Friday (as in Thursday) Night Ride to the Continent - 15th July

[stevevw]

I would have loved to have done this ride but will not be able to make it, perhaps next year.

If one of you has a Garmin and can do me a copy of the route I would be grateful.
I may get a spare weekend that I can do this solo. Not as nice as doing it with all you loverly people but better than nothing.

Have a great time,

Steve

 

[clivedb]

Simon - Two for the ride to Newhaven, please - Marilyn and me. But we'll have to forego the continental leg unfortunately.

 

[Aperitif]

Simon - Two for the ride to Newhaven, please - Marilyn and me. But we'll have to forego the continental leg unfortunately.

Noix Ride to the Coast Clive...are you sure?

 

[StuartG]

Simon - Two for the ride to Newhaven, please - Marilyn and me. But we'll have to forego the continental leg unfortunately.

Great - it will be great for some specialist tech support for the maiden voyage of my new Fratello. Collecting later today from Condor ... oh dear, what am I going to do about the old avatar?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Great - it will be great for some specialist tech support for the maiden voyage of my new Fratello. Collecting later today from Condor ... oh dear, what am I going to do about the old avatar?

Photshop it to remove the bike leaving the D Lock hanging mysteriously in mid air!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I would have loved to have done this ride but will not be able to make it, perhaps next year.

If one of you has a Garmin and can do me a copy of the route I would be grateful.
I may get a spare weekend that I can do this solo. Not as nice as doing it with all you loverly people but better than nothing.

Have a great time,

Steve

consider it done.

 

[Aperitif]

Having conversed with Des earlier today, we had a sort of "Hastings is nice, I think I'm going to take my passport anyway but"...and then Charlotte joined in with sensible words...so the prognosis is: we are going to raid Dieppe - a bit like the Raid on Entebbe I suppose. 'In at the Dieppe end'.

(Weird way to bump a thread but hey! it's 'Vuvuzela Sunday'!)

 

[dellzeqq]

there are quite a few who are thinking of coming as far as Newhaven, and a few more who are packing their passports and seeing how they feel about it when they get to the ferry....

I'm not keeping a list - if for any reason you're running late then give me a call on 07776 210 731 and we'll work something out

 

[des.o]

Another one for the non-existent list to Newhaven - passport will be packed for unforeseen eventualities.

 

[StuartG]

BAD NEWS - you can't book a bike to Dieppe online for the Friday 1100 (quota full)
GOOD NEWS - I rang the 0800 number and used my charme anglais to persuade the French lady to book me on ... first time in 50 years I had any success with a femme de France. Is this a good omen for the weekend?

Also booked in at Dieppe Formule1 So there is a bed going free there. Femmes de France will be given preference, particularly if they have a certificate in cycle maintenance;-)

I intend to cycle on to Paris on Saturday if the weather is good. If not then I have a contingency reservation for the late return. Does this fit in with anybody else's plans?

 

[frank9755]

Another one for the non-existent list to Newhaven - passport will be packed for unforeseen eventualities.

I do need to get back for something on the Friday evening - but it can't do any harm to bring my passport, just in case I get caught up by a tide of enthusiasm!

 

[Aperitif]

I'm bringing mine too,Frank. Stuart is far too organised - if the Woolwich ferry can take a stack of bikes then an ocean going liner should manage with no problem
The question is: what to wear. Usually it's a paisley morning gown for breakfast - the one with the quilted lapels...and, for foreign parts I usually have a barathea blazer with corduroy slacks and Oxford brogu...Oh OK - t shirt jeans and sandals then. € and a padlock.

 

[frank9755]

The question is: what to wear. Usually it's a paisley morning gown for breakfast - the one with the quilted lapels...and, for foreign parts I usually have a barathea blazer with corduroy slacks and Oxford brogu...Oh OK - t shirt jeans and sandals then. € and a padlock.

Some good suggestions there!
I went on the Dieppe ferry in May - the overnight one - and found the most convenient thing to wear was some sweaty cycling kit I happened to have on me from my ride down from London. While it wasn't the most comfortable, it saved a lot of time dressing in the morning and helped me get a row of seats to myself!

 

[StuartG]

Sorry for being too organised - but I've looked into getting back from Paris. My legs will be beyond jelly by then so I had delusions of Eurostar-ing back to London till I checked the one way price next Sunday - £200 +£20 for the bike!!!
However SNCF can get me and a bike back to Dieppe for just £26.50 which seems a more reasonable and relaxed option.

 

[Aperitif]

That's good value returning to Dieppe, Stuart. I spoke with Charlotte yesterday and she said that bikes had to be boxed or bagged on Eurostar. (I and two others took back three barrowloads of wine last December and the train manager let us put them in the locked storage / freight bit, which was easy peasy. I asked then about putting bikes in there and he said "Oui - pas de problem" - which it obviously is!) Two hundred quid!
The SNCF is just a 'roll on' train, I presume,for riders and bikes...
If it is possible to leap on a ferry at Newhaven, then at worst it could be a FNRaDuS.