Riding Back From Hull - April 2012

[Alberto]

I am still very interested in this. Not sure I will be able to do the London to York leg though, but definitely want to ride Hull-London as a 300 DIY if possible. Is there anyone willing to split the cost of the Saturday night hotel room?

 

[mmmmartin]

I just paid £26 for a single train ticket, London depart 19.30 arrive York 21.31 hours on April 27. Ulp. Looks like I will be doing this 300k ride back after all............

 

[frank9755]

I'm trying to do my planning for the York weekend. Reading this, it sounds like people are planning to spend 24 hours lolling around in Hull before riding back.

Why?

Anyone fancy doing the return on the Saturday, before you stiffen up?

 

[mmmmartin]

Frank, we all know you are A God Of The Cycling World. For us Mere Mortals, working all day Friday, travelling to York by train and staying up all night then returning to London with no sleep is A Bit Much. That would be like doing a 400k but not sleeping for 40 hours, instead of the usual 400k audax time of 27 hours. This is because of the the working day, the train ride and the FNRttC pace of the York-Hull section. A kip in Hull means the final 300k will be memorable, as in I need to memorise it as I'll be following the route of the LEL final 300k.

 

[mmmmartin]

before you stiffen up?

Oh, and you youngsters will know more about that sort of thing than I would. It's an age thing.....

 

[frank9755]

Frank, we all know you are A God Of The Cycling World. For us Mere Mortals, working all day Friday, travelling to York by train and staying up all night then returning to London with no sleep is A Bit Much. That would be like doing a 400k but not sleeping for 40 hours, instead of the usual 400k audax time of 27 hours. This is because of the the working day, the train ride and the FNRttC pace of the York-Hull section. A kip in Hull means the final 300k will be memorable, as in I need to memorise it as I'll be following the route of the LEL final 300k.

A kip in Hull makes lots of sense, it's just that 24 hours seems the wrong amount of time. It's either a bit too long to keep your momentum up or a bit too short to have recovered from the night ride. I fear it will make the ride back a bit tough; harder than it would be if you had, say, 1-6 hours rest.

But, rather than do it back on my own on the Saturday, I have booked myself a ticket on the 1:30pm train - direct for £18.

 

[Aperitif]

A kip in Hull makes lots of sense, it's just that 24 hours seems the wrong amount of time. It's either a bit too long to keep your momentum up or a bit too short to have recovered from the night ride. I fear it will make the ride back a bit tough; harder than it would be if you had, say, 1-6 hours rest.

But, rather than do it back on my own on the Saturday, I have booked myself a ticket on the 1:30pm train - direct for £18.

I would have done an up, across and back down, with food and rest interludes, Frank. I can only think that the others are doing too much talking and thinking, rather than riding...and Shaun has hired a club for the evening.

 

[mmmmartin]

I can get in to my Ibis room at noon, should I choose so to do. I plan to have a good kip and to leave at midnight-ish, that sort of time (past pub chucking out, and when the roads are empty - this riding at night is quite good and you should really try it sometime).
It is 300k and I should be in London by early evening and back home in time for tea and medals. I have the LEL routesheet and have worked out a GPX route. If I submit some feedback to the LEL planning team I stand a tiny chance of winning free entry to LEL and an LEL shirt, worth about £200. I accept I may be running out of time, lost, punctured and lonely in a maze of Lincolnshire lanes in a rainstorm, which will be just as I expect LEL to be.
I don't fancy doing a 300k after being awake for 24 hours, hence the hotel. Frank, of course, is Young And Strong, and wouldn't need the sleep, but alas, I do.

 

[martint235]

I think I can get into my hotel room at 3pm. I'm planning on having a few beers with the FNRttCers before they depart for trains. Should still give me enough time for some kip and a meal. I'm not holding out any hope of winning a free entry to LEL though.

 

[frank9755]

I can get in to my Ibis room at noon, should I choose so to do. I plan to have a good kip and to leave at midnight-ish, that sort of time (past pub chucking out, and when the roads are empty - this riding at night is quite good and you should really try it sometime).
It is 300k and I should be in London by early evening and back home in time for tea and medals. I have the LEL routesheet and have worked out a GPX route. If I submit some feedback to the LEL planning team I stand a tiny chance of winning free entry to LEL and an LEL shirt, worth about £200. I accept I may be running out of time, lost, punctured and lonely in a maze of Lincolnshire lanes in a rainstorm, which will be just as I expect LEL to be.
I don't fancy doing a 300k after being awake for 24 hours, hence the hotel. Frank, of course, is Young And Strong, and wouldn't need the sleep, but alas, I do.

Having ridden up, I would need most certainly need some sleep!
Midnight start isn't so bad. I'd thought you were going to wait until the Sunday morning.
You might even be able to sell-on the room to a passing reveller!

 

[martint235]

Anyone know how I can register this as a DIY? The email address on the LEL website just bounces back.

I can't get into my Travelodge hotel room until 3pm but I'm sure I'll be ok.

 

[mmmmartin]

The very helpful John Hamilton is at the following email address:

undulates
(at remove this and insert @)
hotmail.co.uk

There is a downloadable routesheet and all sorts of gubbins.
I either have, or will be, entering it as a DIY, and you can use GPS to validate it.
I can get into the Ibis at noon and plan to leave about midnight, leaving me to 9pm to get to the "start", and I hope down to London Bridge to catch the last train home

 

[martint235]

Which control point are we going to be starting the return journey at?

 

[mmmmartin]

The LEL routesheet says Hessle is a control point, which appears to be just north of the Humber Bridge, and involves a road called Ferriby Road. I plan to have my ride validated as a 300k by using the track created by my GPS which means I need not faff about with ATM receipts, garage receipts etc as PoP. So I guess just getting out of the hotel and riding over the bridge should be enough to be on the LEL route. I have worked out some GPS routes that I can email to people if they want them. I thought leaving at midnight would give me about 10 hours sleep and then 21 hours to get to London,which means I should be at Barkingside Sainsburys on Tanner Lane for a receipt by 9pm, then down to london Bridge for a train home. It is 310k according to the lEL routesheet.

 

[martint235]

I'm hoping to have it validated as a 300k too just needed to know where we were starting from for the entry form. Cheers