between tacking or grinding.

I didn't have any choice about which day to be done. Thanks to the road pattern in that bit of the fens I was tacking anyway - but seem to remember that the "relief" (ie being blasted by a side-wind) was when I was compass pointing away from Peterborough - when, I turned towards pointing at Peterborough it got far far worse.
From later research I had the impression that the most common (tho obs not all the time) was from the southwest.

 

[iateyoubutler]

I think just to start riding again would be a good start, will go from there

 

[oldwheels]

The Fens are as nothing compared to Shetland winds. It once took me just over two hours to go eight miles and twenty minutes back without pedalling.

 

[mjr]

Only one firm commitment so far. Harwich to Vlissingen ferry and then cycle along the coast of the Netherlands across the dike and on to my son in Groningen. [...]

Do you mean Hoek van Holland or is a Harwich to Vlissingen ferry starting up?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Targetting the Wild Atlantic Way Audax in June 2020. 9 days 4 hours to cover 2,200km. Basically the entire West coast of Ireland taking in Mzien and Malin head on the way, Works out at 240km a day average. So a decent challenge but should be able to do it entirely in daylight if I get going early enough each morning.

 

[mudsticks]

Targetting the Wild Atlantic Way Audax in June 2020. 9 days 4 hours to cover 2,200km. Basically the entire West coast of Ireland taking in Mzien and Malin head on the way, Works out at 240km a day average. So a decent challenge but should be able to do it entirely in daylight if I get going early enough each morning.

That sounds like a nice civilised three week tour at my kind of pace - will put it in the data base

 

[mudsticks]

The Fens are as nothing compared to Shetland winds. It once took me just over two hours to go eight miles and twenty minutes back without pedalling.

South Uist winds take some beating too

 

[Ming the Merciless]

That sounds like a nice civilised three week tour at my kind of pace - will put it in the data base

Starts Kinsale which is 20km from Cork and finishes in Londonderry. You can get to the start and back from finish via train and ferry. Drop me a PM if you'd like a GPX.