Reply to: The weekend thread

[Bee]

I went to the beach for the first time this year.
I'm white like a squid compares to the others already tanned.

[vetran]

Fly to Manchester, stay overnight, then up to Cumbria on Saturday.

There you go, that was a nice hotel 25 years ago.

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_...a_England.html

[NotAllThere]

Welcome to the promised land - where are you staying?

Hah! Wrong bloody side of t'Pennines for that.

[MrMarkyMark]

That's the purpose of the overnight. Kirkoswald gets pretty rough at times.

Plus stocking up with a few ounces of crack for the journey, surely Shirley

You'll get good prices in the bad lands of Cumbria for that Manchester rock, hear what I'm sayin'.

[original PM]

Fly to Manchester, stay overnight, then up to Cumbria on Saturday.

Welcome to the promised land - where are you staying?

[NotAllThere]

Tooled up yet?

That's the purpose of the overnight. Kirkoswald gets pretty rough at times.

[northernladyuk]

Fly to Manchester, stay overnight, then up to Cumbria on Saturday.

Tooled up yet?

[NotAllThere]

Fly to Manchester, stay overnight, then up to Cumbria on Saturday.

[OwlHoot]

I live up North, so its basically 3 hours + even after we pass Chester... We calculated we could get to the Lizard in roughly the same driving time (its 100 miles more but motorway / dual carriageway all the way to Truro)...

When leaving the M5 at Exeter and onto the A30, I'd say you're looking at 2 hours minimum to Truro.

But even that doesn't take into account the A30 improvements in Cornwall, nor the plethora of horse boxes and caravans often on the road down there!

[eek]

Flip, that's the Welsh equivalent of Lands End.

Hate to break it to you, but when passing Cardiff you'll still have a good two hours to go!

I live up North, so its basically 3 hours + even after we pass Chester... We calculated we could get to the Lizard in roughly the same driving time (its 100 miles more but motorway / dual carriageway all the way to Truro)...

[OwlHoot]

What is everyone up to as I drive to Pembrokeshire whilst avoiding the even stranger folk of North Wales....

hi BP

Flip, that's the Welsh equivalent of Lands End.

Hate to break it to you, but when passing Cardiff you'll still have a good two hours to go!

[DaveB]

And I thought BP was the biggest idiot on this board for overlong exercise attempts.

Good luck you fool...

The way the weather is going I may need it.

If anyone is interested in following / mocking my painful progress North and then back again I'm using a tracker that will provide a link to Twitter every day showing real time location info during the ride. I may also be tweeting on how it's going depending on how I'm coping at the time. Follow me on @Dave_Blogs for the updates.

[northernladyuk]

TFA.

Tonight is takeaway, last minute packing and bike fettling, and an early night.

Tomorrow, driving down to London, registration for the ride, meal with friends and hotel for the night.

Sunday 9:45 am set of for Edinburgh. Aiming to be back in London sometime on Thursday.

http://www.virgintrainseastcoast.com...ourney/cycles/

[eek]

TFA.

Tonight is takeaway, last minute packing and bike fettling, and an early night.

Tomorrow, driving down to London, registration for the ride, meal with friends and hotel for the night.

Sunday 9:45 am set of for Edinburgh. Aiming to be back in London sometime on Thursday.

And I thought BP was the biggest idiot on this board for overlong exercise attempts.

Good luck you fool...

[DaveB]

TFA.

Tonight is takeaway, last minute packing and bike fettling, and an early night.

Tomorrow, driving down to London, registration for the ride, meal with friends and hotel for the night.

Sunday 9:45 am set of for Edinburgh. Aiming to be back in London sometime on Thursday.