FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast 19th November - Brighton 2010

[mistral]

It's likely to cold, could be wet, might even be windy too, quite a few hills to climb .......

Sounds like fun, sign me up!

 

[Sittingduck]

If you promise to wait for me atop the Beacon, I'm in!

 

[mcshroom]

If you promise to wait for me atop the Beacon, I'm in!

Don't worry you won't be the last up there

 

[hillclimber]

Yes please, me too Simon.
I think the ride might be full before the end of the week at this rate!
Marilyn

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I'll still be on steroids. Can I do a FNRttC whilst taking a banned substance?

Put my name down please.

Greg

 

[Aperitif]

Hope you're feeling better Greg - don't forget, there's always room for the FNRs favourite sommelier - "whatever the weather, with Greg, it's always wet!"

(Note to self: stop mentioning grog in every post...it's as bad as writing '+1' )

 

[mcshroom]

(Note to self: stop mentioning grog in every post...it's as bad as writing '+1' )

+1

 

[Aperitif]

Ah! Now I know why fishermen sit around all day... lovely!

 

[gaz]

Gaz - please get in touch via fnrttc@yahool.co.uk

Done.

 

[dellzeqq]

Because you'll be taking a chance

if memory serves

2006 - 3 intrepid souls ride to Bracklesham Bay. Flying Dodo's eye freezes shut. My beard is crisp and white. I am forced to wear longs.

2007 - Six or seven of us ride to Brighton - straight down the A23, the B2036 and the A23 again. It's damned cold. I stop to wait for the others. Ten metres on a pipe had fractured, creating a sheet of ice. If I hadn't stopped we'd have been on our backsides

2008 - mild enough to be May. About 30 of us arrive in Brighton thinking we should have brought the sun cream

2009 - the BBC predicts 5mm of rain. We get 20mm - the wettest FNRttC ever. Rain bounces nine inches off the tarmac. Roads flood. Adrian and I get drenched from head to foot by the bow wave of a passing car. We sustain 12 punctures. The ride is only redeemed by the solicitude of various male FNRttCers of a certain age accompanying Katarzyna on her shopping bike. Competition for TEC places has never been so intense.

Bear in mind, particularly those of you who might be booking long distance rail tickets, that if there is a chance of ice I'll pull the ride.

I intend to have a chat with Mark at the Cabin Cafe. Our arrangement in previous years has been that if we have twentyfive riders then we can stop by - to ask him to get up so early for less would be wrong. If it is a very small ride we'll pop in to our favourite airport. If it's just shy of the 25 we'll go to the only motorway service station in England that is not actually on a motorway. The route will therefore depend on the numbers and on the weather - if it's a clear warm night we might just go for the Lower Beeding Variation. If it chucks it down it's Cuckfield and Haywards Heath.

The ride won't fill, so take your time about registering - I'll close it on the 12th

Simon C
Joe R
Jef C
Fahd C
Nicholas G
Matt C
Trevor L
Karen F
Susie F
Ian A
Stuart A
Matt L
Martin N
User S
Paul McN
Clive P
Nigel W (who will presumably wear a t-shirt, whatever the weather)
Luke C
Peter L - please get back to me
Davy S
Martin F
Gaz W
Tim D
Scott D - I need Scott's confirmation on the basics - I presume he's under 18
Marcus C
Ross C
Martin T
Rebecca T
Jonathon T
Frank P
Hannah L
Lee T
Steve vw
Charlie B
Andrew B
Edmar G
Abdikani A
Clive B
Mick D
Marilyn B
Greg C
Adrian C
Miranda S - which makes, if I'm not mistaken, a trio of trikes! We have a convoy!
David W
Rebecca O-B

 

[swarm_catcher]

Can't make this one, my fault for booking a holiday. What was I thinking? Mind you .... my flight in on the Saturday ... from Gatwick ....

Have a good'n, lots of pictures please!!

 

[upsidedown]

Yes please !
Need to work the trains out as i booked them much too late from the Martletts run and ended up having to buy a new ticket.
Cheers

Paul

 

[dellzeqq]

Yes please !
Need to work the trains out as i booked them much too late from the Martletts run and ended up having to buy a new ticket.
Cheers

Paul

Paul - to register you I need

- your CTC number if you're a member
- confirmation that you've read and understood the basics ( http://fnrttc.blogsp...2011-dates.html toward the bottom of the blog)

I presume your phone number is unchanged.

Sorry about this, but the arrangements are a little different from the Martlets ride.

Simon

 

[ed!]

Me please!

"Me" being "Edmar G" (I didn't see my name in the list, but did see an "Ed F?")...apologies for the ambiguity.

 

[dellzeqq]

"Me" being "Edmar G" (I didn't see my name in the list, but did see an "Ed F?")...apologies for the ambiguity.

sort ed!