Long Ride to the Coast - Sat 28th May

[Becs]

I can't make it now, I've got to go out for dinner with the family in Cambridge on the 27th and I'm not good at early mornings!

 

[wanda2010]

Myself and Andy will be heading for Kings Cross although we were looking at booking on the HS1.

I hadn't even thought about getting back! Better check out trains to London sharpish

 

[Aperitif]

I hadn't even thought about getting back! Better check out trains to London sharpish

Cycle back, Wanda - it will do you the world of good and save a fortune on train fare.

 

[iZaP]

I hadn't even thought about getting back! Better check out trains to London sharpish

Well I did think about cycling back!

But like martin said, we would be rolling in to dover too late for a reasonable trip back.

 

[wanda2010]

Cycle back, Wanda - it will do you the world of good and save a fortune on train fare.

That could only work if daylight lasted an extra 9 hours and I had a fresh pair of legs .


Right, who's coming back into London and have you bought your ticket yet?

 

[Aperitif]

That could only work if daylight lasted an extra 9 hours and I had a fresh pair of legs .


Right, who's coming back into London and have you bought your ticket yet?

I got an 'Anytime' return via HS1 to St Pancras - just for the luxury of not wandering through some South of the River Station and getting waylaid...

 

[Flying Dodo]

Right, who's coming back into London and have you bought your ticket yet?

It looks like there'll be several groups for both Bromley South and St Pancras, so there'll be opportunities for GroupSave loveliness.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Having finalised things, the revised route is shown here. Still using the traditional FNRttC route so that means Shooters Hill, then a late 2nd breakfast around 10.45 in Rochester, before heading towards Faversham.

The late lunch will be at the Rose and Crown in between Selling and Shottenden, then rolling 2 miles down the hill to have an ice cream* in the stunningly picturesque village of Chilham.

Then a little climb and then a descent to reach a lovely 10 mile stretch of quiet back road where you only have to worry about going straight over 1 junction and not worry about any other turns left or right, before heading past the Battle of Britain museum located on the old wartime airfield of Hawkinge (the rest is now houses), then across up the hill at Capel le Ferne to have a look at the Battle of Britain Memorial overlooking the sea, before heading downhill to Dover.



* [sub]I'm assuming of course that it will be hot.[/sub]

 

[martint235]

We have instructions to wave as we pass my house!!!

 

[Aperitif]

We have instructions to wave as we pass my get given an ice cold beer and some delicious cheese and onion sandwiches by my loving slave who will be freed from the shackles for the day, in order to serve us all in front of my house!!!

Fixed we'll be there for you.

 

[martint235]

Fixed we'll be there for you.

It will be way too early in the morning for cheese and onion sandwiches, although as it's my birthday I may be tempted to lay on beer for interested parties.

 

[Aperitif]

It will be way too early in the morning for cheese and onion sandwiches, although as it's my birthday I may be tempted to lay on beer for interested parties.

It's never to early for either, but it's often too late for both!

 

[Davywalnuts]

Given how useless my sense of directions are, I take it, if one was to cycle back, then its literally the A20 then the A2 into London?

And if so, how is that route? Hilly??

 

[martint235]

May as well stay on the A20. It's a nicer road. There's a couple of long drags on it but nothing too steep. The hardest climb is up to Brands Hatch

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[iZaP]

May as well stay on the A20. It's a nicer road. There's a couple of long drags on it but nothing too steep. The hardest climb is up to Brands Hatch

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Did we climb the Brands Hatch hill on the trip to hastings?