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

[MacB]

Thanks for the offer however I will still be in bed then

do we need to give you an alarm call just to get you to the ride?

 

[4F]

do we need to give you an alarm call just to get you to the ride?

MacB, thanks for the kind offer but no thanks . I digress however that I do not finish work until 01:00 Saturday morning so I will be well into the land of nod at the time you will be starting. As long as I leave mine by 9:45 then I can cycle to the meet up point by 11:00.

 

[MacB]

MacB, thanks for the kind offer but no thanks . I digress however that I do not finish work until 01:00 Saturday morning so I will be well into the land of nod at the time you will be starting. As long as I leave mine by 9:45 then I can cycle to the meet up point by 11:00.

aha, so going straight from work, cycling down here to meet us and back again isn't really on the cards?

0945 eh, that should be the time at which our, aimed for, train pulls into Manningtree. I suspect that shortly after that I may be indulging in something along the lines of a Full English

 

[TheDoctor]

Ermm, appy polly logies but I'm not going to be able to make the ride. Sorry.
See you all on the next one!

 

[4F]

aha, so going straight from work, cycling down here to meet us and back again isn't really on the cards?

0945 eh, that should be the time at which our, aimed for, train pulls into Manningtree. I suspect that shortly after that I may be indulging in something along the lines of a Full English

Full English you say Maybe I will set the alarm a little earlier

 

[ChrisKH]

Full English you say Maybe I will set the alarm a little earlier

Yes, something along the lines of this:-

http://www.supersizedmeals.com/food/article.php/20081209-10_egg_Big_Breakfast_Challenge

 

[MacB]

Yes, something along the lines of this:-

http://www.supersizedmeals.com/food/article.php/20081209-10_egg_Big_Breakfast_Challenge

£10.95 for all that, by my reckoning 5 of us could breakfast for £2.19 a head on that

 

[redjedi]

Yes, something along the lines of this:-

http://www.supersizedmeals.com/food/article.php/20081209-10_egg_Big_Breakfast_Challenge

Pffft.. 10 of everything, but only 5 slices of black pudding

I think the toast might finish me off though

 

[Aperitif]

I say, this work business really does get in the way of one's planning!

Good that MacB and red are joining up along the way - I was desperately trying to find a common time that would enable me to get down to Staines and see you across to the A315. At that time of day it will be all quiet apart from the 18 wheelers and drunks so you'll be ok

Big Al v 4F breakfast eating competition looks good too. My money is on experience! Chris and Sig, are you ramping up the miles by cycling to the Ilford rendezvous, or are you warming up with a private show on the Romford Choo-choo Chris?

 

[ChrisKH]

I say, this work business really does get in the way of one's planning!

Good that MacB and red are joining up along the way - I was desperately trying to find a common time that would enable me to get down to Staines and see you across to the A315. At that time of day it will be all quiet apart from the 18 wheelers and drunks so you'll be ok

Big Al v 4F breakfast eating competition looks good too. My money is on experience! Chris and Sig, are you ramping up the miles by cycling to the Ilford rendezvous, or are you warming up with a private show on the Romford Choo-choo Chris?

I think me and Sig are coming from Romford at different times, unless Sig wants to make an early start to join me and the others for the "full-English" . I shall be 'adjusting my shorts' on the Upminster to Romford connection unless I am arrested doing the same on the C2C Benfleet to Upminster train.

 

[4F]

So what time are the "breakfast crew" planning on arriving at Mannintree ? Just want to make sure there is still some Mexican bacon left by the time I arrive.

 

[Auntie Helen]

Should we say ten-ish? I think MacB arrives just before that if he catches his first train.

I wouldn't want to miss ChrisKH adjusting his shorts.

 

[ChrisKH]

This is what I have planned. All good plans........etc., etc.

Benfleet to Upminster
Sat, 2 May 2009
Depart 07:25
Arrive 07:46
Duration 00:21

Upminster to Romford
Sat, 2 May 2009
Depart 07:54
Arrive 08:02


Romford to Manningtree
Sat, 2 May 2009
Depart 08:20
Arrive 09:15
Duration 00:55

Gives me some leeway, if I miss one.

Edit 2: And I can have two breakfasts if everything is on time.

 

[Auntie Helen]

9:15 at Manningtree! Well looks like I can have a Long and Leisurely Breakfast then, spreading over 2 hours or so. Should give me plenty of time to pile on the pounds that will then be cycled off.

I shall now PM y'all my mobile phone number. I know you've been eagerly awaiting it!

 

[Aperitif]

So what time are the "breakfast crew" planning on arriving at Mannintree ? Just want to make sure there is still some Mexican bacon left by the time I arrive.

Mexican bacon!

Don't eat that, or you'll all be cycling in a sombre row - that would not do!