CycleChat Ride - 2 May - Manningtree/Colchester/Tiptree (i.e. north-east Essex)

[TheDoctor]

I'll be there.
@ stevevw - you want a lift? It's my turn...

 

[Aperitif]

Davywalnuts = slavedriver. I only do it to keep you happy...I hate cycling!

Your post about having lots of birthdays and welding etc has me sniggering away here BTW...

 

[Auntie Helen]

Well, from London to Ingatestone surely, not the WHOLE way.

Do you lot think 11:00 is a reasonable time to meet, or will it be a bit of a struggle to get there in time with the cycle/train issue?

 

[stevevw]

Davywalnuts = slavedriver. I only do it to keep you happy...I hate cycling!

Your post about having lots of birthdays and welding etc has me sniggering away here BTW...

Lots of Birthdays, that explains all Davy's comfort stops he is on Davy time which is probably around 5 times faster than ours.

 

[Auntie Helen]

He's trying to catch us all up in the Old Farts state, being such a young thing himself!

 

[4F]

If Davy and Aperitif are cycling from London, I'm not going to be left out!

COG, you going to be on the fixed ?? Might bring mine for a spin

 

[stevevw]

May bring mine too. If I have built it by then.

 

[Sig SilverPrinter]

Hi Helen where did you find out about the trains? i just looked on national rail enquiries
and it looked like trains where running to Manningtree but starting at Ilford but maybe this isn't up to date , could you do a link?

 

[Davywalnuts]

As I will be going in my camper i can bring my Mig welder along, not certain Tray n Shaz will enjoy welding their stilleto's thou.

God yeh, an essex girl with her feet stuck together, must be a nun! hehehe!

 

[Auntie Helen]

Sig, I got it from National Rail Enquiries too. It just suggests if you put Liverpool Street to Manningtree that trains start at Ingatestone. It says:
No trains will run between London Liverpool Street and Ilford
Replacement bus services will run between Romford and Newbury Park, and also between Ilford and Newbury Park for connections with London Underground Central Line services to and from central London
Buses replace trains between Romford and Ilford
A replacement bus service will run between London Liverpool Street and Ingatestone for connections to and from Colchester, Ipswich & Norwich

I don't think you can get a direct train from Ilford to Colchester anyway, but I might be wrong about that.

[EDIT] I am wrong, the following train goes directly from Ilford to Colchester:

Sat 02 May
Ilford (IFD) to Manningtree (MNG)
Departs: 09:42 Arrives: 10:46 Duration: 1:04

And this is a MUCH shorter route for the cyclists! Well spotted, young lady!

 

[Aperitif]

Lots of Birthdays, that explains all Davy's comfort stops he is on Davy time which is probably around 5 times faster than ours.

He had two magnets on his front wheel on Saturday also... 'Top Speed' etc...

 

[Sig SilverPrinter]

Helen I had put in Romford[my station] to Manningtree and it was ok although nearer the date that could change I suppose.
Anyone who doesn't want to cycle [apart from the actual ride] could go fenchurch st to upminster then either a short cycle to romford or catch the push n pull train to romford then on to manningtree.
Anyway put my name down for it.

 

[Auntie Helen]

That's good news for the London contingent who may want to save their legs for the 45 miles on the Essex Coast.

Your name has been added!

 

[4F]

Yep. I'll be on my fixed. The more the merrier!

Right I shall be on mine then. Cannot have you having all the fun on your own

 

[Auntie Helen]

I shall ask Uncle James to be prepared to be the broom van for all the busted knees and rictus grins as you spin wildly whilst descending Cox's Hill at 40mph.