FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - 25th June to Felpham, near Bognor Regis 2010

[Bollo]

A rare outing for me too please, Simon. What? You've lost my details? I thought we had something.......

PMing now!

 

[StuAff]

A rare outing for me too please, Simon. What? You've lost my details? I thought we had something.......

PMing now!

Excellent news!

 

[Bollo]

Excellent news!

Nice of you to say so! Depending on legs, guts, weather and the patience of the Doris, I'll either pedal off to Chichester for the train or ride all the way home. If you need some company west to Pompey, let me know.

 

[StuAff]

Nice of you to say so! Depending on legs, guts, weather and the patience of the Doris, I'll either pedal off to Chichester for the train or ride all the way home. If you need some company west to Pompey, let me know.

Sounds like a good plan. I'll be going via Chi anyway, that's the route I'm familiar and comfortable with [Aldwick-Lower Bognor Road-Vinnetrow Road- Chi centre- Fishbourne-A259 till Havant]. Not quite the shortest route, but quieter roads & straightforward enough.

 

[Aperitif]

A rare outing for me too please, Simon. What? You've lost my details? I thought we had something.......

PMing now!

Excellent news! Don't forget to bring something to secure your bike Paul:

Bollolocks.

 

[dellzeqq]

Stu A
Martin F
Andy C
Mark G
Ian A
John E
Greg C
Luke C
Ben P
Adam B
Stuart G
Pippa G
User10571 B
Tim O
Matthew S
Ross C
Clive B
Marilyn B
Claudine C
Chris H
Barry J
Adrian C
Jane D
Els V
Sean B
Sarah MacL
Paul R
Susie F
Adrian C (the second)
Paul R (an old friend)
Andrew B
Paul McN
Titus H
+1
Daniel P
Chris F
Duncan H
Tim H

 

[StuAff]

nobody's got the Bunhill Fields thing yet.

Just for that, I looked it up....William Blake's buried there.

 

[dellzeqq]

that's the one. I used to work round the corner, and it was quite something to pass by his headstone on my way to the office

 

[benborp]

He also lived in Forest Hill for a while. It wouldn't be that much of a diversion to pass by, that is, on the way back if you have mousketeer tendencies.

 

[Aperitif]

He would be an interesting guy to have on the ride, and in the bar afterwards...

Blake's later poetry contains a private mythology with complex symbolism

perfect credentials!

 

[clivedb]

He would be an interesting guy to have on the ride, and in the bar afterwards...

Will he be at the Hay Festival?

Have you been at the Hay Festival? Apparently it's rife with 'terrible puns' - a cyclist friendly B&B is a 'Rest for the tyred' (see yesterday's Guardian).

 

[Aperitif]

Don't know Clive - all that literary stuff is beyond me...The Hay Fest. is going to be syndicated worldwide is it not? (A bit like the FNRttC - bloody capitalist idealists at work, under the guise of exposure to the masses..)

Appositely, in my book yesterday, Jeeves says "The metropolitan touch sometimes proves a trifle too exotic for the provinces"

Who else is going to be on this ideal ride then?

King George V
William Blake
P G Wodehouse

 

[rich p]

Dixon of Dock Green?

Arrest for the tyred

 

[StuartG]

nobody's got the Bunhill Fields thing yet.

Errrrr ... can we please keep up at the back of the peloton ... check the third response to your tease - or do we have to stick rigidly to Blake 1 gear

Would ruin my fantasy of Claudine as Servalan ...

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Can we invite John of Gaunt? I always thought he's make a great dinner guest and it could mean starting at the Savoy.