FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - Cardiff to Swansea 20th May 2011

[StuAff]

Bike reservations online? Is this just a FGW thing? Arriva iirc you need to call and th eonline booking sites I use don't give an option.

East Coast website lets you reserve cycle spaces online, regardless of train operator.

 

[davehann]

so how do i register to do this ride?

 

[mcshroom]

East Coast website lets you reserve cycle spaces online, regardless of train operator.

So do Chiltern and Southern, using the same system.

so how do i register to do this ride?

Hi Dave

Have a look on the FNRttC website - here It should cover all the basics (and Simon's pathological hatred of mudguards

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[StuAff]

so how do i register to do this ride?

Hello! Go to the blog here, it'll tell you all you need to know.
Short version: You will need to email Simon with confirmation that you've read the basics (on the blog), your CTC number if you have one, and your mobile number. You will need to join our club, the Fridays (£1), and if you're not in the CTC you'll need to affiliate to it (£12) for insurance purposes (under the group third party policy, there's a maximum of five non-members per ride, I don't know if that's been reached for this one- and everyone must have third-party insurance via CTC, British Cycling or the London Cycling Campaign, even if you've got a policy of your own).

 

[User482]

My wife informs me that this ice cream parlour is well worth a stop: http://verdis-cafe.co.uk/index.php

Should go down nicely after several pints of ale...

 

[Aperitif]

My wife informs me that this ice cream parlour is well worth a stop: http://verdis-cafe.co.uk/index.php

Should go down nicely after several pints of ale...

I remember that from last year. They do a greeny-grey ice cream full of broken flakes which will get Adrian all excited - Just request a "Verdi-Gris please, conetender."

 

[threebikesmcginty]

East coast say no bicycle spaces, drat and double drat!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Then it is time to consider bagging it up so the bike becomes luggage.

I wondered about dismantling it and sending it Poste Restant to Cardiff.

Southern let me book the return journey so I'll just have to MTFU and cycle to Cardiff.

 

[MacB]

I wondered about dismantling it and sending it Poste Restant to Cardiff.

Southern let me book the return journey so I'll just have to MTFU and cycle to Cardiff.

This I have to see

 

[Dan B]

Punts. I'll bet it's all about the current, see boyo.

I think Euro n eur own there, mate

 

[theclaud]

My wife informs me that this ice cream parlour is well worth a stop: http://verdis-cafe.co.uk/index.php

Should go down nicely after several pints of ale...

It's one of those locations where they can't lose. I reckon the ice-cream is over-rated, but they do a good line in semifreddo desserts and their coffee isn't bad. I don't go there much because they refuse to serve beer without meals!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

...they refuse to serve beer without meals!

Beer is a meal!

 

[theclaud]

Beer is a meal!

So far, they've seemed unimpressed by this reasoning...

 

[frank9755]

What if you gave them a minimum volume guarantee?
They mustn't realise quite how much revenue they are turning away...

 

[theclaud]

What if you gave them a minimum volume guarantee?
They mustn't realise quite how much revenue they are turning away...

They are raking it in anyway. Massive capacity, coffee-and-ice-cream sundae, fast turnover family stuff is their thing. It's a fiver for a cheese sarnie. They might imagine that a bunch of pissheads will put off their target punters. They might even be right!