I think the route is just under 50 miles, I have a pass but am looking closely at weather forecast.
Luke, obviously Tynan, Ian etc, as well, my pass is all day, if I ride to Hertford it's only 5 miles difference to go via HPC, also I pass where Luke lives on my way in to London. So, for Tynans benefit, we would be coming in from the West to HPC, I'd be meeting Luke around Brentford way.
Timings, if it's a 10am start in Hertford and it's 25 miles from HPC, then I would have thought leaving HPC at 0730 would allow for possible delays or leave time for a rest in Hertford before the off. So I'd need to leave home at about 0400hrs - so that would be about 110 miles on the day plus any return riding if my legs hold out, up to a max of 170 miles for me. It's about 27 miles from me to where I've met you before Luke so, by my timings, that would be a 0600-0630hrs meet, if that tallies with you?
Regardless of the laters, I'm happy to commit to the ride up via HPC as long as we're not inundated with snow again. Obviously my timings are merely suggestions and are boringly sensible. We could calculate timings with the usual Mouseketeer optimism, high pace, no mechanicals and no getting lost. But, for some reason, experience leads me to doubt the chances of success in that method
