FNRttC FNRttC Oxford 21st September 2018

[StuAff]

Booked a return ticket, the 11.16 to Southampton & change there for Fratton. Just in case the 10.31 proves a bit early...The only options for getting between Oxford and Basingstoke seem to involve bike reservations, unfortunately, but Hull Trains can still do those online.

 

[mmmmartin]

Train bike reservations are required for Great Western high speed services.

Very many thanks for pointing this out, I wasn't aware of it. So a quick phone call and I now have a bike reservation on the 11.01 to go with the ticket to Paddington.
The Fridays: cakes & ale plus free train tickets. All for two quid a year

 

[robjh]

Don't forget that there are also trains from Oxford to London Marylebone, with no bike restrictions and advance tickets for Saturday currently going for £12.

 

[rvw]

OK, that's mine, where's everyone else's?

 

[Outlaw Hobbs]

In for this one! Accompanied by Mr Retro Claud Butler again who is bringing new and younger recruit to lead us out should the legs tire.

 

[Nick Saddlesore]

Entries have now closed. Here's the latest weather forecast:

 

[mmmmartin]

So - dry and warm-ish. A bit of a headwind but that rarely matters in a large group, and anyway the hedges and houses tend to protect against the wind, it's not like the Netherlands.
See you at the halfway stop - I'm heping there.

 

[Outlaw Hobbs]

All signed up before the deadline. Liking the weather forecast. No headwinds on the met office forecast; westerly all the way.

 

[kimble]

All signed up before the deadline. Liking the weather forecast. No headwinds on the met office forecast; westerly all the way.

But we're riding west?

(Is this the surprisingly common confusion over whether 'westerly' means "wind coming from the west" or "wind blowing to the west"? I once wasted half a day trying to find a mysterious bug in some code that turned out to be a misunderstanding of the terminology of wind directions on the part of the customer. Convention is that wind directions are the direction the wind is coming from.)

Meanwhile I'm trying to work out how much clothing to wear. It's not cold enough for winter kit, but could get quite chilly with any significant hanging around. Lots of layers and bag space to put them in, I reckon...

 

[Outlaw Hobbs]

Quite right - for some inexplicable reason I was imagining riding East. What a turnip.

 

[bobcolover]

have I missed seeing a list?
or is this a new idea of no list?
also despite having clicked on the link for watched threads it doesnt always seem to work...
and i dont get the alerts that there is a new post
any ideas?

 

[Nick Saddlesore]

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There is a 'no list' edict from on high. I just follow orders.

 

[ianrauk]

There is a 'no list' edict from on high. I just follow orders...

Thats a crap edict

 

[Salty seadog]

There is a 'no list' edict from on high. I just follow orders...

Tonight Oxford, tomorrow the world.

 

[Salty seadog]

Thats a crap edict

GDPR Innit...