Manchester - Llandudno Saturday 12 May 2018

[nickyboy]

Rhyll doesn't have a ring road... lets face it if you could go round the ruddy place no one would ever have to actually visit.


On reflection this is somewhat unfair. Rhyll serves a valuable and noble purpose... It makes the rest of Wales look like a pleasant place inhabited by cheerful smiling locals (cheerful mainly cos they're not in Rhyll I know, but still).

I don't get why you all diss Rhyl so much. On our ride, it provides a lovely target as you tootle along the revetment. Admittedly the middle bit is somewhat basic, but the part out the other side where the Bike Hub is located is rather nice

Providing you close your eyes and pedal as fast as possible in the middle bit, all is good. And I like the bit through Prestatyn golf course so you're stuck with Rhyl I'm afraid

 

[MossCommuter]

I don't get why you all diss Rhyl so much. On our ride, it provides a lovely target as you tootle along the revetment. Admittedly the middle bit is somewhat basic, but the part out the other side where the Bike Hub is located is rather nice

Providing you close your eyes and pedal as fast as possible in the middle bit, all is good. And I like the bit through Prestatyn golf course so you're stuck with Rhyl I'm afraid

So basically you're saying that the best part of Rhyl is Prestatyn?

 

[StuAff]

Is it Rhylly that bad?

(IGMC).

In other news, the last room at Karden House has been reserved.....

 

[Crackle]

What's this sudden decant to Karden house? Did someone forget to send me the memo.

 

[StuAff]

What's this sudden decant to Karden house? Did someone forget to send me the memo.

All Nick's fault. He reserved a place there, the rest of us just checked it out, saw the reviews, nice price…

 

[nickyboy]

Is it Rhylly that bad?

(IGMC).

In other news, the last room at Karden House has been reserved.....

The middle bit of Rhyl has the air of a "traditional" British seaside resort. But the bit before is nice. And the rest of the ride to Llandudno is great

Here's what it looks like (albeit they are travelling in the opposite direction to us)

And, from the sublime to the ridiculous...here's Timmy Mallet arriving on his bike in Llandudno (this was on my NCN5 photo search before you ask)

 

[ColinJ]

Providing you close your eyes and pedal as fast as possible in the middle bit, all is good.

The problem is the Headwind From Hell that you always lay on for the ride, so that middle bit takes 3 hours 27 minutes!

 

[nickyboy]

The problem is the Headwind From Hell that you always lay on for the ride, so that middle bit takes 3 hours 27 minutes!

Take that up with @Crackle this year

 

[Crackle]

I think over the years, my gentle ribaldry about the weather has gotten to him. I shall therefore hand over that task to someone else. Any volunteers?

 

[doughnut]

I think over the years, my gentle ribaldry about the weather has gotten to him. I shall therefore hand over that task to someone else. Any volunteers?

Which reminds me, I've got that stack of books that you lent me last year. I'll bring them back on the ride.

 

[nickyboy]

This sounds like a bit of a wind up

 

[theclaud]

So basically you're saying that the best part of Rhyl is Prestatyn?

Setting the bar high there, Mossy.

 

[Wobblers]

I think over the years, my gentle ribaldry about the weather has gotten to him. I shall therefore hand over that task to someone else. Any volunteers?

Dear god, no. I for one am looking forward to your in depth treatsie on the Coriolis effect. And @nickyboy's "low punched shot" of course. Far be it for me to take that away from you...

 

[DiddlyDodds]

Put me down as a "it would be rude not to" entry, not sure about setting off up the "Strava Hill" like a bat out of hell this time though.

 

[rich p]

What's this sudden decant to Karden house? Did someone forget to send me the memo.

Not me. I'm in somewhere called the Iris Hotel.
probably cheap and cheerless but I'll be well bladdered by bedtime.