Bleak Mid Winter CC Ride - London Sat 24th Jan.
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tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
Thank you one and all for good ride today, here's a picture of the gang taken at the Windmill Pub on Clapham Common!
(L to R Back Row: Origamist, User1314, tdr1nka, radius, redjedi, topcat1, bleak&divine and sittingduck(pulling that face again
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L to R Bottom Row: theboytaylor, djtheglove, sig silverprinter & User3143.)
So, after my turning up to CoG's Richmond ride a 1/2hr late I impressed myself by getting to the London Eye early for the ride this morning morning, the Sarf London posse arrived and we headed along the South Bank to meet Sig at the Tate Modern.
Actually getting to the Tate really set the precedent for the ride and we all headed off in different directions which gave the day a free and organic feel.
All regrouped, we took off toward Greenwich. Owing to a momentary loss of concentration on my part at the Rotherhithe Tunnel we split into two groups and got it together again in Deptford.
We couldn't have asked for better weather considering the time of year and once up the hill in Greenwich Park we took tea, cake and admired the view, then we took off once more and headed for Crystal Palace.
All went well, apart from traffic lights breaking the group up, and we got thru Catford and Lower Sydenham with little hassle, it was after this point, in heavy traffic, that the group got split again and where I imagined we would have entered Crystal Palace Park at the bottom for the Cafe and worked our way leisurely up thru the park, we ended up going up a mighty fine hill and coming back down again to the cafe
.
It was on the hill that we also picked up theboytaylor fresh from his earlier ride and who had been shadowing us since Catford.
Another tea stop and a quick climb brought us to the top of Crystal Palace and a lovely decent into Brixton, where upon the group got split up again,
half were waiting for the stragglers at Brockwell Park while the stragglers forged ahead hoping to catch them up and ending up getting to the pub on Clapham Common first.
And from there we peeled off and made our separate ways home, some very near, some a little bit further.
All in all a very nice ride and, as always, it is a real pleasure to meet fellow CC'ers, thanks again I've enjoyed myself enormously today!
So this is tdr1nka signing over to BOAB for the Essex ride in two weeks time.
P.S.: Today's special awards today go to User3143 for having the token trike + distance traveled in order to make the ride and Origamist for having a shiny new bike that loves hills, hats off to ya!
Sadly, the 'Oh, For Heavens Sake!!' award goes to Aperitif who sadly arrived at the London Eye at 10:25, without my mobile number, which is a crime as he could easily have caught us up while I cycled round in circles at Tate modern.
Next time Bro.
(L to R Back Row: Origamist, User1314, tdr1nka, radius, redjedi, topcat1, bleak&divine and sittingduck(pulling that face again
)L to R Bottom Row: theboytaylor, djtheglove, sig silverprinter & User3143.)
So, after my turning up to CoG's Richmond ride a 1/2hr late I impressed myself by getting to the London Eye early for the ride this morning morning, the Sarf London posse arrived and we headed along the South Bank to meet Sig at the Tate Modern.
Actually getting to the Tate really set the precedent for the ride and we all headed off in different directions which gave the day a free and organic feel.
All regrouped, we took off toward Greenwich. Owing to a momentary loss of concentration on my part at the Rotherhithe Tunnel we split into two groups and got it together again in Deptford.
We couldn't have asked for better weather considering the time of year and once up the hill in Greenwich Park we took tea, cake and admired the view, then we took off once more and headed for Crystal Palace.
All went well, apart from traffic lights breaking the group up, and we got thru Catford and Lower Sydenham with little hassle, it was after this point, in heavy traffic, that the group got split again and where I imagined we would have entered Crystal Palace Park at the bottom for the Cafe and worked our way leisurely up thru the park, we ended up going up a mighty fine hill and coming back down again to the cafe
.It was on the hill that we also picked up theboytaylor fresh from his earlier ride and who had been shadowing us since Catford.
Another tea stop and a quick climb brought us to the top of Crystal Palace and a lovely decent into Brixton, where upon the group got split up again,
half were waiting for the stragglers at Brockwell Park while the stragglers forged ahead hoping to catch them up and ending up getting to the pub on Clapham Common first.
And from there we peeled off and made our separate ways home, some very near, some a little bit further.
All in all a very nice ride and, as always, it is a real pleasure to meet fellow CC'ers, thanks again I've enjoyed myself enormously today!
So this is tdr1nka signing over to BOAB for the Essex ride in two weeks time.
P.S.: Today's special awards today go to User3143 for having the token trike + distance traveled in order to make the ride and Origamist for having a shiny new bike that loves hills, hats off to ya!
Sadly, the 'Oh, For Heavens Sake!!' award goes to Aperitif who sadly arrived at the London Eye at 10:25, without my mobile number, which is a crime as he could easily have caught us up while I cycled round in circles at Tate modern.
Next time Bro.
Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
Glad you had a good ride!
Token Trike, Tdr1nka, what's that? Does someone have to bring one each ride?
Looking forward to seeing most of you in a fortnight on BOAB's ride in Billericay.
Token Trike, Tdr1nka, what's that? Does someone have to bring one each ride?
Looking forward to seeing most of you in a fortnight on BOAB's ride in Billericay.
tdr1nka said:
That's one way of putting it. Another is "tdr1nka decides to disappear left up a strange path whilst everyone else carries on, and finds us a little while later"
Pattern emerging here?
Brilliant
Sadly, the 'Oh, For Heavens Sake!!' award goes to Aperitif who sadly arrived at the London Eye at 10:25, without my mobile number, which is a crime as he could easily have caught us up while I cycled round in circles at Tate modern.
Oh no! That's a shame
Oh well
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tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
Auntie Helen said:
IMO there should always be at least one trike on every ride organised, please don't make me bring the KMX.
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tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
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- SE London, Bandit Country
Radius said:That's one way of putting it. Another is "tdr1nka decides to disappear left up a strange path whilst everyone else carries on, and finds us a little while later"
OK, that's probably a lot nearer the truth, mumble, mumble.....
theboytaylor
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Charlton, London
Yes, was great to meet up with everyone today and ride with you for a while.
Well done Tdr1nka for organising and well done everyone for smiling so nicely in the piccie!
Well done Tdr1nka for organising and well done everyone for smiling so nicely in the piccie!
bleakanddivine
Über Member
- Location
- Way on down south, London Town.
OK, Here's where I went, though the recriminations above show that most of you had your own 'personalised' variation on this!
www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?id=3658
Click on 'show elevation data' to re-experience the hills from the comfort of your own desktops.
www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?id=3658
Click on 'show elevation data' to re-experience the hills from the comfort of your own desktops.
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tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
bleakanddivine said:
I particularly like the 'ride within a ride' bits.
Here are a couple more pics.
wafflycat
New Member
- Location
- middle of Norfolk
So... who is who. I mean I know the good-looking reprobate on the black & grey top lurking at the back... but we need a roll-call!
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tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
wafflycat said:
You need to see the bottom of page 9.
wafflycat
New Member
- Location
- middle of Norfolk
tdr1nka said:You need to see the bottom of page 9.
Done! What a fine good-looking lot!
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Where/when is the Essex ride?
Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
There are two Essex rides (they're breeding).Dayvo said:
The first is a fortnight's time, Saturday 7 Feb, meeting 11am at Billericay Station, 36 miles, led by BOAB (http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=25454)
The second is Saturday 4 April from Manningtree through Colchester to Tiptree and back (50 miles) and led by me. No link yet to the route as it's a bit too soon!
Will you be joining us on either?
