mark c
Über Member
- Location
- Bridgwater Somerset
Just seen that the First riders are at St Ives !! Thats going some.
LEL 2017
- Thread starter martint235
- Start date
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Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
They'll come back - uglier and smellier, and ready to eat all the food in the place :-D
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
I am unable to volunteer this year, but that didn't stop me fitting a quick snoop around the Barnard Castle control into my busy schedule.
All appeared to be running smoothly, helped by having the posh school's caterers - the kitchen was the centre of some organised chaos last time when we were running it.
I'm told the school's catering manager is ex-army, and he remarked he routinely feeds 1,100 hungry schoolchildren in an hour, so the prospect of a few hundred cyclists at a time doesn't faze him.
I had a few words with @User10119, who was on brevet card stamping duty.
She worked ludicrously hard in the kitchen last time, so if anyone deserves a more relaxed volunteering experience, she does.
On the subject of food, apparently there have been some shortages at controls further south, which has led to some swift restocking to prepare for the homeward bound riders.
I also had a few words with some of the riders, including one who was returning to the control having forgotten his helmet.
Perhaps inevitably, he didn't remember it until he'd already done the draggy ciimb through Barnard Castle.
The Dutch guy who was the fastest last time is riding again.
I was told he's already left Edinburgh.
The first to arrive at Barney - 475km - did so at about 10pm last night.
Steady trickle arriving when I left the control about noon, with a bulge expected mid-afternoon.
Here's a pic of the bike park:
All appeared to be running smoothly, helped by having the posh school's caterers - the kitchen was the centre of some organised chaos last time when we were running it.
I'm told the school's catering manager is ex-army, and he remarked he routinely feeds 1,100 hungry schoolchildren in an hour, so the prospect of a few hundred cyclists at a time doesn't faze him.
I had a few words with @User10119, who was on brevet card stamping duty.
She worked ludicrously hard in the kitchen last time, so if anyone deserves a more relaxed volunteering experience, she does.
On the subject of food, apparently there have been some shortages at controls further south, which has led to some swift restocking to prepare for the homeward bound riders.
I also had a few words with some of the riders, including one who was returning to the control having forgotten his helmet.
Perhaps inevitably, he didn't remember it until he'd already done the draggy ciimb through Barnard Castle.
The Dutch guy who was the fastest last time is riding again.
I was told he's already left Edinburgh.
The first to arrive at Barney - 475km - did so at about 10pm last night.
Steady trickle arriving when I left the control about noon, with a bulge expected mid-afternoon.
Here's a pic of the bike park:
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
The fast Dutchman to whom I referred to earlier - Anco de Jong - is at Brampton on the way back.
He's rider A10 if anyone wants to check the tracker.
https://londonedinburghlondon.com/tracking-rider/
He's rider A10 if anyone wants to check the tracker.
https://londonedinburghlondon.com/tracking-rider/
