FNRttC syndication

[theclaud]

Edinburgh to Dundee looks a better bet.

Oh, alright. If you're going to be so snooty about my Bicester to Severn Beach idea. Llandrindod Wells to Llanelli? The Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling section at Llanwrtyd is optional, and it's only at certain stations that you need to flag down the train by hand.

 

[theclaud]

Silence? I'm offended.



Llangollen to Holyhead?

 

[theclaud]

[QUOTE 1550136"]
Cheltenham to somewhere? That's nearly the Midlands.

I want to have a go, but they're all a bit far to travel to for a father of two young'uns who can't get out much.
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And we have someone on the ground!

 

[dellzeqq]

[QUOTE 1550136"]
Cheltenham to somewhere? That's nearly the Midlands.

I want to have a go, but they're all a bit far to travel to for a father of two young'uns who can't get out much.
[/quote]tish! McW makes it down from Coventry Quinton, thanks to the wonder of Chiltern...

Cheltenham to somewhere says it all about Cheltenham

 

[dellzeqq]

Silence? I'm offended.



Llangollen to Holyhead?

didn't somebody go to Holyhead and jump off a cliff? And have you anybody in mind?

 

[theclaud]

didn't somebody go to Holyhead and jump off a cliff? And have you anybody in mind?

Ha!

It's a cheery sort of place.

O Neptune! Neptune! must I still
Be here detain'd against my will?
Is this your justice, when I'm come
Above two hundred miles from home;
O'er mountains steep, o'er dusty plains,
Half choked with dust, half drown'd with rains,
Only your godship to implore,
To let me kiss your other shore?
A boon so small! but I may weep,
While you're like Baal, fast asleep.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Not to mention the attractions of Top Town...

... or Steele's corner house and the Bags Ball at the Winter Gardens ....

Cleethorpes, the last resort.

 

[dellzeqq]

it wasn't Holyhead, it was Severn View - User482 and TC please note

 

[dellzeqq]

... or Steele's corner house and the Bags Ball at the Winter Gardens ....

Cleethorpes, the last resort.

I think that's a little unkind. Our route in to Cleethorpes might have given the wrong impression, but I saw broad, nay, stately avenues, well tree'd and lined by houses with bow windows, fine brick chimneys and well-kept lawns. The promenade wasn't entirely up-to-date, but it was cheerful. Compared to the roads in to Bognor and Hastings it was a delight.

 

[Wobblers]

You do realise of course that we are now expected.

We'll be fine, just as long as no one mentions the words "nuclear" or "peroxide" or "detonator"....

Oops.

Never mind. Project Starfish. (That'll get someone off to the archives... )

 

[Wobblers]

How about (and this has just popped into my head, so I have not thought it through at all) Glasgow/Edinburgh to Ardrossan? What's at Ardrossan, I hear you ask... it is a ferry port - destination Brodick on Arran. First ferry 7am (I did check that much). Or you could go to one of the other islands - Bute, maybe? Ardrossan is good because there are plenty of trains (I think...)

I've thought Ardrossan might make a decent destination myself. A train every half hour, and they don't get terribly busy on a Saturday. Leaving Glasgow via Clarkston and Eaglesham over the Eaglesham moors might prove a more interesting route than the A77 (which could be held in reserve for bad weather - it'll be deserted at that time in the morning).

 

[StuAff]

Hummers has been on at me to go to Portsmouth for years.

1. Portsmouth is not the seaside
2. whichever way you slice it, the last ten miles are dull
3. The Sail is not architecture.
4. In all seriousness, it's a long way when Bognor is just down the road, and such a nice ride. Granted the 'old A3' has its charms, but it's more suited to a SuperSpeedy than the standard format.

I did say I wasn't getting my hopes up!
1. I'll agree to disagree with you on that one.
2. Mostly, I'll agree, you're right. The eastern & western approaches into town in particular. But there are most definitely bits that aren't dull within ten miles.
3. Compared to the Tricorn (good riddance) it is....
4. True, but no chalk paths, walks across fields, dinghy crossings..either. And it can be a very nice ride if you get the route right, honest....one for a 'ride for food' in 2012 I think.

 

[CharlieB]

Mind you, Pompey does have The Tenth Hole as a café, nearer to Southsea. The most fabulous breakfasts and cakes. Not sure it could accomodate more than 40-ish, which does lend it more to DZ's SuperSpeedy comment.

I'm in Pompey now and again - happy to make enquiries?

 

[dellzeqq]

fair do's. I may have misjudged Portsmouth. It is do-able, it's just not a priority in the sense that it's close-ish to an established destination (which is served by an established half-way point, which has to be looked after). Give it a go, Charlie!

Although, Stu

- a bit of cross-country is good for the soul - it puts you in touch with nature.
- it wasn't a dinghy. It was a landing craft. And a very fine landing craft at that!

 

[PpPete]

I'd certainly be up for a SuperSpeedy to Southsea...