FNRttC FNRttC Cambridge to Kings Lynn August 30th

[Nick Saddlesore]

Spring Cleaning:

Gentle reminders to enter: @Andrew Br ; @rvw (unless @srw is riding the tandem alone)
@spark303 - if you can't come, please email The Fridays (or PM me) with your registered name.

Thanks.

 

[rvw]

Spring Cleaning:

Gentle reminders to enter: @Andrew Br ; @rvw (unless @srw is riding the tandem alone)
@spark303 - if you can't come, please email The Fridays (or PM me) with your registered name.

Thanks.

Er... I'm the one who has registered. @srw is the one who still needs to do his paperwork!

 

[Nick Saddlesore]

'm the one who has registered

Sorry, got tongue-tied.

 

[srw]

Er... I'm the one who has registered. @srw is the one who still needs to do his paperwork!

He has now.

 

[Andrew Br]

This is true, also Mrs Merkel.

Never met her but I'm sure she's lovely.

 

[spark303]

@spark303 - if you can't come, please email The Fridays (or PM me) with your registered name.

Thanks.

Email sent!

 

[Andrew Br]

I've finally registered.
Sorry for the delay Nick, I forgot to do it last w/e and I've been away with work for three nights (two of them in King's Lynn) and I didn't have my CUK info with me.
I did take a bike though and on Monday, I rode up from Brigg to within sight of the South Ferriby cement works and the Humber Bridge.
There is a picture although it doesn't show the bridge towers very well.

Work circumstances mean that I'll be in KL again Tue-Thu next week. I could swing it to stay over 'til Friday and they'd pick up the tab for the extra night in the hotel but I've already bought the train tickets and it would mean driving home after the ride.
There's no way I would do that. Nor should anybody else.

 

[LucretiaMyReflection]

Commute to work along the riverbank yesterday morning. Cathedral on the horizon and no cows on the path

 

[Nick Saddlesore]

Cows?

 

[LucretiaMyReflection]

Yes, there are sometimes cows grazing along the riverbank. Not too much trouble now, but when there are young calves in the group, it can result in bovine - bicycle stand off.

 

[Nick Saddlesore]

We had a cow standoff on the recce just on the edge of Cambridge (Stourbridge Common?). Someone said it was marked on Strava as Cow Road. Might need guidance, not many cows in Muswell Hill, just the Mums in Volvo 4x4's.

 

[LucretiaMyReflection]

I tried "pig-hooey" but for obvious reasons that didn't work
"Shoo" whilst slowly pushing through the group usually works. They shift down onto the bank. If you're unlucky, they move into your way.
The calves are much older, it's the spring when's there's most trouble.

Having problems with the formatting ⬆️

Pheasants hurtling suicidally out of bushes are probably a bigger hazard tbh.

 

[LucretiaMyReflection]

There are lots of 4x4s so familiar territory

 

[mjr]

View attachment 481308 Commute to work along the riverbank yesterday morning. Cathedral on the horizon and no cows on the path

Wow. I think that was better than our bit when built but it now looks in a much worse state than the final section into Lynn (which you'll only use if avoiding the ferry or go exploring after):

 

[LucretiaMyReflection]

Followed the Fen Rivers Ways route from Cambridge to King's Lynn earlier this year, so did that stretch of path then. Agree, it is in better condition than the Ely section. Also they haven't stuck a flyover across the river obstructing the view at Lynn!