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Just had a look at the Beacon elevation on Bike Hike. Well done you lot! It looks like a killer from here. 500+ feet in under 1 mile, hells bells. 

Tim Hall said:... "Mark the junctions you think need marking" was the final instruction, so I started dealing out human signposts at every roundabout. And looked behind to find our breakaway was dwindling. Feeling a bit like Napoleon invading Russia as supply lines were stretched I counted the remaining roudabouts and remaining riders and did a sum. Just enough. ...
Tim Hall said:Photos are here,
Tim Hall said:That's the third time we've been to the Cabin Cafe. And the third time it's rained. Correlation does not imply causation, but it was a bit damp all the same.
mistral said:Priceless, although this visually sums up how many of us were feeling by the top of the Beacon!
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TimO said:I've said it before, and I'll say it again, thanks a lot to all the waymarkers. Having done it a couple of times only, I know it can be a bit lonely and even worrying, you can start to wonder if the entire ride has gone off another way, or you've somehow missed the end and been left in the middle of nowhere by yourself.![]()
Andy84 said:Edit - Sorry I hadn't realised that I had typed that much!
After all the long breaks any increase in speed is always welcome, and with a warm cafe beckoning, never turned down.Tim Hall said:Simon asking me to help point out the potholes down Lonesome Lane. So we set off at a goodly pace, with a half formed plan in my mind to screech to a halt at the hole and dance around, swinging a torch, like a Gendarme on Le Tour. And then I glanced over my shoulder - the pack were with us, breathing down our necks. Switch to Plan B - whatever that may be.
And then leading off towards the Cafe. Simon and a brace of Adams did the death defying rolling block thing at the back and I toodled off at the front, making "good progress" with Tanya, Thom et al. "Mark the junctions you think need marking" was the final instruction, so I started dealing out human signposts at every roundabout. And looked behind to find our breakaway was dwindling. Feeling a bit like Napoleon invading Russia as supply lines were stretched I counted the remaining roudabouts and remaining riders and did a sum. Just enough.
redjedi said:After all the long breaks any increase in speed is always welcome, and with a warm cafe beckoning, never turned down.
I'll admit that I was in the ever decreasing pack behind you. I was watching as waymarker after waymarker got left at roundabouts and was hoping, being so close to food and tea, that they didn't run out before we got to the cabin. As prepared as I was to signpost, I've been the one on the last junction before a stop before, and it's not the nicest of feelings.
I'll be one of first in the queue to mark a junction next month though. No matter where we are.
to all the hardy souls who had to stand around in the rain and wind waiting for everyone to pass, before racing to front to do it all again.
dellzeqq said:three out of four, Stu. Three Brighton runs, all wet (first in June '08), and the Bognor ride which was, iirc dry.