FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast, Cardiff to Swansea 22nd August

[EltonFrog]

If it helps, if I were free I'd be moving heaven and earth to be there.

The thought of a ride out that didn't involve a couple of hours of scrapping through the outskirts of London is divine.

The bit out of London is the most interesting on the Whitstable ride.

 

[srw]

Clearly. It's one of the nicer routes out - I do like Greenwich - but the industrial wastelands and dual carriageways of the East are grim.

 

[EltonFrog]

Are you mad?

Just ever so slightly, I am a little bit mad. Yes.

 

[dellzeqq]

Apparently so.

only about 50% of any ride are regular CC contributors - and most of those who do contribute join after their first ride.

The routes out of London are ranked thusly

1. The 'old, old' Southend route via Stratford, Ilford and Dagenham East. Sheer loveliness.
2. The new Southend/Burnham route via Rotherhithe and Barking
3. The Brighton route via Mitcham Common and Chipstead
4. The 'old' Southend and Burnham/Southwold route via Stratford and Romford
5. The Whitstable route via Greenwich
6. The Felpham route via Mitcham and Sutton
7. The 'old, old, old' Southend route via Dartford. Despite the view of the bridge from the southern side.

 

[velovoice]

The bit out of London is the most interesting on the Whitstable ride.

You're obviously not from around here. #noveltyvalue

 

[EltonFrog]

The suspense has overwhelmed me. What did you decide?

I decided that I would rather spend some time with my wife tomorrow, go for a bike ride with her.

 

[dellzeqq]

I decided that I would rather spend some time with my wife tomorrow, go for a bike ride with her.

that's good, because the ride is closed!

 

[EltonFrog]

that's good, because the ride is closed!

Good News! Have a great ride everyone.

 

[dellzeqq]

so........the weather looks good, the halftime refreshments are lined up, we're apparently missing out on the bird-eating spider road, we've got a new destination in Y Mwmbwls (look that up in your Welsh English dictionary) and people are hoping we'll have a great ride. Which we will. I'll be hanging around the Millenium Basin from about 10.30. See you there!

As for the finishes - they can be rated thusly

1. Swansea
2. Southwold
3. Felpham
4. Southend
5. Brighton
6. Whitstable
7. Morecambe
8. Hull (but that ride does have the Humber Bridge, and nobody has ever complained about the Tide of Humber).

Swansea Bay is, according to no less an authority than Aldous Huxley, 'more beautiful than the Golfo di Napoli'. And if the excitement occasioned by protruding rocks isn't enough to get you going, there's always the possibility of a chance encounter with Catherine Zeta Jones. (Or Bonnie Tyler)

 

[ianrauk]

Whitstable is too low down in that list.

Would have had both Whitstable and Brighton above Felpham.

 

[StuAff]

No Bog Road? Even though I'm not going, YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

 

[StuAff]

Would have had both Whitstable and Brighton above Felpham.

+1.

 

[wanda2010]

Maybe I should consider putting this ride on my bucket list as the finish is rated better than Whitstable.

 

[mmmmartin]

The possibility of a chance encounter with Joanna Lumley at the gurkha bridge would surely put the Felpham finish at the top of the list, no?

 

[theclaud]

And if the excitement occasioned by protruding rocks isn't enough to get you going, there's always the possibility of a chance encounter with Catherine Zeta Jones. (Or Bonnie Tyler)

True. Although Colin Charvis is more likely. He does ride a bike.