provisional 2013 FNRttC Calendar

[Flying Dodo]

Ahh, I see. From London you plan. Is this the famous 'Dunwich Dynamo' of which i've heard?

I was actually wondering about an unoffical Manchester - Morecambe ride. London to Dunwich though. Maybe combined with a family trip to London. Has appeal. Any dates in mind?

The official Dunwich Dynamo details are shown here. Assuming I do get round to do this, I'd intend running it a couple of weeks before, say possibly 5th July, but that's on the basis of there not being a FNRttC on that date, so at this stage, I can't be too exact.

 

[martint235]

Thanks for the invite. Might be possible for me. Need rough idea of dates to see if I can fit it in though. What kind of time are you planning?

I'll be leaving early morning so Rochdale area about 6am. It took me 17 hours last year to get from London to Nelson, would be looking at around the same time, possibly a bit quicker.

It is still very much an idea but will probably be in June sometime (for longer days)

 

[middleagecyclist]

I'll be leaving early morning so Rochdale area about 6am. It took me 17 hours last year to get from London to Nelson, would be looking at around the same time, possibly a bit quicker.

It is still very much an idea but will probably be in June sometime (for longer days)

Quite possible for June. Let me know when you have more details. Cheers.

 

[sbird]

Fair enough - I guess if Reading CTC ever did one, it would be possible to prepend a London->Reading bit and do most of the riding in the dark.

I did consider the idea of a Reading CTC night ride to Weston-Super-Mere and came to almost the same conclusion as dellzeqq. 70+ miles from Reading and the destination isn't really worth it. There are no train stations further north of note and further south is Burnham which puts the mileage at well over 80.

However Berkshire west of Reading has some charming bits (north of the M4 especially, I really must show you around sometime) and I do have a Saturday ride in the planning stage which will start from Pewsey which will show off some of Wiltshire's glorious bits. Sentimentally I do agree about Suffolk and Essex as that's my old stomping ground with Essex DA.

 

[StuAff]

I did consider the idea of a Reading CTC night ride to Weston-Super-Mere and came to almost the same conclusion as dellzeqq. 70+ miles from Reading and the destination isn't really worth it. There are no train stations further north of note and further south is Burnham which puts the mileage at well over 80.

However Berkshire west of Reading has some charming bits (north of the M4 especially, I really must show you around sometime) and I do have a Saturday ride in the planning stage which will start from Pewsey which will show off some of Wiltshire's glorious bits. Sentimentally I do agree about Suffolk and Essex as that's my old stomping ground with Essex DA.

Nice bits of Oxfordshire to your north-west as well- I've been up to Wantage three times now, some lovely countryside round there.

 

[srw]

Oxford would be a decent destination from several corners of the Kingdom.

 

[dellzeqq]

Oxford would be a decent destination from several corners of the Kingdom.

I've got friends on Blackbird Leys...........my training ride used to end at the Magdalen Bridge. Oxford (the Latin Quarter of Cowley) is not all bad at six in the morning. One could imagine a ride converging on Oxford from HPC (via Caversham Bridge), Birmingham's Bull Ring, Bristol Docks and Southampton Docks. Whether it could be done under the Fridays banner I'm not so sure.

I'll have a word with the Birmingham contingent, User482, Simon B and Southampton CTC

 

[dellzeqq]

e-mail sent. It might look something like this
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[Tompy]

Oxford is just about do-able from Peterborough too at around 90 miles and it should be relatively flat.

If there's a 24-hour supermarket around Bedford that should cover a rest/refreshments stop - we won't have the numbers to get anyone to open up specially.

 

[StuAff]

I've got friends on Blackbird Leys...........my training ride used to end at the Magdalen Bridge. Oxford (the Latin Quarter of Cowley) is not all bad at six in the morning. One could imagine a ride converging on Oxford from HPC (via Caversham Bridge), Birmingham's Bull Ring, Bristol Docks and Southampton Docks. Whether it could be done under the Fridays banner I'm not so sure.

I'll have a word with the Birmingham contingent, User482, Simon B and Southampton CTC

Doable from here too.

 

[dellzeqq]

leave it with me. There's no point getting excited until we know it's a goer

 

[srw]

Oxford from HPC (via Caversham Bridge),

I'd be inclined to go up the Cote du club de golf de Denham, then via Little Chalfont to Amersham and in via Thame.

By which I actually mean that I'd set the alarm for 2am, put the kettle on for coffee and await arrivals.

My knowledge of Oxford cafes is very out of date. I'd be more inclined to go for a picnic in the Parks or Angel & Greyhound meadow than the classic greasy spoon experience.

 

[kimble]

Birmingham to Oxford would certainly work. I have 2/3 of a route that was ridden extremely successfully a couple of weeks ago. Details in email to dellzeqq.

 

[redfalo]

And what will I do from December to March???

Good to see that Paris survived, though. I really love this ride and will try to do it a third time. I'll also try to do the away-ones in Yorkshire and Wales. However, one of the most important rides is missing:

June 14 PORTSMOUTH (which connects to June 15-22 The Fridays Tour to NORMANDY)

That one will solve the issue about oversized luggage on the Fridays Tour, since it will be fully loaded.

Oh, and the DD will be on 20/21 July 2013. Shouldn't the genteel one be on the same weekend? Is nothing is sacred these days?

 

[dellzeqq]

And what will I do from December to March???

Good to see that Paris survived, though. I really love this ride and will try to do it a third time. I'll also try to do the away-ones in Yorkshire and Wales. However, one of the most important rides is missing:

June 14 PORTSMOUTH (which connects to June 15-22 The Fridays Tour to NORMANDY)

That one will solve the issue about oversized luggage on the Fridays Tour, since it will be fully loaded.

Oh, and the DD will be on 20/21 July 2013. Shouldn't the genteel one be on the same weekend? Is nothing is sacred these days?

that's a very good point, Olaf. Perhaps I should swap the Cardiff/Swansea ride and the Southend ride.

As for the Portsmouth ride - I don't think there will be many takers. Most people are going by car.