FNRttC to Brighton 13th May 2011

[Speicher]

Someone nearly barged you over - they must have been huge! Very bad news if they put our Aperitif off attending in future!

If it was a large group of people, were they all in the same boat?

Ahem! A little too fond of beer and pies, perhaps, but I wouldn't say "huge". And it might well have been more of an affectionate nudge...

 

[GrumpyGregry]

That would have been me (you've got good eyes!) ... in fact it was me, getting a little lost looking for some food on my way through.

Great ride in lovely company, thanks Simon.

True, the half way stop wasn't great this time, we'll get over it. Would have been a different matter had it been a rainy night though.

I genuinely thought it was a sleep induced hallucination at first. I assume the guy behind you was with you?

If I'd have known you could both have re-fuelled at ours, about 50m off your route, or at least I should have offered local market intelligence!

 

[AlexB]

Simon,

Fantastically well organised as always. I really don't think you should beat yourself up too much over the food stop. I know your feelings about overloaded riders, but sometimes I think that if a few more riders were carrying sandwiches, then some of your problems would go away. However, I've always eaten where we have arranged to out of respect for the people who have made the effort to open up for us.

It is easy to look back though and remember the days when we were smaller and when we stopped at TT's house. A lot of the food was carried by the riders and shared out amongst us.

I wonder whether, with a suitable hut, we might be able to do something like this again?
It did add to the camerarderie and gave us something to talk about even if it was detailed questioning about the recipies involved!!

 

[Aperitif]

Ahem! A little too fond of beer and pies, perhaps, but I wouldn't say "huge". And it might well have been more of an affectionate nudge...

I'm in again!

(...wondered when it would be picked up... and no, Sir Simon de Bannem, it was not a real complaint. I possibly deal direct if there is a real 'issue'. I did, however, moan all night to Tim and Adrian as we swept through the night in our broom waggings. )

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Maybe I'm nuts but I didn't think a latte made with real coffee, a piece of baklava, half a tuna mayo sandwich and a packet of ready salted for £5.20 was that bad vfm given the time of the morning. 100+ people wanting made to order snacks with a few princesses of either gender doing a Sally Albright doesn't bear thinking about.

But the toilet arrangement at planet sweet doesn't work with those numbers (and a hedge could not meet my needs - sorry)

 

[Aperitif]

Maybe I'm nuts but I didn't think a latte made with real coffee, a piece of baklava, half a tuna mayo sandwich and a packet of ready salted for £5.20 was that bad vfm given the time of the morning. 100+ people wanting made to order snacks with a few princesses of either gender doing a Sally Albright doesn't bear thinking about.

But the toilet arrangement at planet sweet doesn't work with those numbers (and a hedge could not meet my needs - sorry)

And I thought 'The Third Way' was long gone, Greggypops.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

And I thought 'The Third Way' was long gone, Greggypops.

By the time I went to the Planet Suite I was on the fifth movement!

Fortunately I finish my meds soon and hopefully normal service, and drinking, will be resume shortly.

TOO MUCH INFORMATION!

 

[Aperitif]

By the time I went to the Planet Suite I was on the fifth movement!

Fortunately I finish my meds soon and hopefully normal service, and drinking, will be resume shortly.

TOO MUCH INFORMATION!

"Tαξί for Mr Collins" Very good. Did you get it down on paper or is it commited to memory?

 

[_aD]

I portage on most rides I do, so would be happy to fill two voluminous panniers with sarnies and snacks and take the rear as a food truck! If we could rustle up enough thermos I could then fill the two smaller panniers with tea as well.

How great would a mass picnic be, come sunrise?

 

[Aperitif]

Two thermos' of café cognac would be ok - scrap the tea. On second thoughts, scrap the coffee too, just cart the rest around "to dispense lovingly"

'Portage' is what the old dears like Greg, Rich and self do with their 'abs' on rides like this... and a mass picnic come sunrise would mean that something had gone drastically wrong with the wayfinding!

 

[_aD]

Now you're talking. How about portaging some port?

 

[AlexB]

A couple of people have contacted me to ask if they can re-use my photos - of course you can, I took them with the express aim of sharing them!
There are lots more picturese here: http://s54.photobucket.com/albums/g111/2daves/fnrttc Brighton/
including a lot of summiting photos that I didn't publish here

 

[_aD]

A couple of people have contacted me to ask if they can re-use my photos - of course you can, I took them with the express aim of sharing them!

Ta muchly :-)

 

[dellzeqq]

for those of a more recent vintage than AlexB (who may have done the very first FNRttC in April 2006) we used to stop at Tourist Tony's place in Horley. http://www.guardian....lliving.cycling

Picnicking at the Scout Hut is an option, but I'm hoping to get some home-made sarnies and lemonade there beforehand, and have someone turn the urn on at two thirty or so for instant coffee and tea.

Some of you will remember our first visit to the Scout Hut, when Tony did all kinds of good stuff, we charged two pounds a head and made a profit!

 

[ianmac62]

...The sheer delight of rolling up alongside anyone and kicking off a conversation.

It's a very special thing.

Hi, I'm a newbie. I loved it. Just found this forum and Hatler's phrase above sums it up for me! Spoke to so many people: Charlotte, Andy, the Chap who supports QPR, the Chap on the Brompton from Chesham, the Chap from Stonehaven who had worked at the outdoor Lido ... and the three chaps who were on the 1019 from Brighton. I changed trains at East Croydon for Milton Keynes.


I'm the bloke from Northampton on the Galaxy.


Thank you, Simon!