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Wei, you crack me up, man. Loving the captions and stinging nettle warning. And the photos of course. I don't think that was my innocent face though. :)

oh, in that case you need to show us your real innocent face next time, and show us your photos as well

Oh, and nice pics Wei. Thanks for making the effort to take some. One day I might actually bother to take my camera out of the house... :-/

thanks man, it was not effort, just pure fun :) I was told that the best camera is the one that you take with you wherever you go, I am starting to get the point now

Nettle soup when made well is delicious. I've had it only once, though.

Point taken Oliver, and I am thinking maybe you have had that soup for once and only once for a reason ;)

I think Wei (did I get that right?) hails from more exotic climes than Northern Europe though.

There's not much to fear in the UK but itchy rashes tbh, with the possible exceptions of Lyme disease and Weil's disease. And the nettles really don't sting if they're cooked or blanched for eating :-)

wow, I am very impressed, how did you get my name? I remember telling it to couple of you guys during the ride but I never spell it out to any I believe. very impressive!
And you are right, I am a Chinese, made in China. Not necessarily exotic, but I must say stinging nettle is not very often seen from where I grew up. still, I will pass on eating it, I am gonna stick with my roasted duck on steam rice and dim sum :D

Had you really not encountered stinging nettles before, Logan?

maybe I have seen it before, but haven't touched it, otherwise I will remember. So I was like a virgin, you know, touched for the very first time (by stinging nettles)

That's a stinging nettle FYI - definitely not fatal, and even edible (although cooking is recommended).

oh yeah! that's it, this is the exact same symptom I had after touching it. ehhh, I can still feel the pain by just looking at the picture. I wouldn't go so far as eating it though, even after cooking, it is too dangerous

cheers, logan, and you're welcome for the pain killer, probabale cost ~10p!

oh, you are Nick! I vaguely remember you were in orange but wasn't sure. You could have told me the pill costs 100 pounds man :) considering we were in the middle of no where, and there is no place to buy such a pain killer even if I had the money. Thanks anyway and I am practicing my muscle these days hoping to ease the pain in future rides.

thank you guys, I was a bit held back about posting photos with you guys in there without your permission, but now I am all relieved :) so here goes more photos:

now hairnetnic if you show this one to your colleague and point him/her to the right side of the photo

this man brought me to this ride! At some point during the night, I did wonder on my saddle, "what the hell am I doing here instead of sleeping in my nice warm bed". And now he is playing innocent!

duck-watching place

and the duck-watching crew

and the duck being watched

DO NOT touch the plant right above the left water bottle, it gets your skin itchy and hurts like burning. I reached for the bottle and got hurt, I thought of taking a photo of it so that if I die of this at the end of day, at least I know what I die of XD

150km was what we did!

happy man who made it to the end

two men happily chattering, and unconsciously they got tangled up with spiders (too small to be seen in photos)

spider bite put them asleep, and they are going to become spider man when they wake up

fellow cycling enthusiasts in Bath

and, the crescent

I should have taken more photos when we were on our bikes (as I am sure you all want to show them to your friends/ colleagues/ parents/ partners/ dogs), but it was not as easy as I thought though, most photos just turn out blurry or missing the subject. I need more training on this but I am getting there :)

We should have taken a photo which includes all of us and our bikes at Bath, since the weather was good there and we were all in good spirit. Next time!

And Nick (ridding a single speed silver Specialized) gave me a pill of pain killer which killed a severe lower-back pain that almost killed me. I haven't got a chance to say thank you before we splited. My appreciation is eternally yours.

Congrats logan, it was great to have you along. I must admit that, by my standard, you were employing a rather strong, high cadence then brief respite method to riding and that although high cadence is clebrated amongst professionals, you might do better to carry the cadence through on flats, dips and climbs alike.

Anyway, you made it and kept us in good spirits. Looking forward to seeing you on a tnrc soon!

B

yeah man, thank you for the advice. I am still quite new to cycling as a hobby (I did commute with bike before) and I need to learn to pedal in a more relax and consistent pace rather than strong, explosive moves. And by joining you guys to Bath this time I think I am one step closer :)
I certainly look forward to the next fun ride with you guys!

more photos :)

hitting the road

blazing through the night

[insert a lot of blazing through the night here with your memory/imagination]

after a lot of blazing through the night, we saw twilight (not the vampire movie)

blazing through in twilight

Ben

continued to blaze through

a subtle mountain

not to forget our fellow cyclist with character

morning sun!

country lane in the morning sun

last stop

duck watching right before the end

Certainly a very nice ride, I enjoyed it a lot. Thanks for organising this Ben, and thanks to Ben and Sam for leading us. Hard evidence that I made it to the end:

Hello guys, I am new here, and I am in!!!

also out as am either doing Hastings or sulking over the rain while grinding up hills

Deluxe TNRC Saturday 21st July 2012 to Bath

http://www.thermaebathspa.com/

train - Lon Waterloo to Farnborough 22:39 arr 23:15 £13.70 without groupsave 4/3
Bath to Lon pad approx 14:43 arr 16.14 £18.00 without gs4/3. Thermae spa £25/2hours (discounts possible).

Train out

1. BenJam
   
2. KT Bee
   
3. cnkr
   
4. braker
   5.
   
5. hairnet
   
6. ramaye
   
7. laner
   
8. wools
   10.
   
9. Des
   
10. apolloxl - probably.
    
11. absurdbird
    
12. rob.
    
13. 
    
14. Dumps
    
15. useless
    
16. loganthebeast
    
    

Ride out
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2.

1. Rod Munch (no idea why an extra 40miles seems like a good idea right now :-/)
   
2. Branwen
   
3. Lolo
   6.
   7.
   8.
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   10.
   11.
   
4. apolloxl (maybe)