Author Topic: Peli and woolly winter pootle - Dec. 5th 2009. (Read 17492 times)

woollypigs · « **on:** 21 October, 2009, 11:15:10 pm »

Hello !!

Well I had some time off to take off and quickly plotted the free days on a weekend, since we don't get to see each other that much on the weekends. So to mark this special occasion we will be doing another Peli and woolly pootle^TM in London town.

Place : Outside the White Horse in/on Parsons Green
Route : the route, 12'ish miles of fun
Time : 10:30am.
Stops : yes
Finish : sometime in the arvo.

Ok here is the route, 12'ish miles of fun, I hopefully check the route tonight also a chance to check out my new lights

But for sure I will check it out the Friday before, but will stick to this as much as possible.

Lunch will be at The Ship in Mortlake, a regular stopping point for London based yacf, food is pretty good and there is plenty of space to park our bicycles. Just hope that the Thames is not flooding over that day.

There will be a stop just north of Kew Bridge, need Charlotte to guide us there, to have a look at the sustainable "hippy" camp if it is still there, to see what there are on about.

There will be a wee stop at the end at Putney Bridge at the rather nice Café in Fulham SW6 by the river called Pryors Bank [Pryors Bank Café]

People who are coming :
Mum
Peli
woollypigs
Sergeant Pluck
Jurek
Pippa
The Wows (just been told off by ~~my spell checker~~ Peli )
Notsototalnewbie
Charlotte
Charloote's Pa ?
Julian
Julian's Ma and Pa
deltabike
Spartacus
PG Tips
Andrij

Valiant · « **Reply #1 on:** 21 October, 2009, 11:16:36 pm »

Registering interest.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2 on:** 21 October, 2009, 11:45:51 pm »

Sounds excellent. Will be there if at all possible.

toekneep · « **Reply #3 on:** 22 October, 2009, 06:57:06 am »

Oh poo! I got all excited then, I thought you were coming up North again. Never mind, enjoy.

woollypigs · « **Reply #4 on:** 22 October, 2009, 07:48:32 am »

Well you can always come down south

Notsototalnewbie · « **Reply #5 on:** 22 October, 2009, 01:27:09 pm »

Ooh me! And probably a friend, if it's lowish mileage you're planning.

Charlotte · « **Reply #6 on:** 22 October, 2009, 01:45:00 pm »

Put me down as interested, too. 'Specially if it involves coffee and cake.

Can I bring my Dad? He loved the last one, despite having a massively embarrassing clipless moment...

woollypigs · « **Reply #7 on:** 22 October, 2009, 01:54:42 pm »

Do I really have to say there will be cake, we are cyclist aren't we

And it will not be a maraton just a nice pootle.

ScumOfTheRoad · « **Reply #8 on:** 22 October, 2009, 02:18:55 pm »

Registering interest here. I have leave to take before the year end.

mike · « **Reply #9 on:** 22 October, 2009, 02:22:39 pm »

count me in, and Mrs Mike if I can persuade her to bring her fixie to London..

woollypigs · « **Reply #10 on:** 22 October, 2009, 03:08:41 pm »

Quote from: mike on 22 October, 2009, 02:22:39 pm

count me in, and Mrs Mike if I can persuade her to bring her fixie to London..

well it would be a nice ride down

peliroja · « **Reply #11 on:** 22 October, 2009, 03:22:02 pm »

Ooh, what a good idea.

So this is what you were mumbling on about last night.

Jurek · « **Reply #12 on:** 22 October, 2009, 03:42:05 pm »

Your mum not coming, Peli?

TimO · « **Reply #13 on:** 22 October, 2009, 03:42:53 pm »

I'm always up for a cake pootle.

Julian · « **Reply #14 on:** 22 October, 2009, 03:50:52 pm »

Quote from: mike on 22 October, 2009, 02:22:39 pm

count me in, and Mrs Mike if I can persuade her to bring her fixie to London..

If she will I will

(I find it far easier to ride fixed in The Countryside than in London traffic. But I'm getting better.)

Gandalf · « **Reply #15 on:** 22 October, 2009, 07:45:20 pm »

I'll try and get a pass from SWMBO for this, really enjoyed the last one.

alan · « **Reply #16 on:** 22 October, 2009, 08:38:17 pm »

Quote from: woollypigs on 22 October, 2009, 07:48:32 am

Well you can always come down south

Mmmmm $:-\$
£36-ish return fare Stoke/Euston.Not too shabby.

Is it easy to get from Euston to where the ride starts from by bike?
How long does it take by bike?
What time do you imagine the ride will get back?

AND.....is it rideable by a lazy,unfit bloke on a fixed wheel? aka FLAT

TimO · « **Reply #17 on:** 22 October, 2009, 09:01:47 pm »

This is the ride which Wolly and Peli did with Peli's Mum, and a load of us back in November of last year. This route is the extended one, when a group of us went in search of ~~Mike~~Wendy, unsuccessfully.

peliroja · « **Reply #18 on:** 22 October, 2009, 10:06:36 pm »

I'd love my Mum to come down again, and I'd particularly like to take her along the river to Hampton Court.

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #19 on:** 22 October, 2009, 10:12:03 pm »

Registering interest

Speshact · « **Reply #20 on:** 22 October, 2009, 10:23:59 pm »

Um, don't suppose the London pootle on Dec 5th could be/include marshalling a ride from a suburb to parliament to the Wave The Wave | Stop Climate Chaos Coalition ?

I'm hoping LCC will work with me to arrange rides along the line of the rides to S*yride - but without the need to involve S*y or the Greater London Authority.

More info hopefully tomorrow, but thought I might flag it up!
Islington, Southwark, Wandsworth, Lambeth and Merton LCC groups are likely to have rides currently,

Charlie

dasmoth · « **Reply #21 on:** 22 October, 2009, 10:26:05 pm »

I'll be arriving at LHR that morning after approximately 23 hours in Cattle Class. While I'm not altogether cheered by this prospect, it does mean I'll be in London. Well, near enough, anyway...

So put me down as "tempted". Emily has expressed an interest, too.

toekneep · « **Reply #22 on:** 22 October, 2009, 10:27:49 pm »

Maybe we should come down First Class with Virgin. £1560 return for the two of us and the bikes for free seems like a real bargain.

woollypigs · « **Reply #23 on:** 22 October, 2009, 10:28:23 pm »

Notting better that a bike ride to beat jet lag.

dasmoth · « **Reply #24 on:** 22 October, 2009, 10:31:43 pm »

Quote from: toekneep on 22 October, 2009, 10:27:49 pm

Maybe we should come down First Class with Virgin. £1560 return for the two of us and the bikes for free seems like a real bargain.

Crikey. Even after dividing by two, that makes my flights to/from a conference in Melbourne seem pretty reasonable...

But I think I'll win on the jetlag front. As Woolly says, some cycling should help though

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