Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
Seeing as the CTC AGM this month dragged on for so long, the original plan afterwards to ride all the way back to London had to be abandoned.
However, as the route is such a nice one, I'm thinking of having another go at this. The provisional route is shown here. It may get tweaked a bit at the London end.
In total it's 122 miles (196 km), but if anyone wants to make it a DIY 200 audax, I'm quite happy to add on a bit extra.
It goes through some spectacular countryside, and although there are some minor hills to climb, there's some gorgeous descents. Most of the route outside of London is on B or even more minor roads, and I've already done almost all of the route once if not twice or more in places. I did happen to notice several nice pubs to stop at, for thirst quenching/eating purposes....
The start point will be Loughborough station at 10.15, and conveniently, trains from London St Pancras can be obtained for £15 standard class or (currently) the same price for First class, which take about 1hr 20 mins. For bail out points if required, the route is fairly close to 2 separate mainline rail routes. I'd reckon on getting back to St Pancras around 8 pm.
I'm suggesting doing this on Saturday 3rd July, but can move it, although for most of the rest of July and August, they've got a lot of work on the trians between Leicester & Loughborough, so finding an alternative date might be tricky. It'll be good training for Dunwich - although it'll be in daylight.
Anyone else interested?
However, as the route is such a nice one, I'm thinking of having another go at this. The provisional route is shown here. It may get tweaked a bit at the London end.
In total it's 122 miles (196 km), but if anyone wants to make it a DIY 200 audax, I'm quite happy to add on a bit extra.
It goes through some spectacular countryside, and although there are some minor hills to climb, there's some gorgeous descents. Most of the route outside of London is on B or even more minor roads, and I've already done almost all of the route once if not twice or more in places. I did happen to notice several nice pubs to stop at, for thirst quenching/eating purposes....
The start point will be Loughborough station at 10.15, and conveniently, trains from London St Pancras can be obtained for £15 standard class or (currently) the same price for First class, which take about 1hr 20 mins. For bail out points if required, the route is fairly close to 2 separate mainline rail routes. I'd reckon on getting back to St Pancras around 8 pm.
I'm suggesting doing this on Saturday 3rd July, but can move it, although for most of the rest of July and August, they've got a lot of work on the trians between Leicester & Loughborough, so finding an alternative date might be tricky. It'll be good training for Dunwich - although it'll be in daylight.
Anyone else interested?