Pre ride meet up

[Ray 6701]

Any plans for a beer the evening before 

There's a Wetherspoons in Loughton.
http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-last-post-loughton

[chrisbainbridge]

There is already a suggestion that the facebook group meet up there on the afternoon.

Perhaps someone should warn them that 1000 extra people are coming through their door that day!

[veloboy]

Will have to consult The Good Beer Guide on this - Loughton though; think lager, Essex and Chavelicious!

[teethgrinder]

Any plans for a beer the evening before 

There's a Wetherspoons in Loughton.
http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-last-post-loughton

That's my plan. Being a cheapskate who isn't particularly fussed about beer and likes a good and cheap nosh up then it's perfect for me.

[Keeff]

We sampled the breakfast at Loughton Wetherspoons today.  It was fine.

Pub is nice and clean - not a bit like you'd expect for Essex

Keith and Sue

[mds101]

The wetherspoons would be good for me and it would be good to see folk before the ride, I guess just need a time to aim for

[Lordy]

I heard someone/somewhere mention the all you can eat Chinese in Ilford.  Des anyone know anything about that as a possible rendezvous?

[Hummers]

M u s t  r e s i s t...

H

[Fidgetbuzz]

The wetherspoons would be good for me and it would be good to see folk before the ride, I guess just need a time to aim for

Surely timing is from the earliest you can get there .. until you are thrown out at closing time.

Or am I missing something

[mds101]

The wetherspoons would be good for me and it would be good to see folk before the ride, I guess just need a time to aim for

Surely timing is from the earliest you can get there .. until you are thrown out at closing time.

Or am I missing something

.....not thought of it that way.

[arvid]

The wetherspoons would be good for me and it would be good to see folk before the ride, I guess just need a time to aim for

Surely timing is from the earliest you can get there .. until you are thrown out at closing time.

Or am I missing something

Sounds like a plan.
I'll aim for somewhere around noon, after leaving the Harwich ferry at 7am. I'll have to leave to check in to the Travelodge in Harlow in the afternoon and then get back for dinner. This is on friday though, on saturday I'll be somewhere in the city.

[mikewigley]

The wetherspoons would be good for me and it would be good to see folk before the ride, I guess just need a time to aim for

Just look for the quiet bunch in a corner somewhere?

[Hummers]

M u s t  r e s i s t...

H

[marcusjb]

Unless you would like to be exposed to bare male buttocks (in remarkably good condition considering the age actually  ) or contra-rotating nipple tassels on a man who should know better, I implore you to keep the location from Hummers.  You can see from his own posts, that you'd be doing the poor man a favour.

Don't say I didn't warn you if suddenly you find yourself in a demonstration of the correct usage of condoms in inclement weather conditions.

[Hummers]

That's torn it Marcus.

How big is this Wetherspoons?

H