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billyam998

  • LEL rider C6 2013 / B11 2017 / B4 2022
Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #75 on: 03 June, 2015, 06:55:23 pm »
well I like Adamski and, a few others I could mention have qualified via completion of the WCW which was the last on my PBP bucket list.

However I am completely unsure as to whether I will be going, the whole thing seems prohibitively expensive and, my funds are even tighter than usual this year. I find the fact that the costs are not fixed very off putting. What is peoples experience R:E the costs and, how do you keep them manageable?

Obviously I would love to go, just need some help convincing me it's doable, at this stage I cannot even bring myself to look at the website as I will probably click "enter" before I know it. 
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Ivo

Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #76 on: 03 June, 2015, 06:58:37 pm »
Costs can be reduced by eating with the locals and bumping the controls. It's faster and more fun. So even if you don't factor in the costs I can recomend it.
Lodging, a F1 hotel abt 10-15km from the starts with a shared room will cost you about 50 Euro pp for 4 nights.
Cycle up and down from a cheap ferry harbour might be cheaper as a French train (although factoring in British Rail it might actually be cheaper to cycle the UK stretch and take a train in France).
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billyam998

  • LEL rider C6 2013 / B11 2017 / B4 2022
Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #77 on: 03 June, 2015, 07:48:27 pm »
oh well, I've got carried away and registered. I haven't paid anything yet. Camping appears to be full so my next dilemma will be finding a way of getting there, sleeping and, somewhere safe to leave my kit while riding the event. I'd rather not take the car if I can avoid it.
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caerau

  • SR x 3 - PBP fail but 1090 km - hey - not too bad
Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #78 on: 03 June, 2015, 08:06:54 pm »
All this talk of small shirts makes me think that even if I order the 4XL it will be too small for me  :-\
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LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #79 on: 03 June, 2015, 10:49:55 pm »
DistancePlanned rideDateCompleted?
200Poor Student03 JanDNS
200Willy Warmer17 JanDNS
200Kennet Valley Run07 Mar☑
300Green & Yellow Fields11 Apr☑
400Elefsina, Greece21 Mar☑
400Asparagus & Strawberries09 MayDNS
600Flatlands23 May☑
600Border Raid30 May☑
   


Time to finish off the registration, I guess.
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T42

  • Apprentice geezer
Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #80 on: 08 June, 2015, 03:20:48 pm »
All done, finishing with the Troyes 600 km this last weekend.  Chuffed.
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caerau

  • SR x 3 - PBP fail but 1090 km - hey - not too bad
Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #81 on: 08 June, 2015, 04:06:18 pm »
Ditto - Kirtons 600 done, qualification in the bag and looking like a nice social trip out there with ACB - sorted and as high as a kite.  Did i really want to ditch this twice last month? What a trip!
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Jacques

Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #82 on: 08 June, 2015, 04:24:17 pm »
Carhaix 600 done yesterday.

My big treat on the ride was doing the Carhaix to Sizun section from the PBP route (my favourite bit). The views from the Roc'h Trevezel were stunning as was the descent into Sizun where the small town looked calm before the storm in August.
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Aunt Maud

  • Le Flâneur.
Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #83 on: 08 June, 2015, 04:28:57 pm »
Quote from: Caerau on 08 June, 2015, 04:06:18 pm
Ditto - Kirtons 600 done, qualification in the bag and looking like a nice social trip out there with ACB - sorted and as high as a kite.  Did i really want to ditch this twice last month? What a trip!

Nice one Caerau.   :thumbsup:
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LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #84 on: 08 June, 2015, 04:38:20 pm »
Looking forward to a meal and riding with you again, T42.
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caerau

  • SR x 3 - PBP fail but 1090 km - hey - not too bad
Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #85 on: 08 June, 2015, 05:49:29 pm »
Quote from: Aunt Maud on 08 June, 2015, 04:28:57 pm
Quote from: Caerau on 08 June, 2015, 04:06:18 pm
Ditto - Kirtons 600 done, qualification in the bag and looking like a nice social trip out there with ACB - sorted and as high as a kite.  Did i really want to ditch this twice last month? What a trip!

Nice one Caerau.   :thumbsup:

Now which shorts should I pack hmm?  ;D
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Aunt Maud

  • Le Flâneur.
Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #86 on: 08 June, 2015, 06:02:51 pm »
Quote from: Caerau on 08 June, 2015, 05:49:29 pm
Quote from: Aunt Maud on 08 June, 2015, 04:28:57 pm
Quote from: Caerau on 08 June, 2015, 04:06:18 pm
Ditto - Kirtons 600 done, qualification in the bag and looking like a nice social trip out there with ACB - sorted and as high as a kite.  Did i really want to ditch this twice last month? What a trip!

Nice one Caerau.   :thumbsup:

Now which shorts should I pack hmm?  ;D

Please, not the al fresco Italian ones.
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simonp

Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #87 on: 08 June, 2015, 06:14:53 pm »
Quote from: Caerau on 08 June, 2015, 04:06:18 pm
Ditto - Kirtons 600 done, qualification in the bag and looking like a nice social trip out there with ACB - sorted and as high as a kite.  Did i really want to ditch this twice last month? What a trip!

I was all for ditching it after packing on the Kernow. Entered the following day - this is the way this stuff is meant to go, I think.

BCM isn't up in the result yet, so still a nagging doubt that I didn't actually qualify.  :-\
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simonp

Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #88 on: 08 June, 2015, 06:15:49 pm »
Quote from: Caerau on 08 June, 2015, 05:49:29 pm
Quote from: Aunt Maud on 08 June, 2015, 04:28:57 pm
Quote from: Caerau on 08 June, 2015, 04:06:18 pm
Ditto - Kirtons 600 done, qualification in the bag and looking like a nice social trip out there with ACB - sorted and as high as a kite.  Did i really want to ditch this twice last month? What a trip!

Nice one Caerau.   :thumbsup:

Now which shorts should I pack hmm?  ;D

Extra Safe.(tm)
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Phil W

Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #89 on: 08 June, 2015, 09:34:20 pm »
Quote from: simonp on 08 June, 2015, 06:15:49 pm
Quote from: Caerau on 08 June, 2015, 05:49:29 pm
Quote from: Aunt Maud on 08 June, 2015, 04:28:57 pm
Quote from: Caerau on 08 June, 2015, 04:06:18 pm
Ditto - Kirtons 600 done, qualification in the bag and looking like a nice social trip out there with ACB - sorted and as high as a kite.  Did i really want to ditch this twice last month? What a trip!

Nice one Caerau.   :thumbsup:

Now which shorts should I pack hmm?  ;D

Extra Safe.(tm)

Double glazed
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caerau

  • SR x 3 - PBP fail but 1090 km - hey - not too bad
Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #90 on: 09 June, 2015, 09:43:00 am »
Quote from: Caerau on 10 March, 2015, 11:08:31 am
DistancePlanned rideDateCompleted?
200Dr Foster's Winter Warmer24th Jan☑
300The Dean28th march DNF   
400The Buckingham Blinder18th April☑ - phew, back on track 
400Brevet Cymru2nd MayDNF 
300Old Roads 3008th May☑ - Back on track, AGAIN that was getting worrying.
600The Bryan Chapman Memorial23rd May DNF ho hum
600A Pair of Kirtons6th June
☑

 
All Done, yeeehaaaa! :thumbsup: ;D
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john jackson

Re: PBP qualification log
« Reply #91 on: 10 June, 2015, 07:23:21 pm »
DistancePlanned rideDateCompleted?
200Chirk29 March ☑
300Plains18 April☑
400Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch9 May☑
600Pair of Kirtons6th June☑
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