I reckon these are the runners and riders:
Me (route leader)
Tiermat (in charge of tea stop)
Phanta (tat secretary)
CrinklyUncle (navigation as far as Malton)
Kim
Nikki
Eeymsmo
andrewc
Not coming:
Basil
Mrcharly
Shyumu
DaleFTW
MAC
If anyone's on the wrong list or can confirm that they're coming, post on the thread. I'll send everyone my mobile number before the ride.
Same route? It's a fabulously dark stretch of moor, that. At least, it is until you reach the arc lights at Fylingdales.
Can a FNRtSR virgin express an interest in this fine sounding outing? (I have met Mcshroom if that helps).
Same route? It's a fabulously dark stretch of moor, that. At least, it is until you reach the arc lights at Fylingdales.
Same route? It's a fabulously dark stretch of moor, that. At least, it is until you reach the arc lights at Fylingdales.
Yes, but perhaps the other route into Whitby after Blue Bank (i.e. not the one we did last year)? I think those who'd ridden both preferred that one.
But there was a 20% hill!ISTR you rode up it . . .
The kettle was fine, but the toaster was a bit suspect. Maybe you should bring a spare :)
Thanks for the bump, phantasmagoriana.
So there's a night ride over to Whitby departing York at midnight?
Do folks usually ride back to York again afterwards, or would I be getting a train back from Whitby?
*poised over keyboard ready to do something vaguely resembling committing to attending*
Kim/Barakta/Nikki - any thoughts on my suggestion of, work and the like fitting around it, maybe heading up on Thursday evening and crashing at the Den? This would allow Nikki to drive over and drop the car in Whitby and hop on a bus back to York whilst still getting a decent night's kip Thursday night and having time for a nap on Friday, and make the return journey on the Sunday a lot simpler for you guys.
We'd like the same room if we may please.Can do :)
Do we need to provide transport over to Whitby on Friday for anyone but us? (or any stuff, if that helps more, or both or anything?)Erm... I don't know at the moment!
This post brought to you from the Department of Concise Questions.:D
Kim/Barakta/Nikki - any thoughts on my suggestion of, work and the like fitting around it, maybe heading up on Thursday evening and crashing at the Den? This would allow Nikki to drive over and drop the car in Whitby and hop on a bus back to York whilst still getting a decent night's kip Thursday night and having time for a nap on Friday, and make the return journey on the Sunday a lot simpler for you guys.
Ran this idea past barakta last night, and it got a thumbs up from her, so if it works for nikki...
(ps - if you're around tomorrow d'ya fancy beansontoast-before-karate-tea and sock collection?)
Am I allowed to play?
Crinkles, if shuttling involves you and the Cubs, are you able to get back home again afterwards?
Who's got their costume planned, then? :demon:
Capes are good
Nikki - it's half term. But I don't currently have a scooby what time the Cubs will return from their dad's on Friday which is one of the reasons that I'm a bit vague about some of the detail! Will find out on Sunday, hopefully.
Capes are good
Fact.
Capes are good
Fact.
Except on a recumbent.
Parachute might be more appropriate. Except I don't have a good track record with those.
Parachute might be more appropriate. Except I don't have a good track record with those.
That begs the question how is it that you're here to tell us about it ? ;D
Unmanned rocket. Small crater in Lincolnshire. Some rather expensive pressure sensing and telemetry gear reduced to the size of a Scottish pancake.
OK, arriving at York at 22:38 on the Friday, and leaving from Scarborough at 15:52 on Sunday.
Is a sleeping bag permissible as bed linen ?
There's loads of duvets there. I'll take as many duvet covers/pillow cases/sleeping bags etc as I can muster, and a stack of towels. I'm pretty sure that last year we managed an adequate sufficiency such that nobody needed to take them on their bikes!
Hmm. This is less than two weeks away. Today's dismal audax attempt has me a bit worried. I think I can do the ride, but I might be extremely slow...
The forums being a pain (Taking ages to load). Can someone summarise the craic (Just the ride, not the weekend) and I'll tell you whether I'm an innie or an outie?
Tat! Have you got your tat sorted?!
I'm coming! Got tickets & everything! No Halloween tat though......
Would a werewolf mask & riding without a jersey work......?
I hope to see more of an effort from everyone this year!
The forums being a pain (Taking ages to load). Can someone summarise the craic (Just the ride, not the weekend) and I'll tell you whether I'm an innie or an outie?
Meet up in York, a bit before midnight on the Friday 1/11. Ride bikes to Whitby. No formal cafe stop, so hedge inspection and al fresco brewing up are the order of thedaynight. Breakfast at Arbutts caff :D
Options for getting out of Whitby include riding back, steam trains to Pickering, trains to Middlesborough and beyond, and riding to Scarborough to catch trains from there.
Just checking - who's planning to bring a stove? And does anyone carry spare spokes? I'll be bringing marshmallows to toast...
Argh - my skull lights are nowhere to be seen! I thought they were with the Xmas decs, but no. :(
Must raid pound shops tomorrow, though I've not been impressed with their lights this year..
We do need to talk about stoves.
We do need to talk about stoves.
I'm not a tea or coffee drinker, so don't need to be factored in to calculations.
Hot chocolate?
Or, Andrewc usually has whisky.
Hot chocolate?
Or, Andrewc usually has whisky.
Argh - my skull lights are nowhere to be seen! I thought they were with the Xmas decs, but no. :(
Must raid pound shops tomorrow, though I've not been impressed with their lights this year..
I ordered six skSFullies from Planet X. Two have arrived.
Same route? It's a fabulously dark stretch of moor, that. At least, it is until you reach the arc lights at Fylingdales.
Yes, but perhaps the other route into Whitby after Blue Bank (i.e. not the one we did last year)? I think those who'd ridden both preferred that one.
Both are pretty good, I reckon. The main road is simpler, and I do enjoy that long downhill on the Moors Road. But coming along the harbour the other way was very fine, too.
Hot chocolate?
Or, Andrewc usually has whisky.
Actually I don't believe Whisky has passed my lips since the last Rutland camping weekend........... :-[
Hot chocolate?
Or, Andrewc usually has whisky.
My body stopped doing alcohol a long time ago and I'm currently investigating the hypothesis that I may also be lactose intolerant. :(
I love a good milky hot chocolate but, given the lack of loo stops, I think it's probably best avoided on this occasion...
Personally, I like both. Does anyone have a strong preference?
Personally, I like both. Does anyone have a strong preference?
No strong preference (I only know the classic route, and that most of the climb can be done with momentum gained from Blue Bank), but I applaud this attempt to make a plan and stick with it.
Personally, I like both. Does anyone have a strong preference?
No strong preference (I only know the classic route, and that most of the climb can be done with momentum gained from Blue Bank), but I applaud this attempt to make a plan and stick with it.
And I only know the other route. I don't really like the idea of a long steep climb, though.
"Attempt" is right. I do what I can :)Personally, I like both. Does anyone have a strong preference?
No strong preference (I only know the classic route, and that most of the climb can be done with momentum gained from Blue Bank), but I applaud this attempt to make a plan and stick with it.
I didn't think it was that bad!
I've seen it on Streetview. I don't think I like it.
Arch - I don't think so!
I'll get some shopping done before Friday. I have on the list non-bits OJ, TEA, coffee, lacto-free milk, loo rolls, Random Foods and Drinks. Any particular requests?
And does anyone carry spare spokes?
I can bring a small gas stove & a pan if required.
I can also bring some bamboo kebab skewers for marshmallow purposes.....
Petrol stove sounds good. Is mrcharly coming? The stove he had last year was very impressive.
I have some sparklers...
I have some lurgy, no tat and a partially electrified trike. Hoping not for a repeat of last year's chest infection, and a recovery in sufficient time to de-electrify the trike before the ride (critical components are on back order, so no possibility of a turbo-boost to the top of the moors). Pah!
I have some lurgy, no tat and a partially electrified trike. Hoping not for a repeat of last year's chest infection, and a recovery in sufficient time to de-electrify the trike before the ride (critical components are on back order, so no possibility of a turbo-boost to the top of the moors). Pah!
Kim, I think this ride will be (as is now traditional) fuelled by a howling tailwind. Might make up for the rest.
I have some lurgy, no tat and a partially electrified trike.
I have some lurgy, no tat and a partially electrified trike.
I have an uncooperative knee, barely any tat and no electrification.
I do have many marshmallows, though.
I do remember him being disappointed that he didn't top 50 mph down Blue Bank, and wanting another go at it.
CL, what time are the your party planning to be at Whitby on Friday? We're vacillating between staying for the lights at the NRM and kissing heading straight over, it may all depend on how much MFWHTBAB has had to do before heading over to York.
nikki, do you want to park your bike at my house? I'm very very close to the train station. Easy for you to pick up on the way back then.
Are we all going to turn up with those skull lights, then? ;D
Complete tat failure here.
...And a couple of battery-pack fairly lights that I will force on anyone I deem to be under illuminated. *stern look*
*wonders what else Nikki might filled up the car with*
*decides it might be best not to think about it*
The vague plan is that Nikki is going to drive to Whitby to leave her vehicle there ready for the return to Mordor on Sunday and hop on a bus back. CA is driving over later in the day - probably early afternoon. The Cubs and I and Barakta and assorted luggages and gubbins will get transported, possibly split, somehow between those two journeys possibly in a complex fox/chicken/boat type scenario that must ensure that no Baraktas are separated from TEA or indeed too early fron their duvets, that no Cubs get foisted off on people who should not have to be Cub-minding and that nobody finds themselves at the Whitby house without the key to get in and start the kettle boiling!
I haven't had a chance to sort it out properly with everyone because I'm being a bit crap and disorganised, but I'd be surprised if we aren't there by dark. But there's nae rush if you want to turn up later!
We seem to have rather a lot of stuff, too. Though that's mostly bedding and the trike.
Mine are currently attached to a small Christmas tree. I'm not planning to bring that along, though.
We seem to have rather a lot of stuff, too. Though that's mostly bedding and the trike.
Similarly, I have duvet covers and pillow cases and, between us and supplemented by raiding Granny Annie's linen cupboard, me and CA should have enough spare towels sorted for most ppl. Trikes I don't have thobut.
Really - nobody should need to take sleeping stuff or towels on a bike. Also I'll chuck some spare bath bubbles and soap and (new!) toothbrushes in the bag in case!
ETA - mind, Arch, I was counting on you and YourFWMHTBAB to bring a sheet/duvet cover etc for you! Otherwise I'm going to need to get this latest load of laundry dried _very_ quickly....
Argh! That weather forecast's changed again! :o It just keeps getting worse each time I look...
I do have some really good mallows though.
Weather forecasts are looking drier :thumbsup:
and after a slightly confusing exchange (no doubt someone from Base Camp will provide the details later)
Pfft. It already has a name, it's written on the frame. It is a big thing, though, isn't it?
Dr B, have you ever done this ride? I don't remember you making it farther than Stamford Bridge.
Apart from all of that, I was quite confused by the idea of Crinkly Auntie coming to collect Kim, as I didn't know how the trike was going to fit in her car. I was quite relieved when I saw MFWHTBAB's larger car approaching.Quoteand after a slightly confusing exchange (no doubt someone from Base Camp will provide the details later)
Slightly confusing?
Take one CrinklyUncle who has been at work all day then riding his bike all night, and get him to phone a CrinklyLion who is sleeping the codeine-induced sleep of the tennis-elbowed-who-have-barakta-nearby-with-good-painkillers. Add in a need to understand Geography (there's a reason I pedal and follow, y'know) and my lack of a car/driving license/any ability to drive meaning that I had to get one of the drivers in the house to wake up in order to turn into International Rescue... quite discombobulated, I was.
And we'd been _really_ sensible this year and not stayed up nattering til 2am so that we'd be chipper and cheerful when we met you at the cafe and everything!
I initially tried Arch and HerFWMHTBAB's door as I know that HerFWMHTBAB is a light sleeper and a bit of a night owl, but got no answer. Woke up CrinklyAuntie who (I can confidently say, as her big sister) has _never_ been very good at being unexpectedly woken up and has been known to have entire conversations with her eyes open but punctuated by littlesnoreslight ladylike night breathing moments. A combination of her not actually being awake and me being in a complete codeine haze and CU being on the other end of a phone made it an interesting planning meeting. But she got up and dressed and booted and suited and went to get the car out. Which is when we discovered this...
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There's a reason for those markings
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There was absolutely no way we could get the car out :(
Back into the house, and CA rang CU to explain. We tried to work out if she could go and get Nikki's car from the car park, since we had the keys, but the lack of insurance made that a non-starter. I tried knocking on the other door again, and actually ended up opening it and sticking my head round! Fortunately Arch and HerFWHTBAB woke up, understood what was going on far better than I had on the first run though, and were good to go in a matter of minutes. CA had some chocolate while I composed a little note (which I left on the table to deliberate whether or not to affix it to the offending vehicle) then attempted to go back to bed and I waited for International Rescue and the rescuee to return. They thought my little missive was remarkably mild under the circumstances, and a little ingenuity in the weather-proofing turned it into possible the most middle class passive aggressive note ever, as we recycled the packaging from the smoked salmon that had been eaten for supper. This had the added bonus of making it smell of fish.
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Massive hurrah indeed for Arch and HerFWMHTBAB - but also for CA whose honorary International Rescue Membership can be in no doubt, since it was only due to an inconsiderate driver who parked like a fud that my waking her up ended up being for nowt :(
Apart from all of that, I was quite confused by the idea of Crinkly Auntie coming to collect Kim, as I didn't know how the trike was going to fit in her car. I was quite relieved when I saw MFWHTBAB's larger car approaching.
But it's a folding trike, and that's just awesome.
"We have a problem with Kim."
Fruit that looks like igneous rock. Just Wrong.
Other classic quotes of the weekend....
Kim's view on avocados...QuoteFruit that looks like dragon eggs.
This is all tremendous stuff, thank you all! Deano, "bite the horizon" - is that yours? It's brilliant.
And provisionally booked the "cottage" once we know the dates, and subject to availibility...
And provisionally booked the "cottage" once we know the dates, and subject to availibility...
Friday 31st 2014. I checked on the train. It's actually on Hallowe'en next year.
I'd have had to leave the marshmallows behind if I'd had to bring a sleeping bag!
I looked at that for ages trying to work out what was funny and then, ;D
I looked at that for ages trying to work out what was funny and then, ;D
You weren't alone in taking ages to spot it!
I looked at that for ages trying to work out what was funny and then, ;D
You weren't alone in taking ages to spot it!
Surely not that hard to see...... ;)
OK, I'm biased...
....but he's actually quite cute, that small person, isn't he?
Today we had parents evening. I got to see the latest bit of writing in his book - what I did in my holidays. A masterpiece of the genre. I'll try to get a copy :D
That's MFWHTBAB's costume for next year sorted, then! Very steampunk. :thumbsup:I need new glasses so I was thinking about taking the goggles to the optician to see if they could fit photochromic lenses to them.
MFWHTBAB: I'd be so very severely disappointed if you did anything so commonplace as buy a steampunk hat from a shop. Looking forward to seeing what you make!I'd never buy one, unless it was a charity shop bargain too good to be missed. Also I am too broke to buy stuff. :-[
I want to see the gothcam footage...
I noticed my video on your blog! :thumbsup:
Am I missing something?
NT went to the railway last night and got some welding goggles that were being thrown out. By next year he might have a whole steampunk outfit of his own...
Top hat & vintage welding goggles...