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Another bash at a three peaks walk and cycle (It stops this evening, I'm off to Glen Nevis right now). The best bit so far was confronting an ENORMOUS Tesco in the middle of the night.

Kent 1, St Mary Cray start - 2/7/13
Victoria 19.28, Blackfriars 19.12
Return trains: 22.28/54, 23.14/28. GS4 £5ish, Oystercard zone 6.
Rolling 32 miles through Kent lanes - one long draggy climb and a short sharp Exedown. No one gets left behind, regroup after hills etc.

http://ridewithgps.com/trips/89445

Train

1. Des
   
2. Ludd
   
3. Hairy.
   
4. jonny
   
5. joe smiff
   
6. 
   
7. doppelkorn
   8 etc...
   
   

Ride out (train arrives 19:55)

1. YAL
   
2. Andy
   
3. Alex
   
4. Cupcakes
   
5. upstart
   
6. Rod Munch
   
   

Second wet one on the trot. Bad form.

Well done to CC AC Hackney, the weekend's weather looked to be a total nightmare (too much for me, I saw the forecast up North and postponed a trip).

Amazing countryside! Absolutely. So many superb locations strung together like that would be enough to make any cyclist weak at the knees.

Returning for the Old 240? What about LEL?

Nicely done again folks, that's some first-rate masochism.

Kent 1, St Mary Cray start - 2/7/13
Victoria 19.28, Blackfriars 19.12
Return trains: 22.28/54, 23.14/28. GS4 £5ish, Oystercard zone 6.
Rolling 32 miles through Kent lanes - one long draggy climb and a short sharp Exedown. No one gets left behind, regroup after hills etc.

http://ridewithgps.com/trips/89445

Train

1. Des
   
2. Ludd
   
3. Hairy.
   
4. jonny
   
5. joe smiff
   
6. FridayMarch26th
   7.
   8 etc...
   
   

Ride out (train arrives 19:55)

1. YAL
   
2. Andy
   
3. Alex
   
4. Cupcakes
   
5. upstart
   

All of a sudden I'm tempted to trade in LEL, so's I can use this year's remaining leave to attend a plastering course in Billaricay.

That's a lot of miles pass up, but how useful would it be to be able to plaster?

Dunno.

^^^Bravo!

Best of luck to anyone who's five minutes away from starting the Pendle. Challenging route, challenging weather.

Looks like I missed a blinder! Well done folks.

No Roydon for me this evening.

However, I'm going to pass Liverpool Street so's I can relieve myself of another man's lever.

Roydon 18/6/13
Liverpool St 19.11 (& 19.28 if needed)
Return trains: 22.13/30, 23.13. GS4 £5.20.
Rolling 37 miles - nice open route for close to the longest day of the year. Usual tnrc drill - mainly ride as a group, finish up with a sprint opportunity for the last few miles. No one gets left behind etc.
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/203289

1. Des
   
2. Hairnet
   
3. Croft
   
4. middleofnowhere
   
5. Howard
   
6. bothwell groupsave hooligan
   
7. Dramatic Hammer (tentative)
   
8. rhowe's mate Matt
   
9. etc...
   
   

Riding out:

1. Alex(zanda)
   
2. rhowe
   
3. will
   
4. Rod Munch
   
   

The naughty step:

1. Ramaye
   
2. Benjam
   
3. FridayMarch26th
   

Roydon 18/6/13
Liverpool St 19.11 (& 19.28 if needed)
Return trains: 22.13/30, 23.13. GS4 £5.20.
Rolling 37 miles - nice open route for close to the longest day of the year. Usual tnrc drill - mainly ride as a group, finish up with a sprint opportunity for the last few miles. No one gets left behind etc.
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/203289

1. Des
   
2. Hairnet
   
3. Croft
   
4. middleofnowhere
   
5. Howard
   
6. FridayMarch26th
   7.
   8 etc....
   
   

Riding out:

1. Alex(zanda)
   
2. rhowe
   
3. will
   

More cycling and walking in Cumbria.

The best bits included ascents of Kirkstone Pass followed by descents into Ambleside, scrambling around Striding/ Swirrel edges, watching some mountain bikers smash it down from Hellvelyn and eating breakfast twice every morning.

19:23

Hi,

Due to a comedic form filling blunder, I've got a ticket for London to Edinburgh if anyone wants it (info in the post title).

I'll mail 'em if you want, no worries at all; though if you were feeling extra-specially generous you could meet me to receive the tickets (I work near Old Street roundabout), in exchange for two bottles of Pepsi MAX. I've a soft spot for fizzy drinks, no word of a lie.

Cheers,

On my way.

...that Pendle 600...

What gets me is that the route takes riders through so many national parks. It ticks off the North York Moors, the Pennines, the Dales and the Lakes, all of which are first class places to take a bike. So many spectacular places, so much road porn, so many memorable climbs, and so little time.

Try as I might, I can't jettison enough common sense to book this trip. I'm already paid up on something else, otherwise I'd be there with sodding bells on. It's really rather gutting... its also increasingly likely that I'll try to head out on my own at some point before LEL.

Sign yourself up Zanda, it'll knock your socks off.

so how was the Kernow and Southwest 600km?

It was great, a pleasant route in good weather. Two of the seven segments were noticeably trickier (one of which was the last, inevitably), but a lot of the climbing was nibbled away in the general roll around the South West so it's hard to pick out any significant hills.

I very much enjoyed coming to the end of the first day, arriving to a group of broken faces wearily scoffing blackberry crumble and custard or rice pudding. Such an image is standard fare to the seasoned audaxer, I'm sure, but it was novel to me and very memorable.

So many people that I met along the way were talking about the Pendle 600 that it's difficult not to want to try it. The actual event I can't do, but I'm tempted to find a spot for it before the end of the year.

4/6/13 Welwyn Garden City
Kings X 19:18 (& 19:34 if needed)
Return trains: 22.26/30/51, 23.00/29.
GS4 £6ish
38 mile rolling route, bonus Sainsburys travelator climb at the end.

**http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...yn-Garden-City **

1. Des
   
2. Arvy
   
3. Alex
   
4. WIll
   
5. middleofnowhere
   
6. FridayMarch26th
   
7. Ramaye
   
8. Howard
   
9. etc
   

Kernow and Southwest 600km this weekend, I can feel myself hallucinating already.
Is anybody else riding?

I'm still on for giving it a bash.

You took the stuff a bit too early, if you ask me.

Second top weekend on the trot. Two days alone in The Dales, followed by a takeaway curry, followed by a morning's guided tour of the climbs around Clitheroe. All in about 275 miles, 7500m ascent, and a veggie bhuna.

Buttertubs...

Nice tales of family fun and West Country riding... is what I would have written, had it not have been for the late addition of fart eating.

Me? I'm up North for the weekend, cycling around Clitheroe and Skipton.

Bit of last minute faff at work.

I should still make it out, but I'm going to depart from Blackfriars. Don't worry about waiting up for me at Otford, just press on and mebe I'll see you on the route. If not then have a good ride and I might see you on the next one.

21/5/13 Kent 2 - Otford Station start
Victoria 19.07 (& 19:12 from Blackfriars if needed)
Return trains: 22.16/38, 23.16.
GS4 £6ish
30 miles, Kent lanes and a spin along Pilgrims way at the end. Normal tnrc drill - regroup after hills, no one gets left behind etc.

1. Des
   
2. upstart
   
3. Rod Munch
   
4. YAL
   
5. itsbruce
   
6. middleofnowhere
   
7. Cupcakes
   
8. Howard
   
9. Doppelkorn
   
10. FridayMarch26th
    

Weekend in The Lakes, to Keswick for an outdoor activities festival.

I managed to tuck in some early early cycling over a few local passes (Whinlatter, Newlands, and Honister); though it was the walking that stole the show. Cat Bells/ High Spy on the Saturday, Longside Edge to Skiddaw on the Sunday... but this isn't the forum for that.

Okeydoke. Unfortunately, my provisional plan for a bash at the Midlands Super Grimpeur route over the upcoming bank holiday has been scuppered (I'd double booked). Terribly soz to anyone who fancied sharing the trip.

Now, I'm still very interested in completing the route prior to LEL, it's just that my cycling slots are plugged for a while to come. So, I'm going to head out on either July 6th or 13th, riding from mid/late Saturday morning before coming to a stop early Sunday morning for the train home.

Company would be more than welcome, and the best of luck to anyone who should manage to get around before I do.

Ta

^Sorry mate, I've edited my post above.