London to Wootton Bassett and back again

[ianrauk]

Very best of British luck to ya guys....

 

[iZaP]

Good luck guys

Sorry I couldn't make it, work commitments:/

 

[lukesdad]

Only just seen this I rode past stonehenge on sat night/sunday morning about 2am. On my way to the bimble, very eerie until security guards switched on their flash lights and shone them at me to see who the nutter on the bike riding across the plain was

 

[martint235]

Well we did it or at least the first half

Sent while out and about

 

[Aperitif]

Davy and his bottom. "My Cycling Log" takes on a whole different meaning when he's in town!
We have just finished brekkie (unlimited coffee) for the select few at a surly caff at Wooton Bassett


Only 120 or so to go now... x

 

[Aperitif]

We have just been sitting in the sun at Reading, outside Tesco. 185 or so miles.
Davy is deciding whether to go to the toilet again... no wait - he's going. The only sure-fire way to get him to 'go' is for us to sit on our bikes! 'kin ell, Davy!

 

[Davywalnuts]

Haha, teef, hahaha!

Well, what can I say, an amazing past 27hours worth of cycling, so much has happened and taken in, and out that I dont know where to start.

So quite simply thankyou one and all, great times indeed.

Pretty much cycled all the way back from the Cenotaph standing up, as I have one sore arse, but, with a new pb of 254miles on the clock, I dont care.

More and pictures to come soon I reckon!

 

[4F]

well done davysorenuts and the rest of the gang, great going

 

[redflightuk]

well done davysorenuts and the rest of the gang, great going

+1 Very well done.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Well done all of you.

With all that riding, does this mean DavySoreButt's thighs have expanded even more??

 

[Aperitif]

Don't ask, Adam - there may be photographic evidence!

A solemn subject, but an interesting ride, taking in England at play, at it's most polite and friendly, and, when we returned to London, its most self-important, impatient and agressive. There was so much to see - and "my preferred route" as return - from Wooton Bassett to the A4, was enjoyed by all Magnificent!
I suspect that we all had 'empty tanks' when the front door approached - I was tired from this 'Bassett Bimble'.
Special mention for Davy, leading the procession along the A4... we rode as one.

Rain? What rain? Suntans all round, and lots of photos!

Cenotaph, Stonehenge, Wootton Bassett, Cenotaph. (and lots of bits inbetween )

Thanks for your company all.

 

[martint235]

It was a good ride. I was very glad to see home though, I struggled up Shooters Hill on the return at 5mph, constantly toying with the idea of getting off and walking.

Thanks to 'Teef, Andy, Redjedi and of course Davywalnuts for their company and humour throughout this ride. My best guess at the moment is that we raised £800 for Help for Heroes and without your help I doubt I would have completed this ride.

There are other people much better than me at writeups but here's the highlights for me:

1. The people we met along the way. There were a few groups of cyclists heading for Stonehenge although obviously not at our pace!!! And the tattoo bloke at the garage. At first glance, you'd probably hide from this guy but he turned out to be a really friendly bloke. We gave him a wristband.
2. Stonehenge. From the roundabout at the top of the rise (actually about 5 miles away!!) to the guy who gave us a flashing light escort down to the stones to the people who had been there overnight. They were extremely friendly, extremely p****d and extremely stoned! But they were having a good time. They also found a new god to worship and he shall be called Mr Marmite forever more
3. The waiter at the cafe in RWB. What can be said about this bloke? Nothing was too much trouble and I mean that literally. For him to sit and do nothing would have been too much trouble for him. Some, nameless, members of our group tried to bait him with continual requests for free coffee.
4. 'Teef's preferred route from RWB was indeed a delight. Just imagine two Ditchling Beacons, make them a little bit tougher and then put them back to back with about 1 mile of flat in between.

5. Getting home, falling asleep repeatedly whilst saying to SWMBO "No I'm ok, I'll get to the end of the programme"

242 miles, a new personal best. Just short of the 250 but there will be other days for that. Those days are far, far, far away!!!!

 

[Aperitif]

...not forgetting the man from Papa Johns pizza parlour who called in at the garage, heard what we were doing and kept coming out asking if we would like tea, coffee, something to eat etc.... I gave the trio of friends one of my 'business cards' for the Friday Night Ride - so expect to see them again! (I doubt that they made Stonehenge eh?)
I still haven't had a beer, despite several promises.

 

[martint235]

I'd forgotten about him, another very nice person.

If the 3 friends did make it i'd imagine they were late!

I managed 3 beers before my body involuntarily shut down

Sent while out and about

 

[arallsopp]

4. 'Teef's preferred route from RWB was indeed a delight. Just imagine two Ditchling Beacons, make them a little bit tougher and then put them back to back with about 1 mile of flat in between.

But what better way to see Wiltshire than to get above it? And why spend an eternity looking for the best vantage point when somebody's clearly marked it by cutting a white horse into its side?