Mid-Essex Mid-Week Nocturnal Series

[Oscar's dad]

Right then, own up,  who's broken Bike Route Toaster???   

Probably you with your 72 mile criss cross Tour de Braintree last week.

 

[huggy]

Out & back routes something like these:
To The A&C
From from The A&C

Right then, own up,  who's broken Bike Route Toaster???   

Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!

[Oscar's dad]

Out & back routes something like these:
To The A&C
From from The A&C

Right then, own up,  who's broken Bike Route Toaster???   

Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, IT'S ALIVE!

Well done!  You fixed it!

[Oaky]

I'll be @ the J&J (aka the soon-to-be-a-morrisons-local) at 7:40 tonight for my first ride of over 1.5 miles since my fracture (not counting the ride home immediately after crashing).

Now I just need to decide which bike to bring....  The wussy part of me thinks gears might be in order, but the rest of me is thinking I should get back on the same steed as I crashed on.... decisions, decisions... My wrist feels pretty much back to normal now, except for the very occasional twinge, so I'll probably plump for the day01.  If I don't then it'll be a slower ride on the Globe since it has mudguards and the Felt doesn't.

[huggy]

Sounds good to me  ....I'll head out about the same time, to meet you on Huggy's route around half-way-ish. Probably somewhere between Lt Waltham and Boreham?

My military precision guess work estimates route timings to be:
Boreham Six Bells @ 8:15
Little Waltham White Horse (closed) @ 8:35
Axe & Compasses @ 9:15
plus or minus 5 minutes (more plus if Oaky opts for wussy)

[Oaky]

huggy, OD, I'm assuming you chaps are on your audax bikes tonight?

[Oscar's dad]

huggy, OD, I'm assuming you chaps are on your audax bikes tonight?

I will be.  I'm told mud is a banned substance.

[Tomsk]

Sounds good to me  ....I'll head out about the same time, to meet you on Huggy's route around half-way-ish. Probably somewhere between Lt Waltham and Boreham?

My military precision guess work estimates route timings to be:
Boreham Six Bells @ 8:15
Little Waltham White Horse (closed) @ 8:35
Axe & Compasses @ 9:15
plus or minus 5 minutes (more plus if Oaky opts for wussy)

[huggy]

huggy, OD, I'm assuming you chaps are on your audax bikes tonight?

I will be.  I'm told mud is a banned substance.

Yes, I will be too.  The BRT comedy off roading segments that haven't been filtered out of the route will be ignored!

I expect us to be intercepted by a work colleague somewhere between Pleshey and the A&C who will be out on his new Flitchbikes supplied Merida road bike.

[Oscar's dad]

A very nice spin.  Not too cold although a bit of rain on the return journey.  It was good to meet Huggy's colleague, I'm sure given time we can convert him into a cyclist. 

The Axe is a great pub, but ...



3 x grapefruit and lemonades    

Just under 47 miles for me including a quick warm up before I met Huggy.

[Christophe]

3 x grapefruit and lemonades    

So was it total abstinence last night or were there some who broke the current Mid Essex prohibition laws?

[Oscar's dad]

3 x grapefruit and lemonades    

So was it total abstinence last night or were there some who broke the current Mid Essex prohibition laws?

Tomsk and Huggy's colleague were on the beer.  No doubt much to the relief of the A&C landlord.

[Christophe]

So does that mean that one of the G&L's was for Oaky? 

[Oscar's dad]

So does that mean that one of the G&L's was for Oaky? 

Yes.  Incredible but true.  I think he went through the full range of fruit juices available. 

I had grapefruit juice and orange juice plus a gin and tonic without the gin.  I shall be immune from scurvy and malaria for some time. 

[Oaky]

3 x grapefruit and lemonades    

i'll not stand for that kind of slander.

I'll have you know that mine (on the right) is a grapefruit and TONIC!

[Oaky]

Followed by:-

Orange juice and soda (pint)
Blackcurrant and soda (half)
Tomato juice with Tabasco and Worcestershire sauce (also known as a virgin Mary gazpacho cold soup).

[Oscar's dad]

3 x grapefruit and lemonades    

i'll not stand for that kind of slander.

I'll have you know that mine (on the right) is a grapefruit and TONIC!

Anti malaria and scurvy all in one glass.  Well done!

[Oscar's dad]

Mind you, both Huggy and I commented that you were rather slow on the way home.  Clearly you were lacking some Essex energy drink.

[Oaky]

Lacking some balls on wet roads, mostly.

[bloomers100]

There sounds the death knell for MEMWNS.

Christmas do'll be a hoot 

[Oscar's dad]

Normall service will be resumed at 0001 hours 1st December. Oh hang on, Oaky will still have a few days to go. Tragic!

[Oaky]

Anti malaria and scurvy all in one glass.  Well done!

Given that for almost the first time ever after a memwns, I woke up on Thursday with a headache, I thoroughly expect to contract both malaria and scurvy by the end of the month.

[Oscar's dad]

Funnily enough I had a hangover too.

[huggy]

You two were clearly dehydrated 

[Oscar's dad]

Can't wait for normal services to be resumed.