FNRttC pre-ride: London/Bristol to Cardiff, May 20th 2011

[Davywalnuts]

Oh my poor eyes,is that Davy in a 'muscle' shirt!!!!!!

Shame the frame doesnt cut further down or you could have seen my hot pants and the 54cm relaxed beauties... ;-)

 

[Davywalnuts]

Your bollocks are 54cm across or 54cm around?

I think ive got it wrong, am sure they were 64cm last year, I best get measured again...

 

[frank9755]

Shame the frame doesnt cut further down or you could have seen my hot pants and the 54cm relaxed beauties... ;-)

Davy had to cut the frame to accommodate him

 

[Aperitif]

Your bollocks are 54cm across or 54cm around?

 

[Aperitif]

Apropos horseplay, there are, as you know, many 'white horses' en route. Uffington for example, and all the Wiltshire herd - we saw signposts indicating their location, but I think only Adam has a visual note...
However, we were 'refocussing' after repairs, to press on and lo - the White Horse of Huffingandpuffington appeared - in the flesh.

And all because Adam muttered in earshot: "...I'm having a 'mare today"

Luckily, we beat the latest Icelandic ash cloud, otherwise we might still be stuck at Moto Services in Bristol.
And, who needs to relaunch? David Cameron needs to organise himself and get on a ride, when we are always "...all in it together!"

 

[Aperitif]

And, today, during a lull, there is nothing nicer than reflecting on pleasant memories... thanks again, Mick.

Respecting copyright, all credit to EJ v. Koningsfeld for his image of the delightful Danielle Hughes - working as a wingwalker for Breitling. Just google it - you know you want to. There is a breadth of information on this friendly person.

 

[dellzeqq]

these mileages are staggering enough, but what really takes the breath away was how chipper they all were when they arrived in Cardiff. Adam, despite his tyre tribulations, Mick, Martin and Frank despite the huge distances were the life and soul of the party.

 

[Davywalnuts]

ive just re-checked, defo 64cms when firm...

And the calfs are 46cms when firm tooo!

 

[mistral]

these mileages are staggering enough, but what really takes the breath away was how chipper they all were when they arrived in Cardiff. Adam, despite his tyre tribulations, Mick, Martin and Frank despite the huge distances were the life and soul of the party.

You're too kind, but .... Every picture tells a story

 

[StuAff]

You're too kind, but .... Every picture tells a story

I think you're allowed to be knackered after all that!!

 

[theclaud]

Is there no getting away from Davy's testicles?

Thanks for that thought!

 

[rich p]

You're too kind, but .... Every picture tells a story

Better than being the life and r soul of the party Mick

 

[Flying Dodo]

these mileages are staggering enough, but what really takes the breath away was how chipper they all were when they arrived in Cardiff. Adam, despite his tyre tribulations, Mick, Martin and Frank despite the huge distances were the life and soul of the party.

Mick and I wouldn't have been chipper if we hadn't got the train from Chepstow. We probably would have just got to Cardiff in time, but without any food, we'd have suffered badly. Having that 45 minutes break to get some food and sit down made all the difference, so by the time we got back to the Millenium Centre, we both said we felt back to normal and the following morning at the Mumbles, we didn't feel much different after a normal FNRttC.

The beer(s) help also.

 

[frank9755]

these mileages are staggering enough, but what really takes the breath away was how chipper they all were when they arrived in Cardiff. Adam, despite his tyre tribulations, Mick, Martin and Frank despite the huge distances were the life and soul of the party.

Bit sleepy today though!
Had an early start and a 4-hour meeting and felt very close to falling into one of those Saturday morning style power naps...

 

[swarm_catcher]

Frank was in the zone:-

I'm not surprised, he did the Bryan Chapman Memorial 600 the weekend before. I'm still recovering from it! Can't look at my bike yet. My map doesn't have Wales on it anymore.

Glad you all had a good time and I can read all about it!