FNRttC Friday Night Ride to the Coast - Whitstable 5th October

[theclaud]

Oh dear, poor you! This doesn't bode well - we're all tetchy before we even start ...

This train journey could be so nice if only these c***s would get a few simple things right.

 

[ceepeebee]

industrial quantity of pasta eaten, slightly sleepy now, Coffee required soon, feel a little sleepy.

 

[ceepeebee]

that post was brought to you by the word sleepy

 

[theclaud]

I shall be meeting Amy at Victoria early. I will restore my good humour with some kind of pie.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Happy to report that down in Deptford - about 7 miles into your journey - though the roads are pretty sodden there's only the lightest of rain actually coming down. Virtually no wind and surprisingly mild.

 

[theclaud]

Happy to report that down in Deptford - about 7 miles into your journey - though the roads are pretty sodden there's only the lightest of rain actually coming down. Virtually no wind and surprisingly mild.

At the risk of breaking Adrian's rules, User482 just informed me that he is bringing the deluge with him.

 

[Trickedem]

Light drizzle in the Strood micrclimate.
There won't be a flashing light at the hall tonight

 

[hatler]

Look on the bright side, the Beeb's forecasting that it won't get colder then 10C.

Good luck all. Keep smiling, rain bounces off happy people.

 

[User482]

At the risk of breaking Adrian's rules, User482 just informed me that he is bringing the deluge with him.

I brought it as far as Reading, but it seems the rain wanted to go no further.

 

[StuartG]

Sunny Sydenham is now Sodden Sydenham. ...

 

[ceepeebee]

I'm just going to take some cold and flu tablets now and get it done with

 

[ceepeebee]

Home again after bailing at plumstead post puncture (thanks again for the help with that guys, awesome efficiency) and post onset of feeling really gritty. Which is annoying as my legs feel really good right now, soloing home was a long blast.

Managed to pour 225 ml (yes I measured it) out of my sealskins, my feet may regain their feeling by the end of today sometime.....

Massive massive chapeau to anyone who makes it all the way, those conditions were gruelling.

 

[Arthur]

I've just had to get up to let the dog out, and traditionally it's around this time that the ride has passed through my bit of the Medway towns.

Having whimpered to be let out, once I'd opened the back door he just stood there, peering into the deluge. I finally persuaded him - well, threw him, actually - into the garden and in the time it took him to empty his bladder and race back indoors he was soaked.

Anybody spending the whole night cycling through this is a bloody hero, or certifiably insane.

Possibly both.

 

[User10571]

Time to ride.

EDIT: @Ceepeebee Whyfor did it take you so long to return from Plumpstead?

 

[rb58]

Oooh! Looking forward to the write ups for this one. Hope you all made it. If it helps, I've just woken up and can confirm it's not raining.