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Don't forget you'll need to dismantle your bikesa and put them in some form of bag (maximum 850mm length) to carry them onboard as hand luggage.

850mm? WTF? My frame is longer than that.

condor is selling cheap wheel bags for a fiver a pop.

okay dokey, will book those and get the beers and sticky plasters packed.

Did anyone get confirmed dates? I'm about to book the train ...

Shin, shouldn't the dates be Oct. 16 to 25th?

WTF?

I accidently discovered this image while trying to find the bike polo league blog:

Would anyone care to explain A. what is going on, and B. why i was not witness to this in person?

It has lights and they work. Cant vouch for their luminosity.

dan, hassan - i'm meeting nick, matt and horatio here at 7

Mike, are you up for trying this court out?

Can we play the lit court by broadway?

What pub was this?!?! Elvis's mate Tom, in the pub!?!? A-ma-zing! Great voice, that fella...

cough shoreditch house cough

yes, the Tom Jones.

I resisted the temptation to quote song lyrics at him - he must be sick of it. So I chucked my underwear at him.

The best price I can see with the train/ferry/train option is £102.50 (train to Newhaven rtn, £26, ferry with bike, no seat res. £31.50, train Dieppe to Paris rtn, £45). It also includes a 5 hour wait in Dieppe for the ferry on the way back as the Sunday trains are shit.

Anyone find a better deal? If not, I’m paying the extra and taking the eurostar. I’d rather take the Friday off and have a day in Paris, maybe see if we can play some games.

Mary, corner of Gray's Inn & Clerkenwell, taking it easy, smoking a fag at the lights on a huge big (courier?) trike.

Oh, and Tom Jones, on Saturday night. He held the door to the gents open for me.

Sorry, I didn't check which one I used - was concentrating so hard on getting the threading right! Will drop them back to you asap.

Anyone want to try the court near Fraudway Market on Thursday night?

We're planning to get some league team practice in, if anyone else is up for it.

I'm in.

Trying to persuade international de méchanceté too.

if that doesn't work i've got specific tools needed to do this.

Thanks for the offer, Sharkstar sorted me out. New BB is in ... now the rest.

matt, there was nothing left at the court, try the bar.

very tempting.

• £20 each way for bike booking on eurostar. It's definetely the best option though.
  

What an amazing day!

To the organisers, thank you so much, and to all involved, nice one - that really was a fantastic way to spend a rainy October day in London.

And, while we're quoting people:

"so this is cats and dogs?" - Rik

LInda McCartney is worm food.

The irony.

tronic, best place to ask is the ebay thread:

http://www.londonfgss.com/thread6-125.html

cool, thanks. will PM you.

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hmmm. At what point do we review the rule about not using de beauvoir and everyone having different courts?

I think the ideal scenario would be each team just nominates North (de beauvoir) or South (the Southies car park) and on Thursdays and Saturdays they're primarily used for league games? It would guarantee more games to watch and more support.

Just something to keep in mind - i'm just not sure having so many different courts is going to make for good spectator numbers.

Does anyone have tool suitable for putting in a Miche BB that they could lend me for a v. short time? (I think from previous threads that a campy one does it??)

I can travel to collect, or will be at the polo comp on Sunday.

cheers

This court by Broadway Market has lights.

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.536368,-0.062868&spn=0.001201,0.002414&t=h&z=19

I spoke to the local estate manager who said the lights should be on every night and if they’re not, they can reset them remotely or call out an engineer. They seemed really helpful.

It’s not perfect; there’s a low rail down one side, but it doesn’t seem dangerous. It needs a sweep out, as there’s debris in it at the moment, but other than that it’s pretty good.

Shin, can you add it to the map? It has a bit of grafitti which says ‘The Pit’, which names it.

We can maybe play it one night next week, and if it works, we’ll use it as a home court.