The Fridays Tour

[StuartG]

If it's wet I'll be in longs, and there will probably be overtrousers in the rackpack.

Longs I always associate with keeping warm - and NOT keeping dry. Wet longs are 'orrible. Whereas bare wet legs so quickly dry off. Hence in summer I see longs as just the underlining for overtrousers. And overtrousers are there to deflect the rain from pouring into the overshoes. IMHO wet feet is the worst of all evils ...

 

[ceepeebee]

the (really beautiful - thanks for the tip-off User10571) Weatherspark site has got a tailwind and light rain/drizzle for section one, which let's face it, is pretty much par for the course for the last few months... 3/4s, oversocks and a short jersey with armwarmers for me I think - rain jacket in saddlebag in case it gets any heavier. If the temp drops though it'll be the long sleeved jersey.


Are we having a specific hashtag for the whole thing? or sticking with #fnrttc ?

 

[Gordon P]

All this talk of weather is focusing my mind on the (only) 2 nights that I'm camping - Day 5 in Kinross & 7 in Dornoch. For only 2 nights I don't want to fill the van with extra stuff, so am thinking of a small cooker & a billy for tea, hoping that breakfast can be found close by before DZ's morning rallying call. What are other campers doing for dawn catering?

 

[Flying Dodo]

Ah! excellent! East Midlands to St P, via Nottingham? Or Nottingham., Grantham, Kings Cross? Have you booked a bike space or are you going for the winning smile and charm technique?

East Midlands, via Nottingham, just down to Luton. £36 total for 2 tickets, but sadly (for anyone else wanting to go to St Pancras) I've got both (bookable) bike spaces.

 

[iLB]

what's peoples preferred method for attaching reservations to 'cycles' ?

 

[dellzeqq]

put it the top of the STI brake lever, elastic band tied round handlebars, in side strap of saddle pack.......

 

[mcshroom]

Stuffed between bottle and cage

 

[dellzeqq]

All this talk of weather is focusing my mind on the (only) 2 nights that I'm camping - Day 5 in Kinross & 7 in Dornoch. For only 2 nights I don't want to fill the van with extra stuff, so am thinking of a small cooker & a billy for tea, hoping that breakfast can be found close by before DZ's morning rallying call. What are other campers doing for dawn catering?

isn't the Dornoch camp site run by the same people who do the B+B?

 

[clarion]

what's peoples preferred method for attaching reservations to 'cycles' ?

Spoke card style. Not much good for radially-spoked wheels. I don't have radially-spoked wheels.

 

[dellzeqq]

just been to see the van. It's 400mm shorter than I'd counted on, and not quite as high, but, having counted the 'bikes-in-van' for the umpteenth time I'm sure we'll manage. Coach bolts and screws for timber upper level in Brompton bag, timber arrives Wednesday.

 

[martint235]

what's peoples preferred method for attaching reservations to 'cycles' ?

In the GPS bracket if you have an Etrex or similar.

 

[Gordon P]

isn't the Dornoch camp site run by the same people who do the B+B?

It seems to be next to the Dornoch Bridge Inn so you're right, it should be possible to order a breakfast....
And in Kinross both Burnbank & Loch Leven House B&Bs claim to offer a warm welcome so maybe they'll take in extras for breakfast too....
Of course at Dornoch we can always retrace our steps to a well known distillery but it may not open early enough?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

It is Junuary 2012. It will rain. Unless something has changed and I've not been told the rain will by H2O. Pretty harmless stuff. We shall overcome.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

the (really beautiful - thanks for the tip-off User10571) Weatherspark site has got a tailwind and light rain/drizzle for section one, which let's face it, is pretty much par for the course for the last few months... 3/4s, oversocks and a short jersey with armwarmers for me I think - rain jacket in saddlebag in case it gets any heavier. If the temp drops though it'll be the long sleeved jersey.


Are we having a specific hashtag for the whole thing? or sticking with #fnrttc ?

#lonjog surely?

 

[mmmmartin]

Breakfast when cycle camping:
boil water in Swedish ex-army meths burner, like a Trangia. While this is happening, get dressed and get tent down and pack everything. About 20 minutes.
Chuck tin of kippers into the water.
Take out tin after 7 minutes of boiling, leave to cool for a few minutes. Fill small mug with water and Oat-so-Simple, empty rest of boiling water into plastic coffee filter holder thingy with paper filter half full of coffee, sitting over yellow plastic Mug One Pint, Troops for The Use Of.
Eat kippers from tin, eat Oat-so-simple from small mug, drink pint of coffee.
Chuck tin in plastic bag with coffee paper. Lick spoon.
Load bike. Ride.