Bank holiday weekend?

[iLB]

Apologies in advance to very clever people who also live in the north..

thats alright, i'm not up there yet

 

[alinaee]

handbag and i were looking at riding out on monday too if you'll have us!!

 

[Aperitif]

Yeah - Shall we all meet at St Pancras and roll out? Approx 90 to Windsor - those joining in Bollo, Peter, Davy, MacB can have the coffee ready in Windsor - the Runnymede Café maybe?

 

[Aperitif]

Once again " a handbag!" - come along. No organisation - we'll all have fun.

 

[mike e]

I'm quite happy to train it out to Windsor, how long would it take to ride? I am better catching the earlier train to London?

 

[Aperitif]

Your call mike e - I just read a few later posts about others joining in...all come by train to Windsor maybe? Sorry, my brain cell is not computing too well this evening!

 

[mike e]

OK, it's booked. Arrive St Pancras 08:09 Bank Holiday Monday. Meet other London based cyclists, ride to Paddington, meet other London based cyclists, train out to Windsor

Fast train - Padd 08:51 Windsor 09:20
Slow Train - Padd 08:57 Windsor 09:39

Both trains - change at Slough

Return Padd to Windsor £8.50, not sure if cheaper in a group.

So, anyone wanting to meet me at St Pancras at 08:09 or Paddington at about 8.30pm feel free

May need to consider booking bikes on the train, or travel on both trains if there's lot's of people?

 

[alinaee]

i'm ok cycling to windsor or taking the train.......

 

[topcat1]

I go away for 5 minutes

So, we meet Mike at the station, roll down to meet Mac on the A30 (to be arranged) then Martin can show us the delights of windsor and co (some of us have to be up at 3am tues) and we'll make up the rest on the day.

 

[topcat1]

Alina
Handbag
ilovebikes?
Aperitif
MacB
Mike
tc1

Do we train it to windsor?

 

[Aperitif]

http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=77574 - I just doodled something, with minimal, planning, climbing, flints on road etc - follows the Thames for a bit and we might even see the SittingFat duck at Bray, home of Heston Services Blumenthal - Littlewick Green is a nice cricket ground (The Cricketers pub there too) - no sign of a fixture on their website though and a spin through the Park and down Crimp Hill,(Union Inn / The Oxford Blue pubs) through Datchet to the finish.
Some of the roads around the Castle will be quite busy I expect. You Windsor, you lose some...

Other ideas variations on this collective ride? Not definitive - but suggestive.

 

[Peter]

hmmmmm - maybe

 

[MacB]

I'm easy on where I meet up with folks, though don't see a lot of point in me schlepping all the way to London, on my own, just to turn around and come back. Checking the maps Windsor station is about 18 miles from home for me and it's about 22 miles from St Pancras, so seems a pretty good start/meet point. If we said something like 11am at Windsor then everyone has time to cycle there.

 

[redjedi]

I should be able to make this one on the Monday

Bring your earplugs MacB

Shall we run a poll to see what Davy's excuse for not joining us will be?

My moneys on a dead leg or dodgy kebab

 

[MacB]

Ah the, now legendary, 'cryer offer' DavyW, hmmm, what chance him being up for a ride 3 days in to the holiday weekend?