How many of you planning to ride Christmas Day?

[VamP]

I am racing on 22nd, 23rd and 27th. No way on earth will I even look at a bike on the 25th

 

[Brandane]

Every possibility that I will get out on Christmas day, weather permitting. As long as I'm home for mid afternoon so I can get showered and changed, and ..... head off to work .

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

Every possibility that I will get out on Christmas day, weather permitting. As long as I'm home for mid afternoon so I can get showered and changed, and ..... head off to work .

What is it you do? I used to work for a well known NHS call centre up there and Christmas and new year was the busiest period. Everyone used to dread having to work it

 

[jdtate101]

I think if I went out on the bike xmas or boxing day, my wife would chop my nuts off.

 

[Brandane]

What is it you do? I used to work for a well known NHS call centre up there and Christmas and new year was the busiest period. Everyone used to dread having to work it

Taxi driver, so it will be a busy night. Spent 20 years in the Police so well used to having the festive season written off! It was a very busy time of the year for us. Night shift on Hogmanay into New Years day was the worst night of the year, and I caught it for 6 years in a row in the mid 80s, then again for a few years at the turn of the century, including the night of the new millenium.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I was told I could go out(read: GTFO until lunchtime you P.I.T.A). I'm not quite sure what to make of that but this is my first full christmas off work so I guess it's only right to make the most of it

Wonder will Satan bring me snow studs in CX sizes?

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

I don't envy you that at all. I swore I'd never go out on Hogmanay again when I spent a good three hours in a taxi queue in Glasgow in sideways sleet. There were so many fights that the police were guarding the taxis and allocating them accordingly. Good old Glasgow

 

[Brandane]

I don't envy you that at all. I swore I'd never go out on Hogmanay again when I spent a good three hours in a taxi queue in Glasgow in sideways sleet. There were so many fights that the police were guarding the taxis and allocating them accordingly. Good old Glasgow

Thankfully I am not in Glasgow, but on the sunny costa del clyde; aka Largs. Shouldn't be too bad here, but it does have its moments. In the bad old days, I was in the Police in the Greenock area. Now THAT had its moments - every day was Hogmanay!

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

I come from Port Glasgow so know Greenock well, mores the pity! Largs is one of my favourite places but I don't get to go very often what with living on the wrong side of the border.

 

[totallyfixed]

We're staying with the in-laws in gloriously flat Peterborough over Christmas, and my in-laws are stupidly nice to me so I'll probably have so little domestics to do, which means riding!

Also my brother in law will be back from Paris with his first road bike so the chances of us heading out a few times are very high indeed.

As for actual Christmas day, well we'll see...

Want a couple of tyres a bit earlier? You are only 25 mins away [from Peterborough centre]. You could even come over for a ride, I'm sure I could get a few more together, how long are you there for?

 

[DRHysted]

I'll be out about 4am to make it to work, and then at about 17:30 when I come home again.

 

[Jefferson Meriwether]

I'm spending Christmas day with my eldest sister and her family. She lives 12 miles away so there's no reason why I can't cycle there and back. Now the thought is in my mind I reckon it would be rude not too.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Want a couple of tyres a bit earlier? You are only 25 mins away [from Peterborough centre]. You could even come over for a ride, I'm sure I could get a few more together, how long are you there for?

Yup, the in-laws are in Netherton, we're not going until Christmas eve though, so I'm not there yet! I'm definitely bringing my road bike to Peterborough with me so I'll see how plans develop.

 

[totallyfixed]

Yup, the in-laws are in Netherton, we're not going until Christmas eve though, so I'm not there yet! I'm definitely bringing my road bike to Peterborough with me so I'll see how plans develop.

Excellent, only 23 miles away. HlaB is in Peterborough too, I'm sure he would be up for a ride if he is around, there are bound to be a few CC'ers up for a pootle, I'll contact them all over the next couple of weeks.

 

[fossyant]

No chance - too busy.