Is this the Rainton stop? (From a road.cc article
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(Was their ride over? Or merely resting? Ceased to be, pushing up daisies, etc ... )
Thats definitely Rainton
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Thats definitely Rainton
- Location
- Inside my skull
Ordered a LFL T-shirt off the website 😄
Yeah, saw those today.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
One on the helpers' ride; others may have done it unofficially.
Ian H
Ancient randonneur
Ian McBride got to Dalkeith before the event was stopped, so rode back along the route after Floris had gone away.
Aidan Hedley completed a helper's ride in advance, but said he didn't want validation as it would be unfair.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
From an fb comment, 170 bikes were outside Rainton VH in a count made before early breakfast on Tuesday.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
Interview with Ian McBride - recommended
View: https://www.youtube.com/live/4p53ivP0szE?si=JAGxo3orBg9yTJoi
Scroll to 14:15 for the best two minutes including a description of the conditions.
Edit (I've transcribed and edited a short section):
[Interviewer]: at one of the checkpoints during the ride, they recorded a wind gust of >100mph
That wouldn't surprise me. Look, it was the worst conditions I've ever ridden in; and I've been riding bikes since forever. I was blown off the road twice. I had to stop and put my foot down a number of times and wait until the gusts passed before carrying on. I had to walk two short sections because I couldn't ride my bike. But you can't stop in the middle of nowhere. So you've got to carry on.
I didn't want to ride anymore. No ‘get in the back’ van showed up. There were trees down on the road. The rain was going sideways. It ruined my light which I've had for five years: my big headlight for overnight riding. I had to ride on my emergency lights the next night and a half. I wouldn't choose to send anybody out in it and I didn't want to be out in it.
Even the next afternoon, 24 hours after the storm, I climbed over Yad Moss and I had to put every bit of item of clothing I had on. I was still being blown all over the road.
The last 400km was better: I was now catching up to people who had all turned south and I got to see people, to ride with some people and talk to people at the controls, which normally you don't get to do. Because routinely at a control and there's me and a few others and then we're gone. So it made it really interesting as well.
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Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
Final (assumed) LEL 2025 podcast:
View: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/london-edinburgh-london-the-long-distance-cycling-podcast/id1724367710
View: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/london-edinburgh-london-the-long-distance-cycling-podcast/id1724367710
