provisional 2013 FNRttC Calendar
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martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
just waiting for Stuaff to turn up.The Royal Dockyard takes some beating. There's three things to see there that can take a whole day each; The Victory, Warrior, The Mary Rose. Get there as it opens at 10 and head straight for the Victory.
StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
- Location
- Portsmouth
You see, I didn't even have to post for there to be a decent riposte!
Also: Southsea Castle (OK, it's a fort, but it's pretty all the same. And has a splendid cafe), the D-Day Museum (excellent) , City Museum (honestly can't remember if there's anything worth seeing), the Spinnaker Tower...
Also: Southsea Castle (OK, it's a fort, but it's pretty all the same. And has a splendid cafe), the D-Day Museum (excellent) , City Museum (honestly can't remember if there's anything worth seeing), the Spinnaker Tower...
Andrij
Über Member
- Location
- Thulcandra
I've put these rides, along with some others, in my diary for next year. Having done so, I note the July ride to Brighton ends the day before LEL starts. Does anyone think FNRtBrighton would be a nice leg stretcher before LEL? Well, I'm sure someone here does, but it ain't me!
Olaf, Newhaven-Dieppe and DunRun are compatible. The ride departs for Newhaven on Thursday evening (according to the dates above) and arrives in Paris on Saturday. Just make your way straight to Gare du Nord, fold up your Brompton and get a train back to London in time for the DunRun. Simples!
Olaf, Newhaven-Dieppe and DunRun are compatible. The ride departs for Newhaven on Thursday evening (according to the dates above) and arrives in Paris on Saturday. Just make your way straight to Gare du Nord, fold up your Brompton and get a train back to London in time for the DunRun. Simples!
redfalo
known as Olaf in real life
- Location
- Brexit Boomtown
Olaf, Newhaven-Dieppe and DunRun are compatible. The ride departs for Newhaven on Thursday evening (according to the dates above) and arrives in Paris on Saturday. Just make your way straight to Gare du Nord, fold up your Brompton and get a train back to London in time for the DunRun. Simples!
That's a plan! (but not for me...)
All those rides sound good. One of these days I'm going to have to sort myself out, and get up t'North for the York to Hull ride.
I've done a few informal night rides, including the classic Glastonbury to Stonehenge Solstice ride, which has inconvenientally located railway stations, and nowhere for a midway stop. This results in having to carry tea and coffee makings, and a ride across Salisbury Plain, dodging tanks (assuming the bridle path is open) prior to breakfast. It always seems to be one of the coldest night rides I do, but is great fun (and I've done night rides in January which were warmer). It's fun to do this sort of thing, since most of those I've ridden have been relatively tiny compared to FNRttCs, so can easily stay grouped together.
If you've got the nerve to organise an informal night ride, it's worth doing. Obviously you don't have the degree of recceing that a dellzeqq ride gets, but a bit of excitement and uncertainty can add to the fun. Without sixty people following the leader, slightly poor road surfaces are more acceptable anyway.
I can see the problems that exist with finding alternative London based routes, aside from the existing ones. I guess the Brighton route is the most popular, simply because it's the classic route from London for anything, cycling or otherwise, and Brighton is well supported for trains back, which are relatively fast (even faster for those of us who live in south London anyway!)
I've done a few informal night rides, including the classic Glastonbury to Stonehenge Solstice ride, which has inconvenientally located railway stations, and nowhere for a midway stop. This results in having to carry tea and coffee makings, and a ride across Salisbury Plain, dodging tanks (assuming the bridle path is open) prior to breakfast. It always seems to be one of the coldest night rides I do, but is great fun (and I've done night rides in January which were warmer). It's fun to do this sort of thing, since most of those I've ridden have been relatively tiny compared to FNRttCs, so can easily stay grouped together.
If you've got the nerve to organise an informal night ride, it's worth doing. Obviously you don't have the degree of recceing that a dellzeqq ride gets, but a bit of excitement and uncertainty can add to the fun. Without sixty people following the leader, slightly poor road surfaces are more acceptable anyway.
I can see the problems that exist with finding alternative London based routes, aside from the existing ones. I guess the Brighton route is the most popular, simply because it's the classic route from London for anything, cycling or otherwise, and Brighton is well supported for trains back, which are relatively fast (even faster for those of us who live in south London anyway!)
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
I'll probably be cycling to Stonehenge and back from London for the summer solstice. Did it the year before last (as part of my Wootton Bassett ride) and it was a hoot!
Davywalnuts
Chief Kebab Taster
- Location
- Staines!
Hmmmm... the TdF passes through Saint Malo the 9th July & Mont Saint Michel on the 10th... and the Fnrttc Cardiff - Swansea is on the 12th.... That week sounds like a week off work to me!
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I'm working my way through it, changing the style of the thing
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I'm working my way through it, changing the style of the thing
AnythingButVanilla
Über Member
- Location
- London
The sheep are still there. Excellent!
Flying Dodo
It'll soon be summer
Bearing in mind it's 3 months until the first 2013 FNRttC, to Felpham, hopefully the region will have dried out before then. Here's a slightly blurry shot taken yesterday from the train just before Amberley Castle (which is not a real castle like Arundel).
Although the farmland immediately north of Amberley village is often flooded, I hadn't seen the bit around the Castle be under water before. The land leading to North Stoke was similarly overwhelmed with water, so the Gurkhas had better come up with a landing craft I reckon.
Although the farmland immediately north of Amberley village is often flooded, I hadn't seen the bit around the Castle be under water before. The land leading to North Stoke was similarly overwhelmed with water, so the Gurkhas had better come up with a landing craft I reckon.
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
What castle?Bearing in mind it's 3 months until the first 2013 FNRttC, to Felpham, hopefully the region will have dried out before then. Here's a slightly blurry shot taken yesterday from the train just before Amberley Castle (which is not a real castle like Arundel).
Although the farmland immediately north of Amberley village is often flooded, I hadn't seen the bit around the Castle be under water before. The land leading to North Stoke was similarly overwhelmed with water, so the Gurkhas had better come up with a landing craft I reckon.
