The Fridays Tour

[mmmmartin]

I need to speak to the people going west from JoG

My plan is to ride westwards to Cape Wrath and return to London on the Tuesday night overnight train, in a reclining seat, and with, if necessary, the bike dismantled and wrapped in plastic so it is "just" an awkwardly-shaped piece of luggage. If people are spending a celebratory night at JoG I could be persuaded to stay for that. So I will not be part of your return planning, Mr DZ.

 

[dellzeqq]

room for one single gent willing to share at Glen Bank in Jedburgh. PM to me please.

 

[ceepeebee]

The trains from Nottingham are every 30 mins to St Pancras on Saturday, but unless you got the train from Bingham to Nottingham (about 10 miles) I'd agree it would end up quicker cycling to Grantham and be about £4 less.

True, but Sunday services are a bit crap fwir and I was going to hang out on Saturday night for camping fun (and maybe a couple of beers....)

 

[velovoice]

General question about breakfast (and re York YHA in particular) - are people planning to take up that option where included or offered with their accommodation? As some people are camping some nights, I wonder if perhaps Simon was envisaging getting us all up and out early each day with a stop somewhere along the road for breakfast... If not, then I'll plan on taking advantage of the full B&B option wherever I can get it.

 

[Sketchley]

Have taken breakfast where available as an option and of course when included in the rate. However, depending on the time we set out for the ride each day and being mostly an early riser two breakfast is always possible . Particularly if first one is not very good. But if I haven't lost some weight by the time we set off in June I may be on a diet before the A68......

 

[velovoice]

Very good points, Sketchley. I shall adopt the same plan!

 

[StuAff]

I've been going for breakfast options where available. If in practice that means getting myself something to eat on one or two days because we're leaving before breakfast service (no chance I'm riding on an empty stomach) , so be it...

 

[dellzeqq]

I was going to get round to that.The only days that really need an early start are Tuesday and Wednesday. On Tuesday we'll be staying in Castleside/Derwent Manor, and if your host can't do you breakfast then gulp down a cup of coffee and an energy bar and we'll hit the road no later than 7.15. I'm arranging for a cafe in Corbridge to open early. At Jedburgh we're pretty much all of us staying at the same place and I'm going to get Alex to serve breakfast very early. Bear in mind it gets light at four in the morning....

At Bingham York and Tain I'd like to be on the road at 8.00 (those staying at Dornoch Firth will have an extra 15 minutes). Kinross and Newtonmore I'm more relaxed about. 8.05

 

[dellzeqq]

Campsite at Shelford has blown us out. B++++++++ds!

 

[StuAff]

Derwent Manor breakfast service starts at 7. Might be an idea to email them and ask nicely to do it a little earlier, just get milk tea & cereals out...

 

[StuAff]

Campsite at Shelford has blown us out. B++++++++ds!

Indeed.

 

[srw]

Is no-one else mentally adding an hour to dellzeqq's timings to allow for the faff of getting 30 people organised before giving them a chance for a cup of coffee?

 

[martint235]

So, can I get this straight, I've signed up to share rooms with a grumpy man and a moodyman, get up in the middle of the night, and leave without breakfast and I'm doing this for fun?

I thought you were doing it in order to throw a pink shirt into the sea off the northern most extremity of the UK mainland?

 

[martint235]

If I were to, would you STFU about the damn thing? If so I could go for that.

Might do. I'd miss it though.

 

[dellzeqq]

Is no-one else mentally adding an hour to dellzeqq's timings to allow for the faff of getting 30 people organised before giving them a chance for a cup of coffee?

Best not. I want to get off the busier sections of the A68 before the trucks start coming through in numbers. I'm going to leave it to you-all to sort things out with your respective hosts.........now, where did I put that bugle?

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