Riding Back From Hull - April 2012

[mmmmartin]

but it's another 56k and it's not on the 2012 LEL route! The whole point is to familirise myself with the last bit of the LEL route and for some strange reason the London-Edinburgh-London route seems not to go south of the Thames!

 

[frank9755]

Surely you will need to get home after LEL? I would have thought you'd need to be especially familiar with that part
...And save a few quid on train tickets!

 

[mmmmartin]

Well actually I was hoping The Current Wife might turn up with the car so I could sleep all the way home. But let's get to the start first, shall me? Then the finish, ......................maybe...

 

[martint235]

Martin, Martin, Martin, you have to start from a position of confidence. So it's not "let's get to the start", it's "how many beers do we have at LMNH before we complete the cycle home".

 

[stevevw]

Think I am going to be up for this one. Just wondering why you do not plan to return untill AM Sunday? Why not sleep after the FNRttC and leave for home late evening Saturday?

 

[mmmmartin]

My plan is to sleep in the Ibis room I have booked and will get in to the room about 2pm, perhaps earlier, and sleep for say 10 or 12 hours. I think that'll work for me, and the dark bit will be ridden when the roads are empty. Finding a hotel room at 9am is going to be tricky.

 

[stevevw]

Looks like you can get in at 12 midday.

 

[ianrauk]

the reason being breakfast, followed by a few drinkies after the FNRttC. Makes sense to me.

 

[Davywalnuts]

the reason being breakfast, followed by a few drinkies after the FNRttC. Makes sense to me.

Me too. After all, those coming from London would have done over 200miles and been on the road from, say, 3am, by the time we hit York. Then the night ride, so that's another 70miles. I would seriously consider my sanity if I was going to attempt tackling the route back without one, enjoying the ride and two, without enough rest. Those doing the whole leg, there, fnrttc and back, could be looking at close to a 500mile/800km+ event.. Or say a good 2/3s of an LEL/PBP...

 

[martint235]

Right. Because I was bored, I came up with a very provisional route to York. No real thought has gone into this other than to see roughly how far it is and the answer to that is "it's a long way". It's around 250 miles from my house to York. Not saying it's not do-able, just putting it out there for thought. Here

 

[velovoice]

Me too. After all, those coming from London would have done over 200miles and been on the road from, say, 3am, by the time we hit York. Then the night ride, so that's another 70miles. I would seriously consider my sanity if I was going to attempt tackling the route back without one, enjoying the ride and two, without enough rest. Those doing the whole leg, there, fnrttc and back, could be looking at close to a 500mile/800km+ event.. Or say a good 2/3s of an LEL/PBP...

I'm confused... I thought this was a FNRttC+ride BACK (only), not ride up+FNRttC+ride back...?

 

[martint235]

I'm confused... I thought this was a FNRttC+ride BACK (only), not ride up+FNRttC+ride back...?

Most people will do just the FNRttC, some will do FNRttC plus back to London. About 3 or 4 people won't get a train at all.

 

[velovoice]

Oh, I see. Thanks Martin. The scope of what people are planning seems to have expanded organically. I thought I was asking to join a group of riders doing a particular ride... seems not!

 

[martint235]

Oh, I see. Thanks Martin. The scope of what people are planning seems to have expanded organically. I thought I was asking to join a group of riders doing a particular ride... seems not!

Yeah that's probably my fault I'm afraid. I might split off the riding up part to a thread of it's own.

 

[Flying Dodo]

Right. Because I was bored, I came up with a very provisional route to York. No real thought has gone into this other than to see roughly how far it is and the answer to that is "it's a long way". It's around 250 miles from my house to York. Not saying it's not do-able, just putting it out there for thought. Here

You can reduce it quite a bit. I've got a more westerly (so a little bit hillier) route
here for York to Luton which is 176 miles, and it's 30 miles on top to HPC for example. RidewithGPS has also looped you around lots of places unnecessarily. From your place, keeping that nice flat bit in the middle, I'd reckon on 215-220 miles max.