FNRttC syndication

[theclaud]

How far is Hunstanton from Cambridge? Good fish and chips to be had at Hunstanton!

The finest fish n chips known to humanity couldn't save that place - it makes Rhyl look joyous.

 

[theclaud]

the start should have some urban significance and the finish should be by the coast with beer on tap before ten in the morning). The route should have something to say about the area

So Bicester to Severn Beach isn't really grabbing you, then?

 

[dellzeqq]

The finest fish n chips known to humanity couldn't save that place - it makes Rhyl look joyous.

thankyou! Look, peeps, think quality! I know the British seaside is a bit tacky, and a bit run-down, but it has to be a place that people will enjoy! (Says the man who took the FNRttC to Blackpool)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The finest fish n chips known to humanity couldn't save that place - it makes Rhyl look joyous.

what about a shitload of beer?

 

[theclaud]

what about a shitload of beer?

I tried that. It did help, in the sense that numbness is preferable to yawning chasms of despair...

 

[Tompy]

If there's a gap it's further north, and, possibly, the Midlands.

As for the Midlands - Peterborough to Cleethorpes or Skegness (Cleethorpes has the better rail service) would patch a hole in the map, as would Nottingham to Skegness. I'd love to do a Birmingham ride, but I've not been able to work one out.

I'd be happy to help out with a Peterborough to X ride. The thing that's always put me off night riding in this neck of the woods is the amount of Saxo-driving chavs in the Fen "villages". That and the terrain is phenomenally boring.

The finest fish n chips known to humanity couldn't save that place - it makes Rhyl look joyous.

Crikey that's a bit harsh (although I've never been to Rhyl). I did grow up in Whitley Bay though but so my seaside standards are quite low.

 

[User482]

So Bicester to Severn Beach isn't really grabbing you, then?

Hah! I was going to suggest Severn Beach for the sole purpose of annoying Simon, but it seemed a bit mean.

I do think a ride starting in Bristol has possibilities. If we went to Cardiff (then on to the coast proper - Barry?) we could take in the Clifton suspension bridge, and the Severn bridge. The A48 is quiet at night, and the Newport transporter is a thing of industrial beauty. Plus there's a nice route out of Bristol to the bridge, using the back lanes.
Cardiff and Bristol both have good train connections, the distance would be about right, the tricky bit might be the half-way stop.

 

[dellzeqq]

Hah! I was going to suggest Severn Beach for the sole purpose of annoying Simon, but it seemed a bit mean.

I do think a ride starting in Bristol has possibilities. If we went to Cardiff (then on to the coast proper - Barry?) we could take in the Clifton suspension bridge, and the Severn bridge. The A48 is quiet at night, and the Newport transporter is a thing of industrial beauty. Plus there's a nice route out of Bristol to the bridge, using the back lanes.
Cardiff and Bristol both have good train connections, the distance would be about right, the tricky bit might be the half-way stop.

we did ponder the whole Bristol/Gloucester thing earlier this year, and then somebody stepped up to the plate with a start, a finish and a halfway stop, backed by a guaranteed following breeze, and, thus it was that Cardiff to Swansea came to be!

 

[Becs]

The finest fish n chips known to humanity couldn't save that place - it makes Rhyl look joyous.

Has it got that bad? I haven't been since I was a kid. I have fond memories of it - I probably shouldn't go back then!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I tried that. It did help, in the sense that numbness is preferable to yawning chasms of despair...

How does it rate on the Cleethorpesometer?

 

[Crackle]

Liverpool to Llandudno.

 

[dellzeqq]

How does it rate on the Cleethorpesometer?

poorly. Cleethorpes is a much-under-rated destination. It has, in order of significance, donkeys, sand, ice cream, chips, beer at seven in the morning, a pier, three train lines, and lovely countryside thereabouts.

 

[User482]

we did ponder the whole Bristol/Gloucester thing earlier this year, and then somebody stepped up to the plate with a start, a finish and a halfway stop, backed by a guaranteed following breeze, and, thus it was that Cardiff to Swansea came to be!

Cardiff- Swansea was a cracker, I thought. You may remember that I cycled from Bristol to Cardiff first - it occurred to me then that it would be a viable FNJRttC in its own right.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

poorly. Cleethorpes is a much-under-rated destination. It has, in order of significance, donkeys, sand, ice cream, chips, beer at seven in the morning, a pier, three train lines, and lovely countryside thereabouts.

I agree Dell, I like Cleethorpes and in fact my dad liked it so much he decided to be born there! It was more a reference to the No2 Refreshment Rooms at the train station where the residents of Top-Town were already taking an early brunch when we arrived.

 

[theclaud]

poorly. Cleethorpes is a much-under-rated destination. It has, in order of significance, donkeys, sand, ice cream, chips, beer at seven in the morning, a pier, three train lines, and lovely countryside thereabouts.

Not to mention the attractions of Top Town...