2005 London Edinburgh London Audax Information

MartinM

No MJF route yet but assuming the same as last year (which it probably
will be as they don't have too many Hors cats in East Sussex and all
the ones they do have are on the route) it will take in climbs at
Brightling, Doleham and Fairlight Beacon. After that it setlles down a
bit.

MartinM

Dave Larrington wrote:

> Have the route sheets gone out for MJF's yet, anyone?
not got mine yet

MartinM

since when did an AGM involve 0.5 AAA points?, you must ride it, never
seen a Trice tip backwards ;-)

MartinM

I think it was just for the day of the ride, very unsociable though; on
the L2B a lot of pubs put signs out directing riders slightly off route
they are so keen on the business (and those are the best ones to use,
no great queues or plastic glasses)

Dave Larrington

MartinM wrote:
> JohnB wrote:
>
>> 23/24th July.
>
> same weekend as LEL, well that settles it, Dunwich it is ;-)
>
>> Might do it myself this year.
>> Sounds great fun.
>
> Yes I'm planning it as well, but not sure about getting back, they do
> organise coaches back but no way am I pitching up unless glorious
> moonshine.

Wot MartinM said. I rode back to London Town Devine after the 2003 version
and jolly nice it was too, save for the acquisition of a conk so sunburned
it frightened small children and old ladies. Alas, I missed it last year
after an apparently-innoucuous collision with Wiltshire the previous Sunday
resulted in a trapped nerve and a fortnight of uncontrollable whining every
time I /thought/ about moving my arm. Bah!

If the weather is OK and I'm not Otherwise engaged...

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Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

JohnB

MartinM wrote:
>
> JohnB wrote:
>
> > 23/24th July.
>
> same weekend as LEL, well that settles it, Dunwich it is ;-)
>
> > Might do it myself this year.
> > Sounds great fun.
>
> Yes I'm planning it as well, but not sure about getting back, they do
> organise coaches back but no way am I pitching up unless glorious
> moonshine.

There's a thread running on C+ about coaches with someone other than the
organisers also organising one.

John B

MartinM

JohnB wrote:
> MartinM wrote:

yes I read that; only problem is I'm only going to ride the event if it
looks like being fairly dry that night, so I don't want to arrange a
coach I may not use. I should be OK to ride back to the nearest station
the next am after a large pile of eggs beans and coffee if there is no
coach. The whole thing sounds very atmospheric, although I can think of
better places to be on a Saturday night than Epping Forest, almost as
bad as when I got caught up in the Fatboy Slim Brighton Beach posse
during a 400.

Dave Larrington

MartinM wrote:

> yes I read that; only problem is I'm only going to ride the event if
> it looks like being fairly dry that night, so I don't want to arrange
> a coach I may not use. I should be OK to ride back to the nearest
> station the next am after a large pile of eggs beans and coffee if
> there is no coach.

IIRC the best place to train back from is Ipswich (40 km) now they've
finished the engineering works on the tunnel. A couple of lads I was with
in 2003 bailed out at Sudbury (100 km) on the way back.

> The whole thing sounds very atmospheric, although
> I can think of better places to be on a Saturday night than Epping
> Forest, almost as bad as when I got caught up in the Fatboy Slim
> Brighton Beach posse during a 400.

The Epping Forest bit isn't too bad and is over quite quickly; taking a
wrong turning and going through Halstead at club-chucking-out-time was
rather worse. The chippie there was still open, but infested with chavs, so
we didn't stop.

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Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
World Domination?
Just find a world that's into that kind of thing, then chain to the
floor and walk up and down on it in high heels. (Mr. Sunshine)

MartinM

Dave Larrington wrote:


> The Epping Forest bit isn't too bad and is over quite quickly;
taking a
> wrong turning and going through Halstead at club-chucking-out-time
was
> rather worse. The chippie there was still open, but infested with
chavs, so
> we didn't stop.

does it go through Lavenham? that was the highlight of the 600 I rode
and we were urged to try to get there before dark to admire the
fantastic medieval buildings, I took a wrong turn and missed most of
them ;-(