Author Topic: Round The Year Randonneurs Log  (Read 422352 times)

Bairdy

  • Former Pints Champion
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #800 on: 14 October, 2012, 11:26:11 pm »
Having a second attempt at my last ride to complete my first RRTY tommorow (Upset stomach scuppered my first attempt last week). Some heavy rain forecast so hopefully will be soggy but happy by this time tommorow. Fingers crossed. :)

Best of luck mate. I rode a perm today and it was bloody freezing cold when I set off at 5.15am until......err when I got home.
Great ride though Steve Poulton's Glos & Somerset 200.
Hope you manage to dodge most of the wet stuff.  :thumbsup:
"And I been up to my neck in pleasure
              Up to my neck in pain"

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #801 on: 16 October, 2012, 06:01:27 pm »
Finished RRTY yesterday (subject to validation) Did a ride from Magor to Somerton via Clevedon and back.  Stuck to A and B roads where possible due to rain.
This route cleverly allows the rider to ride over the Mendips at the Col de Shipham in both directions ;D

It was pouring down as I climbed it on the way back but I kept cheerfull by thinking that this is the only big hill between me and a completed RRTY.

Used the petrol station at Magor Services as a start /finish as theres an ATM there and all other shops in Magor close early and the pub has incorrect time on the receipts. The petrol station also has a bit of a bakery counter and an impressive coffee machine so a usefull place if passing thru that neck of the woods.

Cafe in Somerton had to have a staff meeting when I asked for beans on toast,I guess they never did it before.Nice to introduce the local heathens to some real food :-)

After baling on 150 kms last week with an upset stomach  I was delighted to roll back into Magor feeling good and with a bit of time in hand. (not much  :) )

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #802 on: 16 October, 2012, 06:30:08 pm »
Well done, especially in bad weather!

Bairdy

  • Former Pints Champion
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #803 on: 16 October, 2012, 07:44:11 pm »
Finished RRTY yesterday (subject to validation) Did a ride from Magor to Somerton via Clevedon and back.  Stuck to A and B roads where possible due to rain.
This route cleverly allows the rider to ride over the Mendips at the Col de Shipham in both directions ;D

Congatulations, I'm relieved for you!
Sounds like a new DIY route? Shipham....so does it adopt a bit of Ian's Sea & Levels?
"And I been up to my neck in pleasure
              Up to my neck in pain"

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #804 on: 16 October, 2012, 07:48:45 pm »
Weekdays coming back through Newport and Cardiff is busy traffic so I started in Magor then picked up the Sea and Levels route at Clevedon. Quite a pleasant ride with a few hills and plenty of fast bits.Didnt use the Clevedon /Caswell lanes as it would have been too wet and muddy.stayed on the B road that goes through Weston in Gordano etc.

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #805 on: 17 October, 2012, 03:46:47 pm »
So my first RRTY starts this saturday with the ditchling devil 200k perm!

marcusjb

  • Full of bon courage.
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #806 on: 17 October, 2012, 04:35:07 pm »
So my first RRTY starts this saturday with the ditchling devil 200k perm!

Lovely ride - I have ridden it a couple of times this summer.

I will also be riding the first part of it this Saturday - though I will be setting off from Chiswick around 4-4:30 am to get down to Chailey (not far from the first proper control on the Ditchling Devil at Plumpton) for the Mid Sussex Olympic 100km.

If you fancy an early start - drop me a line!
Right! What's next?

Ooooh. That sounds like a daft idea.  I am in!

iddu

  • Are we there yet?
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #807 on: 20 October, 2012, 10:29:44 pm »
Huzzah! A Blacksheep RRTY  8)

19/11/11Crych Cymru 200
10/12/11Kings, Castles... 200
07/01/12Mr P's January Sale 200
12/02/12Crych Cymru (Perm) 200
03/03/12Mr P's March Madness 200
07/04/12SW April Foolery 200
26/05/12SW Trip to Wochma 200
02/06/12Hay in a Day 200
21/07/12Mr P Takes Flight 200
11/08/12Rough Diamond 300
08/09/12Hay in a Day 200
20/10/12Mr P's Autumnal (STV) 200

Definitley not stepping on the treadmill... ;)
I'd offer you some moral support - but I have questionable morals.

Bairdy

  • Former Pints Champion
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #808 on: 20 October, 2012, 10:50:30 pm »

Definitley not stepping on the treadmill... ;)

Too late, you already have!
It was a good ride today on Mr P's Autumnal Outing.
"And I been up to my neck in pleasure
              Up to my neck in pain"

Genosse Brymbo

  • Ostalgist
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #809 on: 21 October, 2012, 05:19:47 pm »
 :thumbsup: 05/11/2011         200 Upper Thames
 :thumbsup: 04/12/2011         200 DIY Perm based on Upper Thames
 :thumbsup: 01/01/2012         200 DIY Perm based on Upper Thames
 :thumbsup: 25/02/2012         200 Kennet Valley Run
 :thumbsup: 24/03/2012         300 The Dean
 :thumbsup: 15/04/2012         200 DIY Perm based on Upper Thames
 :thumbsup: 05/05/2012         400 Brevet Cymru
 :thumbsup: 17/06/2012         200 DIY Perm Portsmouth
 :thumbsup: 01/07/2012         200 DIY Perm Portsmouth
 :thumbsup: 05/08/2012         200 West Bay and Back
 :thumbsup: 15/09/2012         600 DIY Perm teethgrinder's September Sociable Sixhundred
 :( 13/10/2012           200 DIY Perm based on Kennet Valley Run Tragedy

Well that was an interesting first full year of audax.  The idea was to complete a RRtY using calendar events starting close to home and GPS DIY Perms.  This would provide an incentive to get out on a ride every month.  Things turned out rather differently, and I had much more fun than the original goal would have offered (longer calendar events in different parts of the country and a group ride).

The month twelve RRtY failure was a tragedy whose root cause, in the best Shakespearean tradition, lay in a fatal character flaw of the protagonist.  I forgot to turn on GPS tracklogging until 20km into the ride  :facepalm:.  Ironically it was the most audacious of the rides - I started out in the aftermath of 'flu (needing frequent decongestion breaks) and finished the last 30km of the ride in torrential rain with a puncture 4 miles from home.

Now off to enter the Upper Thames again - definitely on the treadmill...
The present is a foreign country: they do things differently here.

marcusjb

  • Full of bon courage.
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #810 on: 21 October, 2012, 05:25:07 pm »
Tragedy indeed!  You still have another weekend of this month - any chance of fitting another ride in?

For me:

20/10/2012 - Sussex Olympic 100km ECE'd to 200km

Month 1, year 3.  Still on the treadmill.  I momentarily thought about getting off.  Oh dear me.
Right! What's next?

Ooooh. That sounds like a daft idea.  I am in!

Genosse Brymbo

  • Ostalgist
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #811 on: 21 October, 2012, 05:48:53 pm »
Tragedy indeed!  You still have another weekend of this month - any chance of fitting another ride in?
Unfortunately not, which was the reason I rode with a lingering 'flu.  I'll just have to try not to be so stupid for the next 12 months...could be difficult.
The present is a foreign country: they do things differently here.

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #812 on: 21 October, 2012, 06:20:54 pm »
Tragedy indeed!  You still have another weekend of this month - any chance of fitting another ride in?
Unfortunately not, which was the reason I rode with a lingering 'flu.  I'll just have to try not to be so stupid for the next 12 months...could be difficult.

I really feel for you .I DNF no 12 of my RRTY due to illness but was lucky to get another go and finish it. Good Luck with the next one.

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #813 on: 22 October, 2012, 09:00:47 am »
March - Up the Uts 200  :thumbsup:
April - Green & Yellow Fields 300  :thumbsup:
May - DIY 200  :thumbsup:
June - Herts High Five  200  :thumbsup:
July - Garboldisham Groveller 200  :thumbsup:
August - Rutland Ramble 200  :thumbsup:
Sept - Cambridge 200  :thumbsup:
Oct - Silly Suffolk 200
Oct - Bleak 200 DIY ride in the Fens  :thumbsup:
Nov - DIY  200
Dec - South Bucks Winter Warmer 200
Jan - Willy Warmer 200
Feb - Burford Bumble 200

Could not make the SS which was not a bad thing as I ended up with a stinking cold that weekend, and although I hope to ECE the Emitremmus Desrever next weekend I did not want to leave it so late so rode what turned out to be a rather grim ride through the fens on Sunday.

Ray 6701

  • SO @ T
    • Tamworth cycling club
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #814 on: 26 October, 2012, 12:49:29 pm »
My October ride has now been validated so I'm officially a Randonnuer round the Year  :)

November: Upper Thames 200k 
December: Tinsel & Lanes 200k   
January: Poor Student 200k 
February: Diy 200k   
March: Roses to Wrags 200k   
April: Two Battles (calendar) 200k  + Easter arrow 400k
May: Lincolnshire cross 200k + BCM 600k
June: Heart of the Shires 200k + Moors & wolds 400k
July: Two Battles (group perm) 200k   
August: Clumber to Humber 200k   
September: Wem we get there 200k 
October: Two Battles (solo perm) 200k
SR 2010/11/12/13/14/15
RRTY. PBP. LeJoG 1400. LEL.




LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #815 on: 27 October, 2012, 09:07:23 am »
Dec - DIY200
Jan - Willy Warmer 200
Feb - Kennet Valley Run 200
Mar - Man of Kent 200
Apr - Double Dutch 200
May - DIY200
Jun - Moors and Wolds 400
Jul - Three Coasts 600
Aug - Bog Standard 500 DIY
Sep - New Forest On and Off Shore 200
Oct - Wylye and Ebble Valley 200

1 month to go to get RRTY #5
Nov - Upper Thames 200? Might have to do something later in the month because I look like working overseas for at least a couple of weeks. Otherwise there is a fallback DIY200 round an overseas lake.
Wheel meet again, don't know where, don't know when...

jogler

  • mojo operandi
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #816 on: 27 October, 2012, 09:21:01 am »
My October ride has now been validated so I'm officially a Randonnuer round the Year  :)

Congratulations :thumbsup:

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #817 on: 28 October, 2012, 05:06:15 pm »
So my first RRTY starts this saturday with the ditchling devil 200k perm!

Lovely ride - I have ridden it a couple of times this summer.

I will also be riding the first part of it this Saturday - though I will be setting off from Chiswick around 4-4:30 am to get down to Chailey (not far from the first proper control on the Ditchling Devil at Plumpton) for the Mid Sussex Olympic 100km.

If you fancy an early start - drop me a line!

Haven't checked back in a while, had to postpone the ride a week as I hadn't printed off the route the night before, printer ink was on it's last legs.
But completed it yesterday, here begins a long journey!

Crikey it's cold out?

LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #818 on: 04 November, 2012, 09:48:44 am »
Dec - DIY200
Jan - Willy Warmer 200
Feb - Kennet Valley Run 200
Mar - Man of Kent 200
Apr - Double Dutch 200
May - DIY200
Jun - Moors and Wolds 400
Jul - Three Coasts 600
Aug - Bog Standard 500 DIY
Sep - New Forest On and Off Shore 200
Oct - Wylye and Ebble Valley 200
Nov - Upper Thames 200

That is RRtY #5, after completing #3 and #4 last December. Time to get another silly patch to go on the 'trophy jersey'.

I'll be doing my best to avoid winter 200s for a while. It'll be nice to finish a winter ride in daylight.
Wheel meet again, don't know where, don't know when...

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #819 on: 04 November, 2012, 09:54:30 am »
Well done!  I imagine your trophy jersey is more badges than jersey!  Have you got a picture?!

Re: Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #820 on: 04 November, 2012, 09:55:24 am »
I'll be doing my best to avoid winter 200s for a while. It'll be nice to finish a winter ride in daylight.
Lightweight ;)

LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #821 on: 04 November, 2012, 10:38:08 am »
Well done!  I imagine your trophy jersey is more badges than jersey!  Have you got a picture?!

It might be, if I finished sewing all of them on. The Brit trophy jersey only needs half a dozen or so of the badges sewn on. Unfortunately the badges don't stretch, so the jersey would be a very tight fit, if I were silly enough to try it on. The Aussie trophy jersey still has most of the badges stuffed into the pockets, rather than sewn on.
Wheel meet again, don't know where, don't know when...

LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #822 on: 04 November, 2012, 10:39:53 am »
I'll be doing my best to avoid winter 200s for a while. It'll be nice to finish a winter ride in daylight.
Lightweight ;)

A lightweight approach balances the heavyweight rider.
Wheel meet again, don't know where, don't know when...

Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #823 on: 04 November, 2012, 11:15:21 am »
I'll be doing my best to avoid winter 200s for a while. It'll be nice to finish a winter ride in daylight.

Start earlier.  I can usually finish my stow perm by about 16:00.


but I set off about 04:00

Good to see you yesterday.

Geoff
Only those that dare to go too far, know how far they can go.   T S Elliot

Ray 6701

  • SO @ T
    • Tamworth cycling club
Re: Round The Year Randonneurs Log
« Reply #824 on: 04 November, 2012, 01:54:19 pm »
2012  :)
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November: Upper Thames 200k
SR 2010/11/12/13/14/15
RRTY. PBP. LeJoG 1400. LEL.