FNRttC Christmas Ride - Olaf's German Christmas Saturday 16th December 2017

[User10571]

We've still got sizeable piles of snow in the car park at work in Walthamstow, but that's because that is where the snow plough piled it up.
Everything else has disappeared and, as DT says, the weekend forecast predicts temperatures above 0°C (just).

 

[Fab Foodie]

Dears
Sadly I’m out :-(

I’ve been hoping that I would be able to recover enough energy for this (while the heart is strong, the flesh is week), the last weeks of manic activity (work and personal) mean I really need some down-time in Deal this weekend.
Sad to miss this, love the Christmas ride.

Have fun y’all.
FF

 

[StuAff]

Dears
Sadly I’m out :-(

I’ve been hoping that I would be able to recover enough energy for this (while the heart is strong, the flesh is week), the last weeks of manic activity (work and personal) mean I really need some down-time in Deal this weekend.
Sad to miss this, love the Christmas ride.

Have fun y’all.
FF

Unlike. You'll be missed. At least you'll see one lovely Dawn though.....

 

[Shadow]

...the flesh is week...

nothing new there then, FF!!

 

[Fab Foodie]

nothing new there then, FF!!

Oops, just noticed the glaring typo!

 

[RoubaixCube]

No rain forecast, but its raining here If rain persists I might cancel. I had the carbon prepped and ready but ive switched bikes because I know its going to be a damp ride.

 

[StuAff]

No rain forecast, but its raining here If rain persists I might cancel. I had the carbon prepped and ready but ive switched bikes because I know its going to be a damp ride.

Rain? We pour scorn on rain!
On my way. Plan to ride up from home aborted, needed to collect the Honda after its engine gremlins were sorted & not ready to go north until gone five. Less time than I'd want for that mileage. Instead, I'm going to ride in from Haslemere....

 

[RoubaixCube]

Rain? We pour scorn on rain!
On my way. Plan to ride up from home aborted, needed to collect the Honda after its engine gremlins were sorted & not ready to go north until gone five. Less time than I'd want for that mileage. Instead, I'm going to ride in from Haslemere....

50 odd miles before the the actual ride has began. It never ceases to amaze me the distance that some of you folk cover on your bicycles to join a SLR or Fridays ride.

 

[kimble]

I'm also out: I've been pointedly ignoring lurgy and a low-level asthmatic rattle all day, but it's getting the opposite of better. Being out all night in freezing temperatures isn't going to help my (currently about 50:50) chances of getting through 2017 without a chest infection.

It was always going to be a bit of a gamble, at this time of year.

 

[frank9755]

I wasn't doing the ride but I'd hoped to join you for breakfast but some baby issues mean it's not looking likely I'll make it. Nothing serious, just baby sleeping and feeding problems.
Have a good time, those of you who are out riding.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Have fun all. Expect a few pictures tomorrow.

 

[RoubaixCube]

My friend and I (Wan Li) are cancelling. ive not been too sure about heading out tonight at all since this morning and it honestly came down to the last 10 mins to decide if we were going to head out or not. We put it to a vote and neither of us really really wanted to go (we actually had a proper phone debate about the virtues of going....)

Sorry we are both cancelling. I hope those that do attend have a fun ride, In the mean time. I'll renew my efforts to get Wan Li to join the fridays and go on other rides with us.

 

[wanda2010]

Jet-lag and body won, despite my mind’s best effort

Have a good one all.

 

[wanda2010]

Next plan. Meet you at Spoons for brekkie. Caveat applies.

 

[StuAff]

We bailed.....got to about 1am and black ice was in evidence. Olaf decided safety precluded continuing, quite rightly. Stragglers now in St Pancras...