Penny racing at the Evandale Village Fair - February 2011

[Charlotte]

Evandale Village Fair and National Penny Farthing Championships

I've just booked my ticket to Sydney.  Internal flights down to Tasmania to follow.  The only airline that'll let me fly with a Penny Farthing in my luggage is Virgin.

To do before February:

• Get fit for the century ride
• Rebuild, tie and solder my big wheel with 64 proper, nippled spokes
• Make a flight box to take an ordinary
• Work out where to in Tassie to go between the century ride on the 12th and the racing the following weekend.  Hiking in one of the national parks is currently favourite.
• Decide what I want to do and see in Sydney before and after the racing

*massivelyexcited*

[clarion]

Can you ride a penny umop ap!sdn?

[darkpoint]

I just have so much respect.   I can imagine the phone calls to airlines where interesting.

[Adrian]

Stretching the boundaries of loonhood, in a good way.

[andygates]

Can't wait to see the box...

[Clare]

Bugger we're going to miss this, we fly out of Sydney on the 2nd Feb.

Have fun.

[Charlotte]

Oh, arse!  I'd have love to meet up with you guys 

Can you ride a penny umop ap!sdn?

I intend to give it a damn good try 

I can imagine the phone calls to airlines where interesting.

Yeah, the woman I spoke to was delighted.  She said was the weirdest request she'd had for ages. 

Weird?  Don't try to outweird me, three eyes, I get weirder things than you in my breakfast cereal 

Can't wait to see the box...

*new thread*

[clarion]

I take it Kat is going over 'home' as well?

[Charlotte]

Aye.  She's heading out there in a few weeks.  As an academic, she's not so tied to one location so she'll be working from Sydney for a few months and I'll meet up with her in February for a week's lollygagging round the Empire's favourite former penal colony before we fly out to Tassie.

[clarion]

I might not be able to bring my pom-poms to this one

Hope you can get a chap as good (and well turned out) as Andy for your pitlane.

Hope it goes magnificently well.

[matthew]

I see mention of a slow race, best start practising track standing!!

Good Luck

[Canardly]

Mmm where did you get a bike bag from? 

[Clare]

Charlotte dearest, when are you leaving the UK and would there be space for a couple of these somewhere in your luggage if I managed to get them delivered to Ealing in time?


We're not leaving Aus on 2nd Feb any more 

[Cudzoziemiec]

Good luck for this. You're bound to have a good time! Remember: Taswegians are inedible!

[Charlotte]

Charlotte dearest, when are you leaving the UK and would there be space for a couple of these somewhere in your luggage if I managed to get them delivered to Ealing in time?


We're not leaving Aus on 2nd Feb any more 

YHPM

Good luck for this. You're bound to have a good time! Remember: Taswegians are inedible!

Thankyou