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    joemarshall
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    Does anyone fancy a ride to Barton in the Beans?

    I've just noticed on my silly names thread Chris Dobbie suggested riding
    to Barton on the Beans and meeting up there or somewhere near there at a
    purveyor of pintage. Whilst there, we could also bag the villages of
    Sheepy Parva and Sheepy Magna, which definately count in the game of
    Blubberhouses* too.

    http://tinyurl.com/68f26

    Now this sounds like a splendid idea, but now it's in my head, I have
    this idea of unicyclists from all over the midlands descending on a tiny
    unsuspecting village in the middle of nowhere.

    It's very convenient it's 30 miles from Nottingham, 15 from Leicester,
    not very far from Coventry, Nuneaton and Rugby. It's a little bit of a
    long ride from Birmingham, but Birmingham people could get the train or
    drive to where the airport is and ride from there, to miss out the dull
    bit from the centre and then it'd be a nice little ride of 20 miles or
    so.

    Anyone interested?

    Joe

    * Which is what the going to places with silly names game is now
    officially called. It's a village in the Yorkshire Dales.

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  2. joemarshall
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    ahem, ahem. I know you're out there. Just cos it's crappy wet weather
    doesn't mean you can escape!

    Joe

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  3. paul royle
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    I'd be up for a ride like that, it's a bit far from my house though. If
    I can get a train/drive to somewhere closer then I'm very keen.

    I don't care about the weather, providing it's not blowing a gale.

    Paul

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  4. johnhimsworth
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    Go on then, I'll give that a go.
    It's nice and flat, right?

    John

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  5. joemarshall
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    Looking at the map it's mildly undulating in parts but no big hills.

    Starting from wherever you want is fine by me.

    I'm currently thinking either Sat 12th or Sunday 27th February. Are
    either of these dates good for you guys?

    Joe

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  6. joemarshall
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    joemarshall said:

    *Starting from wherever you want is fine by me.
    *

    Nottingham being the obvious place so we could ride as a group unless
    someone from further South wants to come too.

    Joe

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  7. pk
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    i dont know what my work schedual is for those dates but if they are
    free i will be up for it... i only have a 20" onza but i like to ride a
    little distance on it now and again.
    id be most up for riding from notts... or even just a session in notts!.

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  8. johnhimsworth
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    Either date is fine by me.

    pk, you are aware this is 30 miles, right? In my book that's not a
    little distance on a 20".

    John

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  9. pk
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    exactly why i added at the end just a session in notts... i think i
    would get left behind! quite a bit behind.

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  10. munidobs
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    Hi Joe et al.,

    Personally, I definitely couldn't do 12th Feb because my wife is on a
    yoga teacher training tutorial for the day, so I am the kids' taxi,
    cook, cleaner, boxing referee, etc for the day, but 27th is definitely
    more of a goer.

    Alan and Mark would probably be up for it too - I'm seeing Alan tonight
    at Nuneaton JC so I'll mention it to him then - I don't think he uses
    RSU any more.

    Depending on your route from Notts., you could also take in Newton
    Burgoland - wow, another tick in your Blubberhousing notebook.

    As I am a bit out of distance training recently, I would probably take
    the wuss option of starting out from Nuneaton, which might also make a
    better starting place for any Brum based riders who may like to join
    us.

    Chris

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  11. joemarshall
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    Okay then Sunday 27th it is. We'll have an more light then too so might
    get back to our respective starting points before dark.

    I'll post it on uk_unicyclists and also on the emunicyclists list
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/emunicyclists/ for East Midlands
    Unicyclists.

    Joe

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  12. joemarshall
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    Okay, thanks to Chris Dobbie, we have a cunning plan for the ride on
    Sunday 27th.

    THE MEETING POINTS

    1) Beeston nr. Nottingham (my house)

    Here
    http://tinyurl.com/5ts2t

    We'll aim to meet here at 8.30.

    My mobile is (07905) 696427 if you're going to be late or whatever.

    2) Nuneaton

    http://tinyurl.com/5xm6s

    http://tinyurl.com/6qxvu

    There is a layby on the left of the northbound A444 north of Nuneaton,
    just past the ex-railway embankment. The ex-railway is a bit muddy but
    ridable (except if, like me, you have no tread left on your Coker tyre);
    this would avoid riding the busy A444 and there is a tunnel beneath the
    A5.

    Chris Dobbie + some others are meeting here at 8.30am

    BARTON IN THE BEANS
    This is about 24 miles from Beeston and a minimum of about 12 from
    Nuneaton. We shall all aim to get here for about 11:30 and meet up at
    the crossroads. If we're running early or late, we'll organise with
    mobiles so that we all coincide.

    http://tinyurl.com/3u6k2

    We will then race faster than a fast thing that knows there's a pint
    ready for it when the pub opens at 12 towards

    THE [censored] INN, SIBSON
    Even the lunch place has a silly name!

    http://tinyurl.com/5mzc4

    SHEEPY MAGNA AND SHEEPY PARVA
    These are undoubtedly silly names. Maybe we'll see some sheep here?

    http://tinyurl.com/4qcg3

    NEWTON BURGOLAND
    I'm not sure what this name is about...

    http://tinyurl.com/6zo85

    At this point we'll split up again and head home.

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  13. joemarshall
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    The details have changed slightly, I've put them in a new thread

    <http://tinyurl.com/6t98f>

    Joe

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