FNRttC FNRttK Brussels-Ostend RIDE CLOSED. Full up!

[StuartG]

Megabus serve Calvados?

There is no security regs to stop you taking your own. Supermarket prices deliver more Calvados per buck than any bar service could contemplate.

The really bad news for my fellow riders is I shall now be arriving stone sober and be too darn monetary challenged to stand a round.

 

[srw]

srw, yes there is. Just let us know when confirmed.

Yes please. I'm negotiating the practicalities with @rvw.

 

[srw]

srw, yes there is. Just let us know when confirmed.

And @rvw wonders if there's a second place still available for her.

 

[mmmmartin]

1. @mmmmartin
2. @Flandrienne
3. @swarm_catcher
4. @StuAff
5. @StuartG
6. @wanda2010
7. @BalkanExpress
8. John S (also known in another place as Salvatore
9. @GordonP
10. David Chan
11. @srw ?
12. @rvw ?

No doubt @swarm_catcher will be along later when she's home from work but I would think yes there is space as the limit was 14 and now we are 12.
I am unsure if Ian is coming, I'll ask
EDIT: Ian is watching football. Now we are 12, which is probably the limit for the family to feed at 3am, TBH.

 

[martint235]

1. @mmmmartin
2. @Flandrienne
3. @swarm_catcher
4. @StuAff
5. @StuartG
6. @wanda2010
7. @ianmac62
8. @BalkanExpress
9. John S (also known in another place as Salvatore
10. @GordonP
11. David Chan
12. @srw ?
13. @rvw ?

No doubt @swarm_catcher will be along later when he's home from work but I would think yes there is space as the limit was 14 and now we are 14. I am unsure if Ian is coming, I'll ask.

I'm sure swarm_catcher was a very nice lady last time I met her......

 

[mmmmartin]

oops, was changing the syntax and didn't reread.

 

[swarm_catcher]

Now we are 12, which is probably the limit for the family to feed at 3am, TBH.

Agreed Martin.

 

[mmmmartin]

thread title adjusted as per your wish.

 

[srw]

Can I just say that I am immoderately excited about this?

For various complex reasons to do with funerals and work conferences I have had to do my clothes packing this evening. I have prepared a large bag full of cycling kit to cope with anything from decent spring mildness through to full-on winter. Which, judging by what the Norwegians have to say about Saturday night's weather in Bruges and Ghent, is a good thing.

 

[StuAff]

Can I just say that I am immoderately excited about this?

For various complex reasons to do with funerals and work conferences I have had to do my clothes packing this evening. I have prepared a large bag full of cycling kit to cope with anything from decent spring mildness through to full-on winter. Which, judging by what the Norwegians have to say about Saturday night's weather in Bruges and Ghent, is a good thing.

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Only immoderately excited? I'm more excited than that. Yup, looks like it's going to be nippy again, as it was a couple of years back- I remember putting every layer I had on at halfway, and the Garmin battery needed a top-up by then. I too will need multiple layer options- two days of further riding to get to Le Havre for the ferry home on Tuesday, hopefully a little milder!

 

[Gordon P]

Saturday night's weather in Bruges and Ghent

That's better than it was in Essex this morning.....

 

[BalkanExpress]

That's better than it was in Essex this morning.....

And much better than the Norwegian's forecast from earlier yesterday evening...changeable is the best way to describe the current forecasts: so yes, if you are packing early a range of clothing is a sensible idea.

There are two Decathlons close enough to town for emergency purchases if you arrive early enough.

 

[srw]

That's better than it was in Essex this morning.....

And Buckinghamshire now.

I look forward to the brilliant sunshine as we set out.

 

[mmmmartin]

I'm expecting lots of wind.

Then again, immediately after this ride I am doing the September Tour recce with @Gordon P

 

[redfalo]

No ride reports and nothing?