I'm planning to get the 17:46 train from Witham, so will hopefully see folks there.
My plan is to travel to/from in civvies and change at the velodrome. I may or may not shower afterwards, depending on how prompt we are finishing and all the bike/helmet/shoe hire return stuffs, and how great a thirst I have built up.
Which brings me neatly to ... post ride refreshments. For those that inticipate a mighty thirst after two hours on a bike with no bottle cage, the nearest establishments that are suggested by the Good Beer Guide App seem to be:
Tap East which is a
14 minutes walk back in the direction of Stratford stationCRATE brewery and pizzeria which is a
15 minutes walk from the venueBoth of these
CLOSE AT 11pm, though, so we'd have to keep post-ride faff to an absolute minimum to get there in time for a couple of Essex recovery drinks. If we end up in faff-waiting, cat-herding-by-committee mode, I'm likely to "do one" in the direction of Tap East with anyone who is also ready
If it looks like we'll be late for these:
The Goose is open till 11:30, but it's further away )in the centre of Stratford, the other side of the station), and doesn't look much like a normal MEMWNS pub (sports, DJs and no mention of real ale) so we'd have to be pretty desperate.