FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - Bognor Regis 12th August 2011

[GrumpyGregry]

It is all relative. A sullen and standoffish Claud is still a fair bit more friendly than some people at their friendliest.

True dat.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Unlike the world according to Chicken-Licken, the only thing that fell from the sky was water. And lots of it. Too much to go cross-country through fields which meant heading up a hill. But that was alright as a certain McWobble who had encouraged me up Turners Hill last month, reassured me that the hill ahead was nothing like Turners Hill. Indeed it wasn't. It was much steeper! I was horrified. One, two, three, four I counted each turn of the pedal to keep them moving. Somehow I made it to the top and as soon as I retrieved my breath - about 10 minutes later! - I suggested to McWobble that his hill estimation was slightly askew...!

A guide to the blue remembered hills hills of FNRttC (South of the River Editions)

Turners Hill is a climb of 86 metres over 4km
Houghton (Bury) Hill is a climb of 111 metres over 2.6km
Ditchling Beacon is a climb of 189 metres over 2.7km
Hills en route to Whitstable are mere legend. We won't go there.

Approximately.

 

[Aperitif]

4km?

'4' is just a Turner phrase that young Greg uses, Adrian...he's a romantic.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

4km?

Most certainly. Turners Hill starts just after the Dukes Head roundabout. Now fair play, it has a huge sting in the tail, half that total height gain is in the last 600 metres!

So which is it to be in the revised standard version...

Turners Hill is a climb of 86 metres over 4km

vs

Turners Hill is a climb of c50 metres over less than 1km

 

[Tim Hall]

of course! Ms Barnes is instantly recognisable atop her stead and where Charlotte is, the snappily dressed Julian will often be too!

According to my sinister agents over the road:

It's not Julian, though. That's just a random (but very nice) lady who was riding alongside me at the time.

 

[Wobblers]

Most certainly. Turners Hill starts just after the Dukes Head roundabout. Now fair play, it has a huge sting in the tail, half that total height gain is in the last 600 metres!

So which is it to be in the revised standard version...

Turners Hill is a climb of 86 metres over 4km

vs

Turners Hill is a climb of c50 metres over less than 1km

A-ha! I'll consider myself vindicated then!

 

[Aperitif]

According to my sinister agents over the road:

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Thanks Tim - and apologies Julian! (Assumptions are a terrible thing. Not having met the person concerned I just put 2 and 2 together and got 2...well one would, wouldn't one, if one was silly? ) )

 

[GrumpyGregry]

A guide to the blue remembered hills hills of FNRttC (South of the River - Revised Standard Edition)

Turners Hill is a climb of 42 metres in .7km
Houghton (Bury) Hill is a climb of 111 metres over 2.6km
Ditchling Beacon is a climb of 189 metres over 2.7km
Hills en route to Whitstable are mere legend. We won't go there.

 

[martint235]

A guide to the blue remembered hills hills of FNRttC (South of the River - Revised Standard Edition)

Turners Hill is a climb of 42 metres in .7km
Houghton (Bury) Hill is a climb of 111 metres over 2.6km
Ditchling Beacon is a climb of 189 metres over 2.7km
Hills en route to Whitstable are mere legend. We won't go there.

So what you're trying to say is that the FNRttC goes up hills occasionally??

 

[rich p]

On reflection, I might query the length for Ditchling as well. Measuring from the cross roads with Underhill Lane, I reckon it is 1.6k to the top. Although the road is a bit uphill from the turning off Clayton Road, it is not the same sort of uphill.

The Beacon from the crossroads to the top is about 1.5km by my reckoning. Any measurements including the lead-in are merely to make it seem less intimidating to novices.

 

[Aperitif]

Honking uphill is Greg's preferred method.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

The Beacon from the crossroads to the top is about 1.5km by my reckoning. Any measurements including the lead-in are merely to make it seem less intimidating to novices.

It is the lead-in that makes it so tough for novices. I used to be one. By the time they/you get to underhill you are already on the red line!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

A guide to the blue remembered rural hills of FNRttC (South of the River - Revised Standard Pro Edition)

Turners Hill is a climb of 42 metres in .7km
Houghton (Bury) Hill is a climb of 111 metres over 2.6km
Ditchling Beacon is a climb of 159 metres over just less than 1.5km
Hills en route to Whitstable are mere legend. We won't go there (anymore)

 

[MacB]

A guide to the blue remembered rural hills of FNRttC (South of the River - Revised Standard Pro Edition)

Turners Hill is a climb of 42 metres in .7km
Houghton (Bury) Hill is a climb of 111 metres over 2.6km
Ditchling Beacon is a climb of 159 metres over just less than 1.5km
Hills en route to Whitstable are mere legend. We won't go there (anymore)

any further revisions or can we print this one off as gospel?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

any further revisions or can we print this one off as gospel?

everything is provisional.

It doesn't even include the climbs inside the M25!