Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Audax => Topic started by: CrazyEnglishTriathlete on 19 April, 2024, 01:59:02 pm
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Have finally sorted out my travel arrangements for this. Going up, I couldn't get a cycle reservation on any train for Friday so am travelling up on Thursday - the benefit is to have a free day for a ride on Friday, before the event.
Going back, it seems impossible to get a cycle reservation on the Monday - it looks like there will be engineering works between Perth and Edinburgh that week, so I've booked an early train from Inverness to Perth and then a 5 hour gap to ride the 44 miles from Perth to Edinburgh (which I remember from the Mille Audax) before getting a train back south.
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In general the direct trains from Perth - Edinburgh aren't particularly fast.
It often only takes marginally longer to go Perth - Edinburgh changing at Dunblane or Stirling.
Maybe an option to keep up your sleeve after a 600.
In fact if the Line from Perth - Edinburgh via Ladybank is closed maybe your train from Inverness will continue south of Perth to at least Stirling (from memory not many trains from north of Perth terminate there).
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@CET, travelling South Mon 1st July? I can’t see the engineering works on that date on the Network Rail website. I do see cycle-bookable trains for INV-EDB arriving at 1248 & 1328 on the Scotrail website.
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Your thread has inspired me to post some pics from the 2022 running. I hope you get the full Simmer Dim experience!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53666218445_93bbc19230_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pLip3n)IMG_4222 (https://flic.kr/p/2pLip3n) by Murun Buchstansangur (https://www.flickr.com/photos/198411431@N06/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53665968713_c6b421ed86_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pLh7ND)IMG_4223 (https://flic.kr/p/2pLh7ND) by Murun Buchstansangur (https://www.flickr.com/photos/198411431@N06/), on Flickr
The second photo was about 11:30 at 'night'...
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And from the 2019 running, a PBP qualifier...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48031835517_367d249b64_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gbpHi8)
Some pics from the North Coast 600. (https://flic.kr/p/2gbpHi8) by Ron Lowe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/62966413@N04/), on Flickr
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@CET, travelling South Mon 1st July? I can’t see the engineering works on that date on the Network Rail website. I do see cycle-bookable trains for INV-EDB arriving at 1248 & 1328 on the Scotrail website.
Maybe it has changed - there wasn't anything when I made the booking. Will check again = thank you.