frank9755
Cyclist
- Location
- West London
In Autumn, when the beech forests have turned golden, the Chilterns is one of the prettiest places in England, especially if we get lucky and have one of those cold, clear, blue-sky winter days.
It's also got loads of quiet lanes and is a great place to cycle.
The intended route is Here
Starting and finishing from HPC, it measures 100 miles exactly. (There are a couple of funnies where the routing software didn't know the short cuts through Ruislip and how to cross Hyde Park).
There is only one long, steep climb. Unfortunately it is right after lunch. So it might be best not to have anything too heavy and to decline that third pint. There are also a couple of long drags, a few short, sharp climbs and three long, glorious, fast descents.
Breakfast stop is at the Deep Mill Diner near Little Missenden (37.5 miles) and lunch at the Red Lion at Whiteleaf (60 miles). Both are established cycling haunts with good food.
There is an obvious bail-out right after lunch. Anyone who has had enough hills (or too much beer!) can just roll a couple of miles downhill into Princes Risborough and pick up the train back to London.
Early start is sensible at this time of year to maximise the daylight and it's important on these rides to keep up momentum in getting out of London. So, my suggestion is that we leave at 7:45 in the way that the FNRttC leaves at midnight. So please do be there 7:15-7:30. Rather than have those who are on time hanging around getting cold, I'll post a quicker alternative route for latecomers to get to the breakfast stop so that we can re-group there.
It will be dark by the time we finish so lights will be needed.
Riders so far:
Ianrauk
Martint235
HaloJ
It's also got loads of quiet lanes and is a great place to cycle.
The intended route is Here
Starting and finishing from HPC, it measures 100 miles exactly. (There are a couple of funnies where the routing software didn't know the short cuts through Ruislip and how to cross Hyde Park).
There is only one long, steep climb. Unfortunately it is right after lunch. So it might be best not to have anything too heavy and to decline that third pint. There are also a couple of long drags, a few short, sharp climbs and three long, glorious, fast descents.
Breakfast stop is at the Deep Mill Diner near Little Missenden (37.5 miles) and lunch at the Red Lion at Whiteleaf (60 miles). Both are established cycling haunts with good food.
There is an obvious bail-out right after lunch. Anyone who has had enough hills (or too much beer!) can just roll a couple of miles downhill into Princes Risborough and pick up the train back to London.
Early start is sensible at this time of year to maximise the daylight and it's important on these rides to keep up momentum in getting out of London. So, my suggestion is that we leave at 7:45 in the way that the FNRttC leaves at midnight. So please do be there 7:15-7:30. Rather than have those who are on time hanging around getting cold, I'll post a quicker alternative route for latecomers to get to the breakfast stop so that we can re-group there.
It will be dark by the time we finish so lights will be needed.
Riders so far:
Ianrauk
Martint235
HaloJ
