frank9755
Cyclist
- Location
- West London
I posted this in the main thread a few days ago but thought I should copy it into a separate one as it got rather buried under the main discussion
I've mapped a route for those planning to join for the ride out from London to Cardiff (NB this is the correct one - the one in the original post was wrong)
'Teef and I will be meeting by the pond at Harefield at 9:00.
Elevenses and meet-up with the Esher / Staines contingent at Wallingford (venue tba - anyone know a nice cafe?)
Lunch somewhere in the vicinity of Swindon.
High tea and meet the Bristol contingent at the services just before the Severn Bridge around 6pm
Dinner - needs a bit of thought given evening rugby match in Cardiff (anyone have any recommendations?)
Meet up with others at Millenium Hall from 11:30pm
I am pretty familiar with the eastern and western ends of the ride but have only ridden a few bits between Didcot and Wootton Bassett - but it looks fairly straightforward on the map with crossing Swindon appearing to be the only possible complication. Having done the western end recently, I've changed from my original plan, which involved some lanes sections, to a less hilly route which mainly uses some pleasant A and B roads. It's about 2 miles longer than the original one with 1,000 feet less climbing.
So far I have:
Aperitif
Flying Dodo
Me
Mistral (Wallingford)
User482 (Bristol)
DavyW (possible)
Big Martin (possible)
Mick / Davy - is Wallingford a good place to meet? Not sure which way you would be coming, but we could come a bit further south if you had a better / earlier meeting suggestion.
I've mapped a route for those planning to join for the ride out from London to Cardiff (NB this is the correct one - the one in the original post was wrong)
'Teef and I will be meeting by the pond at Harefield at 9:00.
Elevenses and meet-up with the Esher / Staines contingent at Wallingford (venue tba - anyone know a nice cafe?)
Lunch somewhere in the vicinity of Swindon.
High tea and meet the Bristol contingent at the services just before the Severn Bridge around 6pm
Dinner - needs a bit of thought given evening rugby match in Cardiff (anyone have any recommendations?)
Meet up with others at Millenium Hall from 11:30pm
I am pretty familiar with the eastern and western ends of the ride but have only ridden a few bits between Didcot and Wootton Bassett - but it looks fairly straightforward on the map with crossing Swindon appearing to be the only possible complication. Having done the western end recently, I've changed from my original plan, which involved some lanes sections, to a less hilly route which mainly uses some pleasant A and B roads. It's about 2 miles longer than the original one with 1,000 feet less climbing.
So far I have:
Aperitif
Flying Dodo
Me
Mistral (Wallingford)
User482 (Bristol)
DavyW (possible)
Big Martin (possible)
Mick / Davy - is Wallingford a good place to meet? Not sure which way you would be coming, but we could come a bit further south if you had a better / earlier meeting suggestion.