London Calling

njee20

Few of us are meeting at 10:30, bimbling around for a couple of hours then going to watch the Olympic XC at the Windmill, may well see you up there!

cooldad

cooldad wrote:

cooldad wrote:

So to summarise:

Saturday - Swinley 10am Me, Eddie Jordan (not the real one I hope or we might argue a bit) vista, ???
Saturday - Peaslake sometime maybe DK and njee (superfit racing snakes ride) as above looks like different times?

Sunday - ????????????

And Sunday, Tunnel Hill (10 am from Deepcut Spar with a lunch stop at the Canal Centre), me, Sandy Hill and DK plus???

Looks like small groups and a bit confused. Weather should be nice, where's everyone hiding?

Eddie_Jordan

Its been a great ride. Big thanks to cooldady for some amazing trails:)
We should do it again:)

cooldad

Yeah, lovely weather, trails nice and dry. Met new people, pity I still couldn't keep up. Bit difficult trying to show new trails from the back.

vista

What a superb day. Dry trails, sunny, 25ºC and a slight breeze-perfect.

Many thanks for helping us join everything up and avoid fire roads at Swinley today cooldad. I've been a few times but there were 3 or 4 things I hadn't tried before. Good to meet eddie too.

Look forward to getting out with you guys again. Big thumbs up!

Anonymous

And Cooldad remembered the route too!

cooldad

deadkenny wrote:

And Cooldad remembered the route too!

Ssshhhhhhhhhh don't tell them I was making it up as I went along.

cooldad

Sandy Hill is feeling delicate and I am injured (a manly bike injury, tripped over a step carrying it) and neither of us making it so today might be a bit of a write off.

cheech729

cooldad wrote:

Yeah, lovely weather, trails nice and dry. Met new people, pity I still couldn't keep up. Bit difficult trying to show new trails from the back.

thanks for your help fixing my rear puncture cooldad, you saved me from a very long walk home. thoroughly professional job too ... still fully inflated 24 hours later

cooldad

No worries, welcome. Didn't want you out there after dark - bears and wolves and stuff to eat you.

Eddie_Jordan

vista wrote:

What a superb day. Dry trails, sunny, 25ºC and a slight breeze-perfect.

Many thanks for helping us join everything up and avoid fire roads at Swinley today cooldad. I've been a few times but there were 3 or 4 things I hadn't tried before. Good to meet eddie too.

Look forward to getting out with you guys again. Big thumbs up!

Was nice meeting you too. We should make some small trip to epping someday

jonnyboy77

I'm making my first trip to Swinley on Tues 28th Aug, me and another friend who has been a couple of times. Others welcome as are tips for a first timer!

Cheers

Jon

Anonymous

Cool. Doubt I'm out that Tuesday, except maybe evening though Swinley is a pain in the evening to get to for me. Hopefully others will come along. Plenty about here who could show you the trails anyway. Bank holiday weekend, likely to be out Monday somewhere.

Right... CYB / N.Wales some time soon?

cooldad

I'm on holiday that week so should be able to make it.

milko9000

If we do CYB I'm gonna make you all pronounce things like Coed properly, just as warning. I think I'm likely away on the bank holiday weekend but aside from that should be game for a trip. I fancy that Antur Stiniog as well.

Also, this weekend plans?

cooldad

Nope so plan something.

milko9000

Let's ride bikes! I don't much care where or when after missing out last week so I'll see what Dan's up to and if anyone's got a preference do say. I see Nav wants a SH ride on Saturday though so that's currently a front runner.

cooldad

milko9000 wrote:

Let's ride bikes!

Good plan. I'm in.

arigold

I'm free this week, lets make it happen

milko9000

Nav and Will both on the SH Saturday morning bandwagon, which I'm game for too. Not sure if I can do Sunday too yet.

cooldad

Damon is just back from India, so I'll just play it by ear in case he can escape for a bit over the weekend and fit in where I can.

benpinnick

I'm back in from NYC sat morning, so no ride sat, will try and agent a couple of hours in at swinley on Sunday though if anyone is around.

cooldad

Agent? Been visiting the CIA again?

Anonymous

Sat, 11 @ Peaslake?

Flexible really, whatever anyone wants to do.

Still thinking of Leith, but depends if anyone wants to go all the way from Peaslake to Leith or just start somewhere round Leith way. I do like the sneaky return from Leith to Holmbury though.

Or for a change, could do Ranmore instead or also.

njee20

I do like the sneaky return from Leith to Holmbury though.

That comes down that steep FP with the kissing gate at the bottom, just below HSM? Seems I'm KOM on that one ;-)

Quite possibly see you guys up there, looks like it's gonna be a warm one!

Anonymous

Yeah think so. Where there is or were signs suggesting no bikes but one's missing and the other is at the other end after you've come out of the gate so you never saw it of course

njee20

That sounds like the one, personally I've only ridden it once, so wasn't aware bikes weren't allowed...

milko9000

11 at Walking Bottom seems to be the go (I seem to be being the hub for a few people via Facebook and SMS this weekend). Clay getting there earlier and meeting us at some point. Dan is a maybe. Will's in, Adrian's in, Nav is (but we've heard that before!).

I'd be up for Leith too probably, but yeah whatever wherever.

cooldad

I won't be making anything this weekend. Have fun.

thel33ter

Wahey, back to England, and it's sunny I might be around Sunday afternoon, or early morning, or sometime.