The Fridays Tour

[ceepeebee]

Is that an Advanced ticket? Tied to a particular train? Nottingham to St Pancras looks like twelve quid in steerage on the East Midlands website.

What time are we expected to get to Bingham?

That's for the next day at 11.19 am - in the spirit of the whole holiday aspect, I decided to have an evening crashed out after a couple of pints and also wake up next morning without being jumped on by a 1 year old (for Molly will be one on that Thursday) and a 4.8 year old.

the whole first ton thing is a complete mental barrier though, yes. Especially if you'd asked me whether I would even contemplate doing such a trip a couple of years ago I'd have wet myself laughing at the very notion.

 

[dellzeqq]

Bingham to London on the four o'clock train is £34 for two. It's marginally cheaper if you break your journey at Grantham - why I've no idea!

 

[rvw]

Bingham to London on the four o'clock train is £34 for two. It's marginally cheaper if you break your journey at Grantham - why I've no idea!

Clearly they have to bribe people to go to Grantham.

 

[clarion]

Be warned about local trains to Grantham. We got stuck there once, unable to get on the trains with our bikes, and had to make a late and weary ride to Nottingham. OK, so we had a tandem, but I don't think we'd have got the solo on, as there were so many people and there isn't a bike space. The end lobbies in the carriages are tiny.

 

[dellzeqq]

they are small, but, equally, every time I've travelled this line there's been easily enough room - and that includes the morning rush hour. If I remember I'll scope out the train tomorrow afternoon.

 

[ceepeebee]

Be warned about local trains to Grantham. We got stuck there once, unable to get on the trains with our bikes, and had to make a late and weary ride to Nottingham. OK, so we had a tandem, but I don't think we'd have got the solo on, as there were so many people and there isn't a bike space. The end lobbies in the carriages are tiny.

it'll be one of those 2 carriage sprinters? stupid little things they are - really badly designed all round. The ones you see in S Yorks that are nowt more than bus bodies on train chassis' are better.

 

[ceepeebee]

arf, my mileage varies somewhat to Dell's I just remember trying to get 2 buggies (the silly, big 3 wheelers - this was before we went baby-wearing only) on one and failing dismally.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I'm not treating it as a holiday.

It is a holiday!

 

[StuAff]

I'm not treating it as a holiday.

It is a holiday!

I'm treating the whole thing as a holiday, not a mission.

I agree fully with the first point, and disagree, just a little, with the second.
It is most emphatically a holiday, but for personal reasons entirely connected with events of last year, I am most definitely riding every single mile, health and other unforseen circumstances permitting. I just don't want to do that, I need to do that. This time will not be like that one. But that's just me...

And there are one or two other key mission objectives, for everyone.
1. Enjoy yourself as much as possible, as often as possible.
2. If anyone else has a frown, try and turn it upside down ASAP.
3. Eat, drink, and be merry. Whether it's isotonic or not....

And on behalf of those considered 'stronger' riders, we're stronger because of riding with lovely people like you. Never a burden, always a pleasure.

 

[Aperitif]

You're on a Missoni, Stu?
You'll be wearing one of these then

 

[StuAff]

You're on a Missoni, Stu?
You'll be wearing one of these then

 

[dellzeqq]

recce ride report here...

http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.8938/page-341

 

[StuAff]

Hell of a day! Looking forward to part two.

 

[dellzeqq]

it's up there now

 

[Aperitif]

Cycling in Beds is the stuff of dreams.