Thursday Night Ride to the Coast April 9th

[iLB]

I'm not sure if this was mentioned earlier, but it looks like the trains from Southend Victoria are buggered, since there's a bus journey in the middle of the way back to London. Southend Central trains to Fenchurch Street look OK though.

of course one must remember that trains are for girls...

o and er....

I'm CHELSEA til I DIE I'm CHELSEA til I die, I know I am I'm sure I am I'm CHELSEA til I die !!!!!!!1

 

[Radius]

I'm CHELSEA til I DIE I'm CHELSEA til I die, I know I am I'm sure I am I'm CHELSEA til I die !!!!!!!1

YES!!! Branislav Ivanovic, legend.

 

[ChrisKH]

of course one must remember that trains are for girls...

o and er....

I'm CHELSEA til I DIE I'm CHELSEA til I die, I know I am I'm sure I am I'm CHELSEA til I die !!!!!!!1

I wouldn't say that too loudly tomorrow night. You will be passing through die hard West Ham territory, possibly alongside some West Ham fans.

( P.S. Born Plaistow, registered West Ham Central office of births and deaths 1963 )

For those who haven't used them before, C2C trains are air-conditioned (bliss in summer) and have two bike carriages per eight carriage set. Very civilised and not at all girly.

 

[dellzeqq]

Metcheck is now, and not before time, falling in line with the cat's meteorological prognostications. No rain in the first half of the ride, and just a sprinkle in the second half.

 

[Sig SilverPrinter]

Sig. You have mail. Always up for cherry cake!

Chris , have replied will check back later as I'd better get baking

 

[Dan B]

Light batteries in charger, spare batteries queued to go in charger next. Really should have a look at the headset this afternoon, though

Someone remind me not to kill myself on this one, I have to pedal a workbike around town tomorrow night

 

[MacB]

Light batteries in charger, spare batteries queued to go in charger next. Really should have a look at the headset this afternoon, though

Someone remind me not to kill myself on this one, I have to pedal a workbike around town tomorrow night

2 regular sets of batteries charged and 4 extra new sets in rack pack, we will not cycle in darkness!!!

 

[StuAff]

Good luck to all of you, couldn't make this one but looking forward to breaking my FNR duck on the Brighton run next month. Well, apart from the Beacon....

 

[mike e]

How's the weather in London today? currently damp and cold with a brisk wind up here in Hull. Forecast would suggest a fairly dry night but rain in London by mid morning.

Geared bike with mudguards tonight as opposed to fixed no mudguards, looking forward to my first ride to Southedn, indeed it will be my first ever visit to Southend!

A very long pier and a mediocre football team capable of giving Chelsea a scare every now and then!

 

[dellzeqq]

How's the weather in London today? currently damp and cold with a brisk wind up here in Hull. Forecast would suggest a fairly dry night but rain in London by mid morning.

Geared bike with mudguards tonight as opposed to fixed no mudguards, looking forward to my first ride to Southedn, indeed it will be my first ever visit to Southend!

A very long pier and a mediocre football team capable of giving Chelsea a scare every now and then!

weather tonight about 10deg C, quite a hefty southerly (cross, or against) wind, little if any rain.

Southend is spectacular. Aix-en-Provence pales by comparison. Why, the Radio Station alone is worth the trip!

 

[TimO]

Currently the weather in London is quite dull, but mild. Very occasional spotting, but barely worthy of being called rain.

I've charged my lights, and my spare lights. New batteries in the spare rear and spare spare rear. I also need to slightly tweak my headset, and I'll give the bike a check-over at the same time, plus pump the tyres up good and hard.

Also GPS charged, spare GPS battery charged, spare GPS on charge, camera battery charged, cell phone charged, cell phone headset charged... I've got too many damned rechargeable things!

All revved up and ready for things.

(Just remembered that I need to review the tool kit and first aid kit, but hopefully I've got most of the bits to go in those).

 

[dellzeqq]

Currently the weather in London is quite dull, but mild. Very occasional spotting, but barely worthy of being called rain.

I've charged my lights, and my spare lights. New batteries in the spare rear and spare spare rear. I also need to slightly tweak my headset, and I'll give the bike a check-over at the same time, plus pump the tyres up good and hard.

Also GPS charged, spare GPS battery charged, spare GPS on charge, camera battery charged, cell phone charged, cell phone headset charged... I've got too many damned rechargeable things!

All revved up and ready for things.

(Just remembered that I need to review the tool kit and first aid kit, but hopefully I've got most of the bits to go in those).

you just know he was in the Scouts....

 

[dellzeqq]

as we're going through Stratford I thought I'd go prepared...spot the extra bit of kit...

 

[TimO]

as we're going through Stratford I thought I'd go prepared...spot the extra bit of kit...

Shotgun?

...and for the record, I was never in the scouts. I'm just paranoid, and paranoids only have nice surprises!

 

[Andrij]

as we're going through Stratford I thought I'd go prepared...spot the extra bit of kit...

Bah! Stratford ain't that bad.

Besides, you'd be much beter off with a snub nose .38.