The Fridays Tour

[redjedi]

Good luck all. I'll look forward to the updates.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I'm overcome with jealousy.

Good luck and have fun all~!

I'm overcome with sheer ruddy terror!

 

[CharlieB]

A quick 9 mile whizz round the Chilterns this morning, as a final bit of hill practice, coffee and panini at Caffè Nero. Was that wise, I wonder?
Now on my way out to deliver the baggage to DZ towers and lo, it's raining!
Other than that, I suppose I'm as set as I'll ever be.

 

[ceepeebee]

must....resist.....further....fettling....of......bike......

Bag is off to DZ towers along with package of print - am debating whether to chuck a mini dry bag into the saddlebag, just in case....

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

You're all bloody mental! Good luck and I'm sure you'll have a ball

 

[StuAff]

I'm overcome with sheer ruddy terror!

We're not that terrifying, are we?

 

[rb58]

I've been doing them manually in bikehike - what I'll do for the others is restrict them to 499 GPS points.

Automatic conversions can be a little off - I've tried to do them for various work things and they've needed careful scrutiny - not sure why this would be the case as it should be simple, but no.

For those of you with the eTrex, Arallsopp of this parish put together a nice YouTube tutorial on how he creates a file for the eTrex that has both turn by turn instructions and a track on the map. Here.
I've also turned this into a series of steps by steps instructions (in MS Word) which includes dealing with the 500 waypoint limit on Garmin devices and a couple of other quirky things too. Let me know if this is of interest and I can post it up.

 

[Davywalnuts]

Wishing you all a fantastic journey.

I am quite jealous and I know once you get up North, it will be simply amazing. And the bit I learnt touring, is that no matter what mother nature chucks at you, that once you are home, the great memories push the bad weather away from knowledge.. rain, pah! Beer also helps too..

Enjoy!

 

[clivedb]

The biblical downpour has just arrived in Milton Keynes - torrential rain, thunder and hail. The forecast is that it will happen now and clear by tonight - let's hope so! See you all later at HPC unless MK is due to be washed away altogether today!

 

[ianmac62]

The biblical downpour has just arrived in Milton Keynes - torrential rain, thunder and hail. The forecast is that it will happen now and clear by tonight - let's hope so! See you all later at HPC unless MK is due to be washed away altogether today!

Still sunny just further north in Northampton. Forecast says it's due to sweep north during the evening (?) leaving London to Wellingborough dry for tonight! Bet that's put the kybosh on it!

 

[srw]

have no fears - you are in Room 1

We had a call back at 9:30. Phew.

 

[clarion]

You are so rock 'n' roll.

I scare myself sometimes.

 

[redfalo]

For those of you with the eTrex, Arallsopp of this parish put together a nice YouTube tutorial on how he creates a file for the eTrex that has both turn by turn instructions and a track on the map. Here.
I've also turned this into a series of steps by steps instructions (in MS Word) which includes dealing with the 500 waypoint limit on Garmin devices and a couple of other quirky things too. Let me know if this is of interest and I can post it up.

Yes, I'd be highly interested.

 

[clarion]

Wishing you all a fantastic journey.

I'd prefer Fantastic Voyage, if it's all the same to you. Though Katie Saylor had a certain something...

 

[srw]

The biblical downpour has just arrived in Milton Keynes - torrential rain, thunder and hail. The forecast is that it will happen now and clear by tonight - let's hope so! See you all later at HPC unless MK is due to be washed away altogether today!

We've just had it in Amersham - two separate spells of torrential rain with a lull in the middle. The skies have just cleared, and I'm sitting in sunshine.