The Fridays Tour

[dellzeqq]

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/75228374/?open_ive_done=1&new_route=1 Castleside to Jedburgh


http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/75268434/?new_route=1 HPC to Bingham

 

[redflightuk]

Please count me in for a shirt.

Me too please.

 

[dellzeqq]

If people are very smart about returning it will mean that it can be done with one week's annual leave.

that's the plan. The coach is a goer (22 cheques in, 3 more at the beginning of next week, and, probably another three or four after that. We should be back at Victoria Station about 9pm on Sunday

 

[Cayopro]

Would like to know the route home on the Sunday, wether it be A1 or M1, both Chris Hopper and myself + bikes and luggage would like to jump out around Herts, maybe Luton on M1 or even better Stevenage on the A1.....

 

[redflightuk]

Would like to know the route home on the Sunday, wether it be A1 or M1, both Chris Hopper and myself + bikes and luggage would like to jump out around Herts, maybe Luton on M1 or even better Stevenage on the A1.....

+1;-)

 

[dellzeqq]

I think it will be A9, A1, A1M, M1. We've got a drop-off in Sheffield. There's also two people heading toward Hertfordshire, aso Luton might be a compromise. However...given the speed of the trains from Kings Cross, would you not be better off staying with the coach in to London?

 

[mcshroom]

Also don't forget that the more stops there are, the more complicated packing all the luggage in the coach becomes.

 

[dellzeqq]

ah-ha!. I'm across that. I'm intending to put all the bikes that have to be unloaded en route in the coach - and it looks like this will cover the odd special bikes. If there's room left over then we'll put some Central London-bound bikes in there as well. The van will have London bound bikes only, with those going on to my place furthest from the tail lift. The only problem item is likely to be Ian McS's bike, if he brings one, and if he wants to get out early.

Most of the coach contingent will be going south from Victoria, which makes the natural place to stop somewhere close to Victoria Station, so my worry is people travelling north or east out of London on the train. I don't know if I can squeeze two combined van/coach stops out of the coach company.

 

[Cayopro]

Mate, being dropped at Luton works for us, my mrs could meet us there and take me home ;-) that would be cool..... Regarding time !!!!!!! Im sure people will want to stop along the way for the toilet etc and I will only take 5 mins to get off with stuff,......

 

[dellzeqq]

Mate, being dropped at Luton works for us, my mrs could meet us there and take me home ;-) that would be cool..... Regarding time !!!!!!! Im sure people will want to stop along the way for the toilet etc and I will only take 5 mins to get off with stuff,......

by the time the coach gets off the motorway, pulls in to the coach park, stops, you disembark with the wheels, the coach driver opens the hold, takes out the bikes, shuts the hold, starts up, gets back on the motorway it will add at least twenty minutes to the trip - so I have to work out what suits the most number of people best (there's a toilet on the coach, by the way). If the stop is for five people it sort of makes sense. If it's just for two then it makes less sense. It may come down to a choice between two stops in London (midway between Kings Cross and Marylebone) and a stop in Luton.

I'll enquire of the Herts crew.

 

[dellzeqq]

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/76208682/?new_route=1 Bingham to York

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/76207346/?new_route=1 York to Castleside

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/76210588/?new_route=1 Kinross to Newtonmore

mapmyride won't accept the data for the Jedburgh to Kinross and the Tain to JoG sections, so I'll have to circulate pdf files or summat...

 

[Mice]

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/76208682/?new_route=1 Bingham to York

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/76207346/?new_route=1 York to Castleside

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/76210588/?new_route=1 Kinross to Newtonmore

Umm please can someone tell me why I cant get in to these maps. Do I have to have an account?

M

 

[velovoice]

+1 what Mice said - can't view them, much less print them as I'd like to.

 

[velovoice]

Now I'm getting a message saying only friends can view. I sent a friend request when the first link was posted last week. DZ, looks like you're going to have to create your own little cliche in yet another cyber-club!

 

[srw]

DZ - there's a little icon of a lock and a blue person. In your "my rides" screen, you should be able to click on it, which will toggle between various settings. The one you want looks a bit like a globe.