13th Hills and Mills Saturday 25th January 2020 09.00

[Mad Jack]

Tim's photo's  - https://picasaweb.google.com/114454292405633360220/HillsAndMillsGrimpeur2016

[hellymedic]

It's the 28th January if it's on the Saturday...

[Mad Jack]

It's the 28th January if it's on the Saturday...

Thanks hellymedic, now corrected 

[Mad Jack]

Thanks, it should now say 28th January 2017? 

[mmmmartin]

If this isn't full already, it should be.

I'll be the bike guard at Mayfield. Look out for the high viz gilet outside what used to be Peckish and is now Strudel, bikes will be parked in the usual place by the war memorial. 

[Mad Jack]

If this isn't full already, it should be.

Thanks mmmmartin, thirty spaces left and going fast, don't delay enter today 

Entries officially close on the 18th or before that date if full.....

[mmmmartin]

And how are entries going for Mad Jack's?

[Mad Jack]

And how are entries going for Mad Jack's?

Nearly half sold on MJJSM too

[Mad Jack]

Thank you for all the entries so far, just a quick reminder that entries close tonight with 14 spaces left.
Biggest club so far are the Eastboure Rovers 

[Mad Jack]

Entry remains open until the last 10 cards are taken 

[mmmmartin]

Good to see this popular event is going to be a sell-out as usual.

Am looking forward to seeing familar faces.

[Mad Jack]

Thanks mmmmartin,

5 cards left 

[AJB]

Hope it all goes well.

Sorry I'll not be around to help this year

Anton

[Mad Jack]

Hope it all goes well.

Sorry I'll not be around to help this year

Anton

Thanks Anton for your superb help, see you on the road.....

This is the final shout there's about 4 odd cards left 

 Entries now closed.

[Mad Jack]

Update- Route was checked today by Lurco, Fir Tree Road needed caution + 7 C tonight and tomorrow will help here.
HQ ready. Keep and eye out for the happy snapper who will be out and about on route 

See those that have entered in the morning.         No entries on the line..

30 cards left for Mad Jacks JSM

[mmmmartin]

30 cards left for Mad Jacks JSM

Had a great time helping on this today, saw lots of happy riders. Looking forward to helping on Mad Jack's on Saturday, February 25.

[Mad Jack]

30 cards left for Mad Jacks JSM

Had a great time helping on this today, saw lots of happy riders. Looking forward to helping on Mad Jack's on Saturday, February 25.

Thanks  mmmmartin and team and all the riders for supporting the event, full details to follow 

PE, who rode over from Kent's South coast, please pm me if you are on this list asap ta 

Update- contact made with PE thanks...

[Willesden guy]

Photos for the day now at https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesbytim/albums

The first few were taken at the Strudel Café control in Mayfield and show Andy (organiser), Chris and Richard, with El Supremo Dave Hudson and Martin outside.The rest were taken on Spout Hill and Hubbards Hill.

You can download your image directly from Flickr, choose which size you want.

[Mad Jack]

Great photos Tim 

Results submitted to AUK-

81 entered inc two helpers, 27 DNS! 4 DNF (1 broken chain and limped back from Mayfield, one would have had an unofficial record for distance riding to and fro from the event (glad you made it both ways OK) but no card was presented at the finish for validation, better luck next time) 50 for Validation.

Thank you to all my helpers/ controllers on the day, Lurcio, Mr T, mmmmartin, Mr P, A, and E, good to see EL Supremo on monitoring duty and a big thank you to K & S plus the Café which was 1st class for their first ever event 

Weather, was spot on sunny with 7+ C with a few showers throw in for the latter kms, washing velos and roads down. The preceding 10 days weather spell was all but a distant memory, but Hills and Mills will be changing dates for the 2018 season, this is currently in the pipeline.

It has been touch and go for most of the last 10 years that this event has been run, (blame global warming).
Thank you for supporting the January version, but this 2AAA points event held in cooler conditions with sheltered lanes (no option of main roads here) will be moved and we are looking for more stable weather conditions, possibly in the Autumn without clashing with established events.. (Martin when will MSH and Hillier be in the 2018 calendar please).

Riders, good to see the regulars and well done to the virgins with at least 4 being successful with their 1st brevet.

See you on Mad Jacks JSM on the 25th February. (No plans to move this event for the 2018 season, but this is subject to weather conditions).

Org,

[Huff n Puff]

Great day out (again), many thanks for organising.....will be back for MJ.

Special mention to all of the helpers for being so welcoming and friendly....in particular Richard Thomas and his Westerley Tales.

[Arry-R]

 

Great day out (again), many thanks for organising.....will be back for MJ.

 Richard Thomas and his Westerley Tales.

 

[Martin]

.. (Martin when will MSH and Hillier be in the 2018 calendar please

Dunno yet but usual mid October slot. Not that it's a guarantee of good weather as you know!

But Hills and Mills is a classic January ride which many riders look to for their first GdS and indeed ECE of the year, there are already two GdS in October keep the sequence of regular rides going 

[Mad Jack]

.. (Martin when will MSH and Hillier be in the 2018 calendar please

Dunno yet but usual mid October slot. Not that it's a guarantee of good weather as you know!

But Hills and Mills is a classic January ride which many riders look to for their first GdS and indeed ECE of the year, there are already two GdS in October keep the sequence of regular rides going 

Thanks  Martin and I see your point about being the 1st event in the new year calender for gds but the Auk season starts in October.
 We were very fortunate as the preceding weekend had freezing fog settle at ground level, all untreated surfaces were like lce rinks.
Any organiser with any sence would have to have cancel the event being it is all sheltered untreated roads. Just too much stress!

One option would be to run the event in November, what's on then, less likely hood of the slippery stuff but no guarantees though, watch this space.

Mad Jacks JSM has 20 cards left fingers crossed for that too 

[Martin]

Thanks  Martin and I see your point about being the 1st event in the new year calender for gds but the Auk season starts in October.

One option would be to run the event in November, what's on then, less likely hood of the slippery stuff but no guarantees though, watch this space.

The GdS season starts in January though (I changed it after the AUK season change left the MSH isolated as the last ride in the calendar year with at the time nothing until February and no perms)

Plodder's excellent Bois Ocaud de Automne is in November; a long way from Hailsham but it still attracts a healthy field of GdS regulars from as far away as Lewes

I do get quite a few riders of my two perms in January so moving H&M would not exactly stop anyone who wanted an early stab at the GdS

[mmmmartin]

Mad Jacks JSM

Am just home after manning the control at Burwash: a good chance to catch up with familiar faces and chat. This year's riders seemed to whizz through fairly quickly, they said the temperature was more conducive to riding than standing around a freezing cold and very windy garage forecourt: an opinion with which I fully concur!
Was also good to hear several Mad Jack's riders are aiming for LEL so I'll see you at the start. If you can ride Mad Jack's at the start of the season you will have a good season.
I can see why this popular event always fills. Hope I can help out next year as well.