Manchester - Llandudno: Saturday May 13

[doughnut]

Yes, sure - there is full boot of a Vauxhall Astra waiting for everyones stuff.

 

[doughnut]

Ah, that sounds wrong. When I say a full boot I mean an empty boot.

 

[nickyboy]

Ah, that sounds wrong. When I say a full boot I mean an empty boot.

I think Mrs D should get free drinks and kebabs for the night for this excellent service

 

[Kestevan]

May well have to take up Mrs Doughnuts kind offer too.
Don't much fancy getting the late train back in sweaty lycra and SPDs

 

[nickyboy]

1 bag = payment in kind of 1 drink or 1 kebab

Sounds fair

 

[ColinJ]

May well have to take up Mrs Doughnuts kind offer too.
Don't much fancy getting the late train back in sweaty lycra and SPDs

I'm going for the late train back, sweaty lycra and SPD approach ...

(I reckon Mrs D will have had her fill of kebabs and drinks by the time that I arrive on my trusty singlespeed bike! )

 

[doughnut]

This is all bad news for me. Mrs D gets the kebab on her own, finds any bit of goodness in there (e.g. the rogue lettuce leaf that's less than 3 days old), then when she's had that she passes the rest to me with a quick "There's your half". Fast forward 8 hours and I wake up with a T-shirt so soaked in grease that you could make a crate of Molotov cocktails out of it, a very disturbed belly and a completely unsympathetic wife.

 

[Bazzer]

Bugger. Really sorry @nickyboy but looks like I shall have to withdraw my expression of interest.
If there is a change in circumstance, I'll let you know nearer the time, but in terms of organsisation, PMs etc., you would be as well to consider me out.

 

[ColinJ]

Littgull and I have now booked our tickets back on the 19:42 train to Manchester.

 

[Kestevan]

Littgull and I have now booked our tickets back on the 19:42 train to Manchester.

Lol...
Looks like we will be sharing a train back to Manchester. I'm booked on that train too.... it was the only one that gets me back to Huddersfield before Midnight.
Given that I recon it's a 6am start if I want to ride to the start I figured that made for a long enough day.

 

[nickyboy]

Lol...
Looks like we will be sharing a train back to Manchester. I'm booked on that train too.... it was the only one that gets me back to Huddersfield before Midnight.
Given that I recon it's a 6am start if I want to ride to the start I figured that made for a long enough day.

Try not to nod off on the final train otherwise you'll be in Middlesbrough before you know it

 

[tommaguzzi]

I'll be on the 06.20 arriving at 07.30. i have 360 of the 500 miles i wanted in my legs already and i am going out again this afternoon.
I will confirm now that i agree to all Nicky's conditions and am looking forward to meeting you all once more. See you in Manchester.

 

[nickyboy]

I'll be on the 06.20 arriving at 07.30. i have 360 of the 500 miles i wanted in my legs already and i am going out again this afternoon.
I will confirm now that i agree to all Nicky's conditions and am looking forward to meeting you all once more. See you in Manchester.

I think I get in about 0745. Just enough time for a coffee and a bacon roll from Greggs which is right next to our meetup point

My work is a bit busy at the moment but I need to fit in a recce of the revised hilly route just to be on the safe side. I won't have time to do a full route recce before the ride, just too busy with work. But it's going to be as previous years. Hopefully no road closures or whatever en route. Obviously if any locals hear of any problems please let me know.

It is the stormy weather depositing sand on the NCN5 that will be the main problem. Decent weather ATM but there are a few weeks to go so fingers crossed it isn't a sandpit like it was in 2015

 

[Buck]

We are driving into Manchester as we can't get an early enough train due to it being weekend service

We'll (me and Gil) will be there for 8.

Like you @nickyboy work is v busy but hoping to get some miles in these next couple of weeks to get me ride fit for the day!

 

[tommaguzzi]

Mmm i might put some /25 tyres on then.

What is this work thing you keep talking about? :-)