Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Audax => Topic started by: man of kent on 27 January, 2018, 12:21:35 pm
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Entries are coming in for this classic sociable early season 200, now in it's 9th year. Lots of food included in the entry fee and a great opportunity to register one of your PBP pre-qualifiers, what's not to like!!!
The route is almost exclusively on beautiful quiet Kentish lanes, with no gratuitous climbing, and once again includes the popular Faversham Vicarage control where bacon rolls and other goodies will be served.
Enter early to avoid disappointment as this event usually reaches capacity in early March.
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Oh, go on. It would be rude not to :D
CLICK - Entered :thumbsup:
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now in it's 9th year
I guess that means the 2010 edition was the first one? I don't think I realised that at the time.
Haven't signed up yet but will do soon. It'll be my sixth go.
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I thought the first was 2009 and I rode the 2nd one as my first
I'll be there as always, a highlight of the year for me to herald in the spring.
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I think you're right. I'm reply sure that when I rode it in 2009 it was the first one because I wrote it up for Arrivee a couple of months later. If I recall, it dropped neatly into the calendar slot vacated by another Kent 200 that had started in nearby Otford.
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The Invicta 200 was my first; it was in September but the others I rode were in March (including a life changing edition in IIRC 2004 when TomJ led a train of survivors back into a filthy wet headwind from Whitstable). I recall having a conversation about this; maybe with rob OTP. IIRC the Invicta was dropped as by then the Hop Garden had become popular (although a Gravesend not WK CTC ride). There was an Invicta medal not sure what you had to do for it, I never qualified but it included the 400 (also my first)
Then there was Kent Corners another classic 200 also sadly gone
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Hop Garden came first and was definitely in the calendar when I moved to the area in 1996.
There was an Invicta 400 then and we added a 200 in 1999 as a PBP qualifier. I added a 300 later on to fill the gap and fixedwheelnut ran a 600.
The Invicta series has fallen by the wayside over the years.
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I don't think I ever did the Invicta 200, though I did the 300 and 400 a couple of times each. There was a 600 as well, wasn't there? I think I entered it once but DNS due to injury/illness. [ETA: cross-posted with rob]
I did the Kent Corners a few times - the only audax I have ever won (thanks to the chap who left Westgate ahead of me getting lost on the final leg). Plugging the gaps in the calendar in Kent was one of the reasons I started my event last year, but now we've got a glut, with a couple of other new 200s from the Fairies, thanks to Bob and Tim. I'm in the early stages of planning another 200 and possibly a 300 as PBP qualifiers next year too.
As for this being MoK's 9th year, I was forgetting it didn't run in 2016.
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Entered.
This will be my first 200k in almost 18-months and my longest ride for about 6-months so I am expecting it to hurt!
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now we've got a glut,
There has certainly been an encouraging increase in the number of events, the calendar lists 13 dates between now and December.
Several offer a choice of distances but 13 is the most that any one rider can do. I don't think that this constitutes a glut and provided there are no date clashes there is room for more.
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I don't think that this constitutes a glut and provided there are no date clashes there is room for more.
OK, maybe a glut is overstating it! And yes, I agree we have room for more rides in Kent - and definitely the interest to support them.
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Given that Kent has several railway lines with generally frequent services even on Sundays, is there any appetite for "A to B" rather than circular events, e.g. suburban London to the Kent/East Sussex coast? With suitable start and finish times, Kent-based riders could get a train into London and ride "home" and London-based riders could do the opposite. Or do people prefer to end where they started?
Potentially such a ride could be run by a single controller if they could travel from the start to the arrivée before a 30km/h rider arrived and if all intermediate controls were commercial.
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I don't think that this constitutes a glut and provided there are no date clashes there is room for more.
OK, maybe a glut is overstating it! And yes, I agree we have room for more rides in Kent - and definitely the interest to support them.
I'd say more long rides. The longest is a 300.
I have done all my long rides using the Essex series for the last few years and it looks like it will stay that way for next year's qualifiers.
And no I'm not volunteering.....I did my time.
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I'd say more long rides. The longest is a 300.
Indeed, although anything over 400 is going to have spend quite a bit of time in Sussex or Surrey if it's not going to be endlessly doubling back on itself.
I'm not volunteering either - just yet...
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Indeed, although anything over 400 is going to have spend quite a bit of time in Sussex or Surrey if it's not going to be endlessly doubling back on itself.
or use the Tilbury-Gravesend ferry to take in parts of Essex
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Dave/ManOfKent offers longer rides as permanents. They wander into Sussex and Surrey (understandable really, given Sussex encroaches quite far east) but stick to Kent quite a bit.
Separately I played around with various South East routes and, to be honest, it is difficult to keep a route interesting, unrepetitive and relatively traffic light for a route over 200km in a single county (Kent, Surrey or Sussex).
That's not to say it's impossible, just that I couldn't see how to do it in an appealing or original way and in the end began to even flirt with bits of Hampshire and Berkshire. But then my Surrey based focussed needs to look to further horizons given a lot of Surrey is built up towards the North of the county.
My mucking around with routes was originally in the hope that I might be able to organise a National 400 in our region. But lack of time and effort on my part meant that fizzled out. I'm hoping someone better than me can figure out how to achieve this (something I'd volunteer to help with if it were to venture into East Surrey).
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Not sure I'm better than you, but I have started thinking about a National 400 bid for 2019 from SE London into Kent and back - this was something ACH was considering for 2017 but didn't feel we had the experience or time back then. Probably will need all the offers of help I can get!
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Happy to assist with that if it goes ahead.
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Happy to assist with that if it goes ahead.
Me too!
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Me three!
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Thanks for the offers of help, I'll be in touch once I've developed my plans a bit more. Back to the subject in hand, might ride the MoK if I can work out how to reschedule the Shark routecheck without infuriating Mrs I.
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Couple of years ago our club audax members toyed with the possibility of organising a 400. Nothing came of it but we are very willing to support anyone who does.
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Now El Supremo has retired as an org there should be a pent up demand for events in this neck of the woods. And the Essex mob seem to have done well by organising a 100 series that encourages riders living in That London to ECE those events. Tonbridge looks to me to be a good starting point, because it has trains from Hastings, London, Redhill and Ashford.
(Not to mention the legendarily flat Medway flood plain that has hardly a bump in it until past Ashford....)
And am also very happy to help if needed and available.
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Now El Supremo has retired as an org there should be a pent up demand for events in this neck of the woods. And the Essex mob seem to have done well by organising a 100 series that encourages riders living in That London to ECE those events. Tonbridge looks to me to be a good starting point, because it has trains from Hastings, London, Redhill and Ashford.
has he? I thought he still did the catering and had the admin done by other peeps. FWIW I don't think his Hailsham / Petworth events were ever that well supported other than locally, the events from That London have really tapped the rider base (such as ACH, KW, Willesden, Westerly) all helped by being accessible other than by post and also by the organisers going out there and doing the graft to get non AUK regulars involved.
actually most of the ECEs I get for the Essex rides are from East Anglia with a few from That London but like the Man of Kent many riders have found out the hard way that the only way to get the start of many events at weekends without driving is to ride to the start due to late starts of the train service or engineering works.
being local-ish to Sussex I find Anton's 200s hit the spot in terms of route and accessibility (plus a few local ECEs) but I appreciate there are a lot of calendar only riders out there.
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Weather is looking rather... cold for this.
Wind chill making it feel -6 degrees according to the Met Office, and really windy. I was planning on ECEing it up to a 300, but not sure if I can hack 15+ hours in the saddle with it being that cold :/
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I don't do ECE but I've ridden to the start for the last few times I've done this one. That means setting off at around 3am.
Nah... I'll be driving to the start this time. A flat 200 will be quite enough of a challenge for me at the moment, especially if that forecast is to be believed.
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Romney Marsh will be a challenge with that forecast!
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I've ridden the perm a couple of times in subzero temperature; roads are generally clear apart from Lughorse Lane if it's been wet. Wind direction looks a lot better than last year.
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Postponed to 8th April.
It's been snowing heavily in East Kent this morning but not settling - the roads seem clear. Probably looks like decent riding conditions if you're Bernard Hinault or Andy Hampsten, but I doubt many people would turn up tomorrow if it went ahead, so postponing it is the sensible option.
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I would have been a DNS had it gone ahead. Cant make it on 8th April either though.
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Postponed to 8th April.
It's been snowing heavily in East Kent this morning but not settling - the roads seem clear. Probably looks like decent riding conditions if you're Bernard Hinault or Andy Hampsten, but I doubt many people would turn up tomorrow if it went ahead, so postponing it is the sensible option.
Will you be allowing people to sign up to the new date? I might be able to make it now.
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This event has been postponed due to the adverse weather conditions in Kent with snow already falling and an amber weather warning in place running until late tomorrow.
A provisional plan B was put in place last night which AUK have now approved so I can confirm the event has been rescheduled to Sunday April 8th. Anyone who hasn't entered this event already may now do so via the AUK website (until the ride reaches capacity)
If you are genuinely unable to ride on April 8th free entry into one of my permanents anytime during 2018 will be available on the proviso I am contacted before the end of March.
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A very sound decision - as the accounts coming in from The Dean today confirm. Even if the overnight snow has stopped falling by morning, many of the lanes will be treacherous. (Some of them aren't that good in the best of weather!) I know that we are all on a private excursion, etc, but were I organising an event I would still feel a degree of responsibility if a rider were to injure him or herself as a consequence letting an event go on in the face of very bad weather.
I hope MoK will still be able to cover all of his costs if he has to pay extra to re-book the hall. If not, perhaps an "honesty box" at the arrivee?
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A very sound decision - as the accounts coming in from The Dean today confirm. Even if the overnight snow has stopped falling by morning, many of the lanes will be treacherous. (Some of them aren't that good in the best of weather!) I know that we are all on a private excursion, etc, but were I organising an event I would still feel a degree of responsibility if a rider were to injure him or herself as a consequence letting an event go on in the face of very bad weather.
I hope MoK will still be able to cover all of his costs if he has to pay extra to re-book the hall. If not, perhaps an "honesty box" at the arrivee?
I am very fortunate that the person who looks after Golden Green Mission Hall is very supportive of my events and has agreed to reschedule the booking to the revised date. The commercial controls have also been very accommodating and the Vicarage is available too:-)
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Thanks for the update MoK; looking forward to the revised date ;)
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I thought the first was 2009 and I rode the 2nd one as my first
I'll be there as always, a highlight of the year for me to herald in the spring.
Just noticed this and indeed the 2009 edition was the first one. The event didn't run in 2015 hence 2018 is the 9th edition. I'm mulling over ideas for a special 10th Anniversary ride in 2019!
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A very sound decision - as the accounts coming in from The Dean today confirm. Even if the overnight snow has stopped falling by morning, many of the lanes will be treacherous. (Some of them aren't that good in the best of weather!) I know that we are all on a private excursion, etc, but were I organising an event I would still feel a degree of responsibility if a rider were to injure him or herself as a consequence letting an event go on in the face of very bad weather.
I hope MoK will still be able to cover all of his costs if he has to pay extra to re-book the hall. If not, perhaps an "honesty box" at the arrivee?
Definitely the right decision. Although most of the snow has landed a bit more North of Tonbridge it is very unpredictable. We are actually having a blizzard in Rochester at 3.30 pm!
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This event has been postponed due to the adverse weather conditions in Kent with snow already falling and an amber weather warning in place running until late tomorrow.
A provisional plan B was put in place last night which AUK have now approved so I can confirm the event has been rescheduled to Sunday April 8th. Anyone who hasn't entered this event already may now do so via the AUK website (until the ride reaches capacity)
Weather rescheduled events are only permitted for original participants!! NOT extra entries or has the rule been relaxed/changed
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I have entered for the new date.
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I have entered for the new date.
And me... I had planned to ride but had a date clash with The Dean. I'm carless on Sundays so will camp near the start on Saturday night.
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Great day out plus the weather was brilliant after 11am! I heard it was chucking it down all day in London. Great to see familiar faces and still managed a respectable time despite my lack of fitness. Not mucking about at the controls certainly helped but boy those flat bits for the last 80km went on forever!!!
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Full-ish value ride for me but a great ride as always; even managed to see one of the steam trains arrive and depart at New Romney
Thanks MoK, family and Bob
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Just as last year, this year I couldn't find the first Faversham control...apparently it is just a detached house, no matter how hard I looked for signage, I couldn't spot it :(
Nonetheless, a good day out, left the hall at 8AM, spent most of the day by myself and came back at 4:40PM.
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There were tons of bikes around the house. It’s half way down on the road as you turn left from the station.
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Didn't really fancy getting out of bed yesterday morning, especially when I saw how hard it was raining outside, but I'm glad I did. Found it all rather hard work, which is hardly surprising given my lack of condition, but I got round OK. Actually made reasonably good time, which is at least partly down to not lingering at controls. Legs feel surprisingly not too bad today. Really need to rack up a few more miles if I'm going to be in any kind of shape for the West Highland 1K though.
Rode with Redlight OTP for much of the time as far as Wingham but didn't see him after that until I got back to the finish. I'll let him tell the story...
Thanks to MoK and helpers - especially for standing outside in the rain at Faversham to do the catering.
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There were tons of bikes around the house. It’s half way down on the road as you turn left from the station.
If iZaP was back at the finish by 4.40pm, I suspect there wouldn't have been that many other bikes at Faversham when he got there.
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Great day out yesterday. A bit mis early on but that passed and after that it was mostly fine. Surprisingly fast route with just one hill that troubled my 83". One for the speed freaks (which counts me out, obs), but "I'll be back". :)
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I had a great day, ECE'd there and back for a 300. Out the flat at 4.45am, back at 11pm. Feeling it today!
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I too had a great day out. A good route with large parts new to me. Would be even better on a dry day!
Much respect to Niki and friends, my legs were glad it was over after 200k.
Thanks to MoK, Bob and all the helpers.
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Rode with Redlight OTP for much of the time as far as Wingham but didn't see him after that until I got back to the finish. I'll let him tell the story...
It'll take me a while to live this weekend down. To provide some context - I had planned to join the Night Ride to the Coast out to Whitstable on Friday evening but a mix-up over the rendezvous time at Greenwich left me fruitlessly trying to catch up with the group which was already an hour ahead, despite not being entirely sure which route they were taking. A puncture on the dirt track that is laughably called NCN1 alongside the River Cray added to my lateness and I eventually gave up just after Dartford and meandered home with my tail, metaphorically, between my legs, 80km done around the less attractive outreaches of SE London, but looking forward to a more successful day out yesterday.
The ride started badly as I had a protracted fight with my (still relatively new to me) Garmin, meaning that I was barely a kilometre from the start 20 minutes after everyone else had disappeared into the distance, but I managed to get my pace up, pass a few riders and hooked up with Citoyen somewhere near Kingswood. A little further on, he pointed out that one of the side pockets of my Carradice was undone and, stopping to close it, I noticed that my pen had fallen out somewhere along the way. It was only when we got to the second control at Wingham, where I was planning to buy a snack, that I realised that my wallet had gone with it.
As I contemplated attempting to continue the ride with no money to buy food along the way, my phone pinged with a text message from an unknown number. My wallet had been found by someone out walking his dog in Lughorse Lane, a notoriously rough stretch of single track just past Yalding that we had passed through just 9km from the start. He'd be home all afternoon if I'd like to pop in a collect it.
I decided to abandon the ride and head back to Yalding, navigating from village to village, relying on my memory of riding the earlier version of the MoK route that didn't include the loop up to Faversham.
My memory is not that good.
Cutting a long, and meandering, story short, a few hours, two replaced inner tubes and one replaced front tyre later, I found myself hurtling back down Hunton Hill towards Yalding. My energy level was about as low as it could get - not helped by the long, long, drag up to Charing along the way - and I was beginning to feel light headed and slightly disoriented. The man with the wallet lived at the Yalding end of Lughorse Lane. I collected it with excessive gratitude and set off again. Here, my brain turned to mush. Instead of riding down the hill into Yalding, I headed back along Lughorse Lane, following the outbound route again. I realised this at Hunton Hill, and descended once again into Yalding. A voice in my head was telling me that we had passed through Wateringbury on the way out so I followed the signs for that. Except we hadn't, so when I got there I was even more confused.
A group of four riders passed me. One had a saddlebag - they must be on the ride, I thought, so I followed them. At the first junction, they turned towards Maidstone. I was alert enough to realise that couldn't be right as the opposite direction was signposted Tonbridge, which I knew to be in the general vicinity of the Arrivee. A horrible ride down the A26 took me to Hadlow, at which point I spotted a sign for Golden Green just a mile and a quarter away. I think it was about 5.30 when I rolled in, muttering nonsensically, and finally got some food inside me. A little while later, in came Citoyen, who was polite enough not to look too surprised to see me there before him ;).
So, a weekend of failed rides. But I console myself with the knowledge that, despite DNF the 200, I still somehow ended up riding 182km on the day, which meant that it was worth getting out of bed in the first place.
My next ride may be in a velodrome. Can't get too lost there...
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My next ride may be in a velodrome. Can't get too lost there...
Some AUKs could...
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Rode with Redlight OTP for much of the time as far as Wingham but didn't see him after that until I got back to the finish. I'll let him tell the story...
It'll take me a while to live this weekend down.
My next ride may be in a velodrome. Can't get too lost there...
It wouldn't be the right time to point out that the route actually went back through Yalding?
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Rode with Redlight OTP for much of the time as far as Wingham but didn't see him after that until I got back to the finish. I'll let him tell the story...
It'll take me a while to live this weekend down.
My next ride may be in a velodrome. Can't get too lost there...
It wouldn't be the right time to point out that the route actually went back through Yalding?
Did it? I mistakenly routed from the wrong track after New Romney and ended up going L after Laddingford, thinking I was at Teapot Island, but ended up the way I wanted to go which was to the old Blue Bell pub (now some posh faux Oast House homes) and up the cycle path to East Peckham
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My map went through Laddingford over the bridge then past teapot and through to second bridge and train lines. It wouldn’t take much to divert and get his wallet.
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My map went through Laddingford over the bridge then past teapot and through to second bridge and train lines. It wouldn’t take much to divert and get his wallet.
True, but I wanted to get to him as quickly as possible (hah) and, of course, had I continued on the ride then I'd still have had to do another 120km with no food :facepalm:
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I had a protracted fight with my (still relatively new to me) Garmin,
My bottom-of-the-range Garmin doesn't allow me to navigate on the hoof
A paper route sheet and a map would have been a sensible backup - something to consider for the future?
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Cutting a long, and meandering, story short, .......
TLDR
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A paper route sheet and a map would have been a sensible backup - something to consider for the future?
I did have the paper route sheet with me, but it's surprisingly tricky to navigate in reverse, as I discovered around Yalding itself. I usually carry maps on rides into places that I haven't been before but having done this ride several times I (perhaps wrongly) didn't feel the need.
Live and learn.
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as I was a late starter I would probably have seen it if I wasn't concentrating on the road surface;
Lughorse Lane and Hunton Hill are two unique bits of the ride that are an essential part of the route, it gets much better after that
Not so much fun in the dark at the end if you plan the perm that way though....
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A . . map would have been a sensible backup
. . . I usually carry maps on rides into places that I haven't been before but having done this ride several times I (perhaps wrongly) didn't feel the need. Live and learn.
I navigate using paper maps with significant 'route preparation' beforehand and have the routesheet if needed (on display where I think the route has complexity). Two road atlas pages weigh less than a brevet. A few times I have decided that I don't need coverage of the whole route (for example where the route strays briefly onto the adjacent atlas page). Several times I have rued the decision not to carry that extra page: finding myself off the map in Edmundbyers instead of on route in Blanchland, for example (MP1K 17) or at the 590k point of the BCM where the police closed the road down into Chepstow (from Usk) because a motorcyclist had come off badly. Everyone knows the road down into Chepstow - why would you need a map? We did that May evening. "Live and learn"? Learning requires a change to be made. Memo to self: carry map coverage of the whole route and terrain adjacent, either as your primary navigational tool or as a back-up.
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Loving Redlight's account of the ride.
I wrote my own up here (hoping linking to this is okay!): https://medium.com/@plasticniki/the-ride-of-the-throat-infection-c38ac16cac54
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at the 590k point of the BCM where the police closed the road down into Chepstow (from Usk) because a motorcyclist had come off badly. Everyone knows the road down into Chepstow - why would you need a map? We did that May evening. "Live and learn"? Learning requires a change to be made.
I vaguely recall reading someone's account of that incident, attempting to use Google Maps and getting sent down a dirt track that was entirely unsuitable for road bikes. Was that you?
I've had similar problems with Google Maps navigation - just goes to show that even if you have a phone signal, a proper paper map may remain the better option.
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I wrote my own up here (hoping linking to this is okay!): https://medium.com/@plasticniki/the-ride-of-the-throat-infection-c38ac16cac54
Great effort. :thumbsup:
I had a bit of a sore throat towards the end of last week but like you decided to ride anyway. It has now developed into a full-blown cold with hacking chesty cough - although I reckon it was going to happen anyway, even if I'd stayed at home in bed on Sunday.
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Not sure if there was a thread for this year but I'd like to say many thanks for a great event as always MoK, your family and Lise :thumbsup:
There seemed to be a nagging headwind for much of it as it changed from NE to SSW to W over the course of the ride but I almost got back for a long lost 10hr 200 despite this. Big field too!
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I've not ridden this one for a few years but I really enjoyed the day out in great conditions. I rode quite briskly on my own for most of it but then got in with 3 other people from Headcorn back to the finish which turned into a bit of a road race.
Quite tired today.
Thanks to Man of Kent and team.
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Couldn't make it this time - only the second time I've missed this ride. Spent a fair bit of yesterday looking ruefully out of the window and thinking what a lovely day it was for a bike ride...
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First time riding MoK, and a thoroughly nice ride it was too in near perfect spring conditions! An overdistance and somewhat hilly ECE made it quite a long day, and I spent much of the day being towed around briskly by GreySheep. Thanks very much to all the helpers, I'm sure I'll ride this again :thumbsup:
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Going back to the discussion on longer events in Kent. I did a 400 DIY end of September 18 that went south from Hertfordshire, overnight through Woolwich foot tunnel into Kent. Then returned via the Gravesend ferry and Essex the following afternoon. I set off at 7:20pm in the evening and the timings worked really well. So I think if you take in bits of Hertfordshire and Essex and plan an overnight start that passes through east London; an interesting 400 is quite achievable. The roads overnight through east London were pretty quiet but there were plenty of take aways and mini marts open to top up food, drinks.
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I've always used the Woolwich foot tunnel to ride to/from events in Kent, the roads through East London and then the Docklands are really quiet first thing in the morning, especially on weekends
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Couldn't make it this time - only the second time I've missed this ride. Spent a fair bit of yesterday looking ruefully out of the window and thinking what a lovely day it was for a bike ride...
I was wondering if you were going to be there.
You missed an absolutely fantastic cycling day. The weather Gods smiled down on the riders for the whole day. Along with the copious amounts of great food at the end, it was glorious.
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Couldn't make it this time - only the second time I've missed this ride. Spent a fair bit of yesterday looking ruefully out of the window and thinking what a lovely day it was for a bike ride...
I was wondering if you were going to be there.
You missed an absolutely fantastic cycling day. The weather Gods smiled down on the riders for the whole day. Along with the copious amounts of great food at the end, it was glorious.
Ah-hah. You’re the bloke I see on my commute.
Good talking to you this evening.
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Couldn't make it this time - only the second time I've missed this ride. Spent a fair bit of yesterday looking ruefully out of the window and thinking what a lovely day it was for a bike ride...
I was wondering if you were going to be there.
You missed an absolutely fantastic cycling day. The weather Gods smiled down on the riders for the whole day. Along with the copious amounts of great food at the end, it was glorious.
Ah-hah. You’re the bloke I see on my commute.
Good talking to you this evening.
You too... :thumbsup:
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Signed up for this month's man of kent :) Looking forward to it!
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See you there Sefi
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I'm on card stamping duties at Wingham. If you two are riding, I guess I'd better make sure I arrive nice and early...
See you there!
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I'm on card stamping duties at Wingham. If you two are riding, I guess I'd better make sure I arrive nice and early...
See you there!
Is that the farm shop ?
I'm not dashing round as I plan to ride to/from the event as well.
See you there.
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Is that the farm shop ?
That's the one.
I'm not dashing round as I plan to ride to/from the event as well.
I suspect your idea of 'not dashing' is a little bit brisker than mine...
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I'm on card stamping duties at Wingham. If you two are riding, I guess I'd better make sure I arrive nice and early...
See you there!
;D superb stuff. See you there!
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See you there Sefi
Awesome! I'm in a group of 5 apparently but you're welcome to draft and do some work on the front ;D
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And I just seen two Audaxes postponed to a later date. What are the thoughts about this one?
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It’s still on as things stand and brevet cards have been ordered but I’m in regular dialogue with all the controls and monitoring COVID-19 developments.
Entries are now closed though.
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It’s still on as things stand and brevet cards have been ordered but I’m in regular dialogue with all the controls and monitoring COVID-19 developments.
Entries are now closed though.
Thanks, Dave
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Due to the on-going COVID-19 situation you will be aware that I am unfortunately unable to run the Man of Kent Audax on Sunday March 29th as planned. These are exceptional times and none of us know how long restrictions will last however at present I intend to run the event once government restrictions and Audax UK’s events suspension are lifted.
Should the restrictions run on after the end of June and it isn’t feasible to reschedule, all entrants will be offered the option of either a refund or donating their entry fee to The Kent and Sussex Air Ambulance which is a very worthwhile local charity normally supported by my cycling club, San Fairy Ann’s Sportive.
Stay safe all and whilst observing Government guidelines keep those wheels turning (sensibly).
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Dave,
govt scientitifc advice published yesterday says movement restrictions will need to be in place "for at least the best part of a year". It says these restrictions might be increased or decreased, but we're looking at no get-togethers even by christmas, based on that report.
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Hi, I see this event is on 3rd April of this year but I can’t enter. Is it already full?
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I am assuming so. When I entered in February, if my memory serves me, places were limited to 90 I think.
Looking at my calendar on the Audax website there is a warning type triangle next to the entry. Not sure what that means!!