Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Audax => Topic started by: megajoulesexpenditure on 13 January, 2021, 04:21:35 pm
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Don't know how many current members are aware or have had a browse of the photos available via this link on the 'old' AUK website?
At one time it was the only place available to upload photos for people to see,so a good collection and some very young looking older AUK's etc. Well worth a browse if like me you're a bit lost in lockdown.
http://www.aukweb.net/resources/gallery/
Hope the gallery can be preserved intact once the new website takes over. :thumbsup:
All the best everyone and hope we are allowed out soon.
Lucy
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Nothing happens when I click on a photo....
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Nothing happens when I click on a photo....
The UI predated swiping.
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Don't know how many current members are aware or have had a browse of the photos available via this link on the 'old' AUK website?
At one time it was the only place available to upload photos for people to see,so a good collection and some very young looking older AUK's etc. Well worth a browse if like me you're a bit lost in lockdown.
http://www.aukweb.net/resources/gallery/
Hope the gallery can be preserved intact once the new website takes over. :thumbsup:
All the best everyone and hope we are allowed out soon.
Lucy
The first foto I see which I provided is from a very young looking you ;).
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Nothing happens when I click on a photo....
The UI predated swiping.
Works fiune in Firefox but not in DuckDuckGo.
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The Elenith when organised by the late David Pountney.. Images can found at https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMk9giYmem45uouEOJz7iEGL_TJpjuidCsUpjDcpm4zlUIpscz-rnOQ1rcTodg2JQ?key=SzA1NmtVYUNxWlYtSjNQcWJMMllyZmhMR0dfVTRR
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Don't know how many current members are aware or have had a browse of the photos available via this link on the 'old' AUK website?
At one time it was the only place available to upload photos for people to see,so a good collection and some very young looking older AUK's etc. Well worth a browse if like me you're a bit lost in lockdown.
http://www.aukweb.net/resources/gallery/
Hope the gallery can be preserved intact once the new website takes over. :thumbsup:
All the best everyone and hope we are allowed out soon.
Lucy
That's a nice reminder Lucy - it's so old that it includes a picture of me at the finish of the Vatternrundan in 2010. Happy days ....
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Thanks Ivo,
Happy days. Hope they come back soon :thumbsup:
Don't know how many current members are aware or have had a browse of the photos available via this link on the 'old' AUK website?
At one time it was the only place available to upload photos for people to see,so a good collection and some very young looking older AUK's etc. Well worth a browse if like me you're a bit lost in lockdown.
http://www.aukweb.net/resources/gallery/
Hope the gallery can be preserved intact once the new website takes over. :thumbsup:
All the best everyone and hope we are allowed out soon.
Lucy
The first foto I see which I provided is from a very young looking you ;).
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Nice one Lucy, a poignant collection with so many familiar faces now departed, but thankfully many more still in the game.
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Thanks Pip.
Yes as you say some sadly departed friends but happy memories of good adventures with them :thumbsup:
Nice one Lucy, a poignant collection with so many familiar faces now departed, but thankfully many more still in the game.
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The Elenith when organised by the late David Pountney.. Images can found at https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMk9giYmem45uouEOJz7iEGL_TJpjuidCsUpjDcpm4zlUIpscz-rnOQ1rcTodg2JQ?key=SzA1NmtVYUNxWlYtSjNQcWJMMllyZmhMR0dfVTRR
Such a great ride.
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Happy memories of a spectacular and favourite ride. Thanks Philip :thumbsup:
The Elenith when organised by the late David Pountney.. Images can found at https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMk9giYmem45uouEOJz7iEGL_TJpjuidCsUpjDcpm4zlUIpscz-rnOQ1rcTodg2JQ?key=SzA1NmtVYUNxWlYtSjNQcWJMMllyZmhMR0dfVTRR
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PBP 1995. I can name 6 people in this photo. Can anyone do any better?
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50863827563_02a4607f8f.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kuEpSc)
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Man bending over on right hand side is Derek Hymen
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Is that Timm in the stripy shirt? Pete Gifford in the cap. Photo's too small on this laptop for any more.
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Is that Timm in the stripy shirt? Pete Gifford in the cap. Photo's too small on this laptop for any more.
And too private to click through to a bigger version.
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The photo's of The Elenith certainly brought back a lot of memories, usually of just scraping through the time limit every year. It was always my favourite event of the year.
As a different piece of nostalgia, does anyone else still have their 'Made by Margaret Hopper' Audax U.K. jersey? Mine's some 25 years old now and I wore it on today's ride.
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The photo's of The Elenith certainly brought back a lot of memories, usually of just scraping through the time limit every year. It was always my favourite event of the year.
I did it a number of times, and always found that my finish time was completely unpredictable. There was one year, probably early 2010s when the weather was just unbelievable. One of the best days out on the bike and the ride felt easy.
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The Elenith when organised by the late David Pountney.. Images can found at https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMk9giYmem45uouEOJz7iEGL_TJpjuidCsUpjDcpm4zlUIpscz-rnOQ1rcTodg2JQ?key=SzA1NmtVYUNxWlYtSjNQcWJMMllyZmhMR0dfVTRR
Such a great ride.
Looks like I rode in 2008. I think I rode two or three times in total.
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Is that Timm in the stripy shirt? Pete Gifford in the cap. Photo's too small on this laptop for any more.
Yep, that's Timm.
I wonder if anyone can name the bloke in the blue shirt in the centre of the photo. PBP would't be at the top of his palmares.
And too private to click through to a bigger version.
Now public, if that's any help.
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I don't know, but he looks like a pro!
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Is that Timm in the stripy shirt? Pete Gifford in the cap. Photo's too small on this laptop for any more.
Yep, that's Timm.
I wonder if anyone can name the bloke in the blue shirt in the centre of the photo. PBP would't be at the top of his palmares.
I'm sure I recognise his and other faces, but can't put names to them.
I guess that's Noel's backside on the right.
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Names are L-R:
Yellow Jersey - Drew Buck (riding a 1950s fixie that year)
Stripey jersey - Timm Frenzel
Blue polo shirt - Bob Maitland, 6th in Olympic Road race 1948, member of British Tour de France team in 1955, British Road race champion, Britsh hill climb champion, world vets road race champion (age 65-69) in 1989 , PBP, etc etc
Shirtless - George Baugh
behind Pete Gifford in pink shorts and flipflops - Dai Harris
black T-shirt - Pete Gifford.
I don't think the bending-down figure is Noel. I recall the photo was taken after the event, and Noel had gone to the LRM meeting, leaving Pete at a loose end, so he came to see what was going on at the campsite.
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I don't know, but he looks like a pro!
So I wasn't too far out, John! He just looks the part, somehow.
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The infamous tandem recumbent which was christened "le grand lit" on the ride to Paris from the Portsmouth - Caen ferry.
In this age of mobile phones I wonder if the telephone kiosk in the middle of nowhere after the "devil's staircase" is still there?https://yacf.co.uk/forum/Smileys/classic/Evil.gif
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Names are L-R:
Yellow Jersey - Drew Buck (riding a 1950s fixie that year)
Stripey jersey - Timm Frenzel
Blue polo shirt - Bob Maitland, 6th in Olympic Road race 1948, member of British Tour de France team in 1955, British Road race champion, Britsh hill climb champion, world vets road race champion (age 65-69) in 1989 , PBP, etc etc
Shirtless - George Baugh
behind Pete Gifford in pink shorts and flipflops - Dai Harris
black T-shirt - Pete Gifford.
I don't think the bending-down figure is Noel. I recall the photo was taken after the event, and Noel had gone to the LRM meeting, leaving Pete at a loose end, so he came to see what was going on at the campsite.
I can see it's George, now. But wouldn't have recognised either Drew or Dai. Drew's bike that year was a Rotrax, complete with 50s metal Ever-Ready lights.
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Dave Lewis & friends photos here: https://hennessey.uk/dave-lewis-gallery
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Drew in 2019 and Noel in 2015.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50893523113_423b026020.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kxhBjr)Drew & me 2019 (https://flic.kr/p/2kxhBjr) by Ian Hennessey (https://www.flickr.com/photos/8302062@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50894354617_e7ed706701.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kxmSuH)Noel & me 2015 (https://flic.kr/p/2kxmSuH) by Ian Hennessey (https://www.flickr.com/photos/8302062@N04/), on Flickr
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Ian, were you there that evening when Bill Best displayed his somewhat niche collection of roadside finds?
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Ian, were you there that evening when Bill Best displayed his somewhat niche collection of roadside finds?
I'm afraid I was. There are interesting stories about Bill.
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I miss Chris Crossland's smiling face at 1am.
I miss Mike Wigley at a sunny lunch stop in Welton.
I miss Deano's post 300 parties
I miss the Pennines in the dark.
I miss pouring rain and wondering if those lightening strikes will get closer.
I miss the isolation of a long ride
I miss wondering if I can carry on.
I miss the heavy legs after a cafe stop.
I miss doing a cycling event and knowing there are 50 others out there, but never seeing them, but knowing I'm not alone.
I miss all y'all. Though I never ride with you, I've always felt part of the ride we're on.
#slaps_face #pulls_self_together
I'm going to prioritise more calendar events in the future.
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Stories of events by various authors including me. Some published elsewhere (Arrivée).
https://hennessey.uk/auk-randonnee-events/16-words-various-authors
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An AUK car boot "Control "at the top of Llangyndr Mountain - one of Timm Frenzel's 100 or 200k event from Cwmcarn Paragon CC club shed - sometime in the early 1990s. As Timm drove around the course keeping tabs on us, the stink of burning oil from his Alfa Romeo still lingers in my throat, as does his infective deep laugh (although not down my throat, obviously).
Mocy and I (behind camera) on a Longstaff tandem
The girl on the left may be wearing one of the early AUK scratchy acrylic tops??
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8465/8075399408_921ae674d9_o.jpg)
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It was from that Alfa Romeo on our way to PBP in 1991 that we* saw a lorry with the registration BRE5T. We considered this a good omen.
It was also in that Alfa Romeo, on the way back from Paris a few days later, that my knee seized up completely.
* me, Timm, John Walker, and the late Dave Lewis.
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My father had an Alfa Romeo Giulietta like that, nowadays a very rare beast. He went on to own another Alfa, my brother had two and I'm now on my fourth and fifth ones. I love this picture, it certainly brings back the memories.
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I noticed a photo of me on that list.
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Deep down in my photopages you can find some of my old LEL series:
2001:
https://www.zonerama.com/ivomiesen/Album/5174579
2005:
https://www.zonerama.com/ivomiesen/Album/5174600
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Lots of faces I recognise in those photos. Quite a few not around any more.
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Lovely memories Ivo
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Nice collection Ivo
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There's an interview with an LEL 2009 finisher in today's La Gazzetta dello Sport
Click here (https://www.gazzetta.it/montagna/16-02-2021/ausilia-vistarini-intervista-in-alaska-40-mi-preparo-cosi-400676990292.shtml)
Her main claim to fame is that she's jointly responsible for my forum name.
Day 1
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2507/3776780195_c39dd8ed95_w.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/6KJZaV)
In a pub in Brampton
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3569/3776785125_9b9c391930_w.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/6KK1CV)
(https://live.staticflickr.com/2584/3777591542_2e4503571e_w.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/6KP9mE)
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Thanks Ivo, many photos of Jack "I'm struggling" Eason in action which bring back some happy memories.
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(http://www.aukweb.net/pix/5ytvm5wl_wed_feb_23_10_00_16_2005.jpg)
http://www.aukweb.net/resources/gallery/event/863/
My favourite so far I think, though the courdory shorts are a bit short for my tastes!
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From the same ride/photographer (PBP '75, Alan Sturk) - this one's a beauty. (Talk about socially-distanced ! )
(https://www.aukweb.net/pix/8vsoo08w_wed_feb_23_09_58_57_2005.jpg)
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Is everyone else seeing the pics posted by frankie+Tommy? For some reason they don't display within the YACF page for me, but I just have to copy-paste the URL to another tab and Hey Presto!
Anyway, "Dawn on the RN12" is triggering enormous nostalgia for me. It's not a hugely scenic photo, but it captures the exact view and feel I've had many times, uniquely on PBP.
<fingers crossed:> (http://www.aukweb.net/pix/1aiz80nj_wed_feb_23_09_59_13_2005.jpg)
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It is the 'Mixed Content' that stops the pictures being displayed in Chrome.
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Anyway, "Dawn on the RN12" is triggering enormous nostalgia for me. It's not a hugely scenic photo, but it captures the exact view and feel I've had many times, uniquely on PBP.
<fingers crossed:> (https://www.aukweb.net/pix/1aiz80nj_wed_feb_23_09_59_13_2005.jpg)
Worked for me (Firefox) but anyway, I've edited the link in my post and in this reply, to remove the 'mixed' element. Alan's photos are truly redolent of Days Gone By.
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The Night is Departing...
I rode the NSN a week after our choir had sung Mendelssohn's 'Hymn of Praise' and that photo captures it...
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...Alan's photos are truly redolent of Days Gone By.
If you want to see Frankly Frankie's favourite photographic blast from the (not quite so distant) past, go to photos link and search for 'large'.
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Worked for me (Firefox) but anyway, I've edited the link in my post and in this reply, to remove the 'mixed' element.
Whatever that means, it did the trick! (Chrome here)
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I came across some photos the other day of PBP 1991 and 1995. Here are Bill Best and Bob Maitland before PBP 1995. I think they must have ridden against each other in the mid 1950s. Both still at their racing weight.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51227596755_6b9d859207_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2m3NPLP)
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As Timm drove around the course keeping tabs on us, the stink of burning oil from his Alfa Romeo still lingers in my throat, as does his infective deep laugh (although not down my throat, obviously).
John Walker, Dave Lewis, Timm and me hiding his Alfa Romeo at Brest in 1991. After 600km of tailwind we now faced 600km of stiff headwind
Timm had made a collapsible flagpole with lengths of metal tubing and at controls clamped it to his roof rack with a big Welsh flag at the top, so we could always find him and his car at controls. He also had his bike on his roof rack because (a) he didn't want to leave it unattended on the campsite in SQY, and (b) it could be raided for spares if necessary.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51226579636_9c8cfd8fd8_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2m3HBqh)
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Noel Simpson and Pete Gifford somewhere in France 1991 or 1995
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51225909452_15caa27606_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2m3Ebco)
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Me finishing PBP in 1991 (top) and 1995 (bottom). Note in the top picture the wind blowing flags on the flagpoles Brestward.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51227709310_b2f25eb50c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2m3Ppeq)
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Posted by: Salvatore Yesterday
Noel Simpson and Pete Gifford somewhere in France 1991 or 1995
It must be 1991 because they rode the recumbent "le grand lit" in 1995, I rode with the group, organised by Noel I think, from the ferry to Paris. How are they now?
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Posted by: Salvatore Yesterday
Noel Simpson and Pete Gifford somewhere in France 1991 or 1995
It must be 1991 because they rode the recumbent "le grand lit" in 1995, I rode with the group, organised by Noel I think, from the ferry to Paris. How are they now?
Not sure about Noel but I think IanH is in touch with him. Pete now lives on a farm just on the edge of Lincoln, not sure if he still rides though.
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The last I heard about Noel was that he'd moved to France, but that was years ago. I'm sure there are people with more up-to-date news of him.
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Posted by: Salvatore Yesterday
Noel Simpson and Pete Gifford somewhere in France 1991 or 1995
It must be 1991 because they rode the recumbent "le grand lit" in 1995, I rode with the group, organised by Noel I think, from the ferry to Paris. How are they now?
The Grand Lit was 1999. I rode with them from the ferry to Paris, and lent Noel my spare (!) SPD shoes for PBP.
Noel is now living in southwest France, I think.
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Noel does live in France, I had a brief chat with him at the velodrome at the start of PBP 2015, he was helping out there.
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My account of PBP 1999, featuring Noel Simpson, Ian H, and quite a few others:
https://audaxdemon.co.uk/2019/06/25/paris-brest-paris-1999/
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"and I told him about the electric eels and UFOs he could expect to see on Edinburgh-London, if my experience was anything to go by…"
That and the petrol station one had me in stitches Peter
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The last I heard about Noel was that he'd moved to France, but that was years ago. I'm sure there are people with more up-to-date news of him.
He is now back in the UK.
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Posted by: Salvatore Yesterday
Noel Simpson and Pete Gifford somewhere in France 1991 or 1995
It must be 1991 because they rode the recumbent "le grand lit" in 1995, I rode with the group, organised by Noel I think, from the ferry to Paris. How are they now?
The Grand Lit was 1999. I rode with them from the ferry to Paris, and lent Noel my spare (!) SPD shoes for PBP.
Noel is now living in southwest France, I think.
Not only 1999 - I remember it and I didn't ride in 1999.
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Not only 1999 - I remember it and I didn't ride in 1999.
Good grief! You mean they did PBP on that contraption more than once?