I don't want to tread on people's toes here, so I thought I'd ask.
If I were to organise a few early morning rides to the coast, perhaps taking in roads that I wouldn't neccessarily take a night ride along, would you be interested? The general idea would be to get to the coast by late lunchtime. We'd start early which might mean some people taking a very early train to Victoria.
Riding to the coast during the daytime would also give us more choice about the halfway stop - indeed we might go for two stops - an early livening cup of coffee, and a tea and cake stop about two thirds of the way there
To give an example - a ride to Whitstable might go along a canal towpath. A ride to Bognor might stop of at Rykas just north of Dorking for a coffee, go down Weare Street and then make another short stop at Pulborough. A ride to Wittering might go down the A286, stopping at Guildford and Singleton, or maybe just the once in Haslemere, and we could branch of the A286 at Singleton and go over the Downs, taking in the view from the top, which is pretty spiffy. A ride to Walton might stop at Maldon, which is prettier than the inside of Tescos would lead you to believe. This weekend's Brighton ride would be a natural for a weekend morning.
My thought is that this would be FNRttC pace which is either testing or sedate depending on your point of view.
But, as I said, I don't want to tread on toes, and I appreciate that a lot of other people go to a lot of trouble to sort out the Sunday Morning Rides, so maybe an early morning Saturday ride might be a better bet.
Your thoughts? Please don't be afraid to say 'Oi! keep off our turf!'
If I were to organise a few early morning rides to the coast, perhaps taking in roads that I wouldn't neccessarily take a night ride along, would you be interested? The general idea would be to get to the coast by late lunchtime. We'd start early which might mean some people taking a very early train to Victoria.
Riding to the coast during the daytime would also give us more choice about the halfway stop - indeed we might go for two stops - an early livening cup of coffee, and a tea and cake stop about two thirds of the way there
To give an example - a ride to Whitstable might go along a canal towpath. A ride to Bognor might stop of at Rykas just north of Dorking for a coffee, go down Weare Street and then make another short stop at Pulborough. A ride to Wittering might go down the A286, stopping at Guildford and Singleton, or maybe just the once in Haslemere, and we could branch of the A286 at Singleton and go over the Downs, taking in the view from the top, which is pretty spiffy. A ride to Walton might stop at Maldon, which is prettier than the inside of Tescos would lead you to believe. This weekend's Brighton ride would be a natural for a weekend morning.
My thought is that this would be FNRttC pace which is either testing or sedate depending on your point of view.
But, as I said, I don't want to tread on toes, and I appreciate that a lot of other people go to a lot of trouble to sort out the Sunday Morning Rides, so maybe an early morning Saturday ride might be a better bet.
Your thoughts? Please don't be afraid to say 'Oi! keep off our turf!'
. Sundays are harder due to family stuff.
Be my guest Clive! 
