London Calling

arigold

I'm mad for it! Whats the plan again? :d

benpinnick

Just for clarity.... I am meeting MrCubeLtd at 11 (well 10:30 but thats only to look over his bike set up) at Go Ape. All are of course welcome to join, except Cooldad who has to do school duties. 3 hr Swinley ride, maybe doing a compleetly different loop than normal (Controversial I know). Perhaps head to Tunnel/Frith afterwards (can you tell I am wife/daughter free this weekend?).

Sunday I would prefer to go to SH, but could be persuaded to go to QEP in the morning, to see my friends from Hargroves, then SH in the afternoon? That would be about a year's riding in a weekend for me. Sounds like a plan forming..... Arigold, if you want I can give you lift where you need to go. You're welcome to crash over mine too if you can't be bothered to head back into London for Saturday night (and fancy doing all 4 rides ). Cooldad, DK do you fancy dinner / beers Saturday night at my place? You'd be more than welcome to come over.

MrCubeLtd

Did someone mention my name? My ears were burning
Yep all booked in for Saturday, no kids on sat and I'm in the good books with the ex-wife so its all good

cooldad

Ben sounds like an idea. By dinner do you actually mean cook or T/A. Not fussed, just interested. I have Damon for the weekend but he is allowed limited quantities. more worrying is he told me the beer I had tasted sh1t.

benpinnick

Ill cook... Or maybe not. Lets leave it open and see what we can be bothered with. I must admit my reportoire is limited to things like roasts, chilli and curry - although I am excellent at all the above

Blind Danny Johnson

benpinnick wrote:

Ill cook... Or maybe not. Lets leave it open and see what we can be bothered with. I must admit my reportoire is limited to things like roasts, chilli and curry - although I am excellent at all the above

What else is there?

ThePriory1978

Lots of McPlans knocking about and i want to be doing some miles this w/end as my steeds back to full warranty fixed joy. So am up for a Swinley jaunt on Saturday at 11am, maybe also followed by Tunnel Hill if the weather and my legs allow it. I have only explored it once before and didnt find much excitement, found plenty of bullets tho.

Might also see how i feel for SH Sunday.

Will probably do QEP another time when i'm fresher for a full on day trip so i can also explore the South Downs more extensively.

Anonymous

Blind Danny Johnson wrote:

What else is there?

Mine is anything, so long as I can stick chillies in it. Just re-stocked my supply of chillies, now I've discovered they freeze rather well. Italian, Indian, Chinese, Mexican, Good old British, whatever - chilli it up somehow. Though is pushing it in a roast, though it's a nice idea.

benpinnick

I all about the hot stuff too. We grow our own chillies, and as you say, they do freeze damn well. Keeps the stocks up over winter.

Anonymous

This is the MTBB Sunday Tunnel Hill option - http://www.mtbbritain.co.uk/forum/index ... ent_id=701
http://www.mtbbritain.co.uk/forum/index ... t&p=186131

But open to whatever really. Would like to get Surrey Hills in, though there's no real weekend for me being one of those layabout contractors so plenty of other time.

thel33ter

cooldad wrote:

Ben sounds like an idea. By dinner do you actually mean cook or T/A. Not fussed, just interested. I have Damon for the weekend but he is allowed limited quantities. more worrying is he told me the beer I had tasted sh1t.

It was very cheap, kinda old, and French. Italian is where its at

Anonymous

Belgian.

Or surprisingly a good few American microbrews are actually really nice now. Just not any of their canned crap.

If I had a beard and big belly I'd be arguing warm British beer, but I don't (well not the beard anyway) and really not a great warm beer fan.

arigold

benpinnick wrote:

Just for clarity.... I am meeting MrCubeLtd at 11 (well 10:30 but thats only to look over his bike set up) at Go Ape. All are of course welcome to join, except Cooldad who has to do school duties. 3 hr Swinley ride, maybe doing a compleetly different loop than normal (Controversial I know). Perhaps head to Tunnel/Frith afterwards (can you tell I am wife/daughter free this weekend?).

Sunday I would prefer to go to SH, but could be persuaded to go to QEP in the morning, to see my friends from Hargroves, then SH in the afternoon? That would be about a year's riding in a weekend for me. Sounds like a plan forming..... Arigold, if you want I can give you lift where you need to go. You're welcome to crash over mine too if you can't be bothered to head back into London for Saturday night (and fancy doing all 4 rides ). Cooldad, DK do you fancy dinner / beers Saturday night at my place? You'd be more than welcome to come over.

Great! I could definitely do Saturday! Haven't ridden anywhere else but swinley/SH/cwncarn so it would be different to try other areas.

Also some beer and banter sounds like a good idea

benpinnick

I'll see if I can find some Fat Tire eh?

Blind Danny Johnson

On the Sunday SH front... Does anyone fancy going over to the Summer Lightning/Deliverance area, not sure what it's called, Leith Hill? I think I've only been there the once in the pissing down rain but definitely enjoyed it. Wouldn't mind checking it out as it sounds like a lot of the stuff on Pitch has been destroyed, which is sh1t.

Ps I'm planning on going to Rogate on Saturday for some DH action if anyone's interested? It looks really close to QECP so if anyone going there wants to hook up on the way back for a few runs then let me know, I'm planning on making a day of it.

cooldad

OK let's all bring some favourites and have a tasting. I promise I won't bring any cheap French stuff.
And thel33ter better watch out or he'll be drinking orange squash.

thel33ter

cooldad wrote:

OK let's all bring some favourites and have a tasting. I promise I won't bring any cheap French stuff.
And thel33ter better watch out or he'll be drinking orange squash.

I don't drink orange... only apple.

Anonymous

Blind Danny Johnson wrote:

On the Sunday SH front... Does anyone fancy going over to the Summer Lightning/Deliverance area, not sure what it's called, Leith Hill? I think I've only been there the once in the pissing down rain but definitely enjoyed it.

Leith.

Forget you haven't done Leith much. Loads around there.

p.s. QECP - apparently Jedi is opening it. Not sure if he meant that or he's going to the opening. Probably the former like some kind of state ceremonial visit

benpinnick wrote:

I'll see if I can find some Fat Tire eh?

This stuff was quite nice.

cooldad

thel33ter wrote:

cooldad wrote:

OK let's all bring some favourites and have a tasting. I promise I won't bring any cheap French stuff.
And thel33ter better watch out or he'll be drinking orange squash.

I don't drink orange... only apple.

Water. And dry bread.

benpinnick

A new brew from the makers of fat tire... In a can!

Jedi

i am actually opening the new trail at qe country park

arigold

benpinnick wrote:

Just for clarity.... I am meeting MrCubeLtd at 11 (well 10:30 but thats only to look over his bike set up) at Go Ape. All are of course welcome to join, except Cooldad who has to do school duties. 3 hr Swinley ride, maybe doing a compleetly different loop than normal (Controversial I know). Perhaps head to Tunnel/Frith afterwards (can you tell I am wife/daughter free this weekend?).

Sunday I would prefer to go to SH, but could be persuaded to go to QEP in the morning, to see my friends from Hargroves, then SH in the afternoon? That would be about a year's riding in a weekend for me. Sounds like a plan forming..... Arigold, if you want I can give you lift where you need to go. You're welcome to crash over mine too if you can't be bothered to head back into London for Saturday night (and fancy doing all 4 rides ). Cooldad, DK do you fancy dinner / beers Saturday night at my place? You'd be more than welcome to come over.

And here I was thinking its going to be casual riding for the weekend! Only thing that worries me is I won't be able to keep up, unless I hook a 125cc to my bike...

I will let you know later on whether I can make it tomorrow at go ape.

cooldad

Just bring a bit of rope and tie it to the back of Ben's bike. He's obviously got too much energy.

Dirtrider

is anyone around next week? Getting my new bike tusday and really desperate to get out on it.

Preferably somewhere North of London?

Anonymous

So... where we going again? :?

Blind Danny Johnson

deadkenny wrote:

So... where we going again? :?

Rogate! Get the full face out and join me

benpinnick

I'm meeting mrcubeltd at 10:30, swinley. After might head to tunnel hill if anyone's up for it? Sunday I'm still open to offers.

Blind Danny Johnson

benpinnick wrote:

I'm meeting mrcubeltd at 10:30, swinley. After might head to tunnel hill if anyone's up for it? Sunday I'm still open to offers.

Sunday Surrey Hills no?

cooldad

So to sum up
Saturday:
We're doing school etc.
Ben mrcubeltd Arigold and others Swinley and Tunnel Hill
BDJ - Rogate
DK - undecided.
Then botulism amd beers at Ben's.
Sunday either SH or we may still go to QEP.

More or less.

ThePriory1978

Who's 'we' are going to QEP? Am considering joining on Sunday, weather dependant.