Author Topic: [HAMR] March 12th  (Read 6945 times)

Re: March 12th
« Reply #25 on: 12 March, 2015, 07:07:51 pm »
and at 19.06 precisely having a little audax moment
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Re: March 12th
« Reply #26 on: 12 March, 2015, 07:15:15 pm »
I think he seems to be nearly wherever he's nearly.  200ish?
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Re: March 12th
« Reply #27 on: 12 March, 2015, 07:34:08 pm »
The Wolds are quite pleasant, nothing that will worry Steve. IIRC there is a nasty (but short) climb between Brigg & Barton.

I ws going in the opposite direction. Caistor is a challenge (1 in 6?) but, from memory, I spent about 25 miles above 400 feet and didn't pass any shops or tea rooms the whole time. I had full camping gear as well.
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Re: March 12th
« Reply #28 on: 12 March, 2015, 07:37:13 pm »
and at 19.06 precisely having a little audax moment

Ah, I remember coming down those roads on the Saturday evening of a 400km event, ooh, about 30yrs ago now, in company with, among others, the late Fliss Beard.
It was a long, rapid descent to Barton, and the roads were quite empty of other traffic; so much so that we joked that some unexpected natural disaster must have occurred, wiping out the population. In fact, I believe everyone but us was indoors watching Bob Geldof's 'Live Aid' concert on t'telly.

I expect it was pretty well deserted when Steve swept through this evening. Later in the year the roads ought to be lined with fans watching history being made  ;)

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Re: March 12th
« Reply #29 on: 12 March, 2015, 08:09:34 pm »
I ws going in the opposite direction. Caistor is a challenge (1 in 6?)

I remember going down it in the small hours and nearly hitting a family of badgers crossing the road!

Re: March 12th
« Reply #30 on: 12 March, 2015, 08:19:28 pm »
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I ws going in the opposite direction. Caistor is a challenge (1 in 6?) but, from memory, I spent about 25 miles above 400 feet and didn't pass any shops or tea rooms the whole time. I had full camping gear as well.

theres a couple in caistor, mansgate is the steepest, then the bypass and the high street, its local to me, he's avoided it all, the route he's taken through is lumpy, but nothing to write home about,

the wolds at most, are 100m elevation in 1.2km - sharp, but short

Re: March 12th
« Reply #31 on: 12 March, 2015, 08:23:58 pm »
Tracker suggests he's on the Humber Bridge!

Re: March 12th
« Reply #32 on: 12 March, 2015, 08:24:25 pm »
Looks like Steve has just gone over the Humber bridge,
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Re: March 12th
« Reply #33 on: 12 March, 2015, 08:28:46 pm »
I think he seems to be nearly wherever he's nearly.  200ish?

Blimey.  Got that one wrong.   :D

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Re: March 12th
« Reply #34 on: 12 March, 2015, 08:56:12 pm »
According to the diary, he's heading for Brough.  Nearly there.
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Re: March 12th
« Reply #35 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:01:24 pm »
. . . . and out the other side!

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Re: March 12th
« Reply #36 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:07:23 pm »
Bloody hell.  This is big!
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Re: March 12th
« Reply #37 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:12:22 pm »
Nice one Steve!  GO, you LEGEND!

Re: March 12th
« Reply #38 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:17:15 pm »
Steve stopped in Barton on Humber just on the south side of the bridge for about 30 mins at 7-30pm. He wasn't far from Brough at that point so I think the stop for a refuel may be a sign of a late finish.

Otherwise I think he wouldn't have bothered stopping and would have gone straight to Brough for an 8pm approx finish.

Re: March 12th
« Reply #39 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:19:44 pm »
He's just stopped and proved me wrong !

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Re: March 12th
« Reply #40 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:22:42 pm »
Yup, he's stopped.
*drums fingers waiting for the Strava score*
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Re: March 12th
« Reply #41 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:23:56 pm »
The delay before the bridge was probably the Yorkshire frontier customs controllers going through his rack-pack looking for soft southern sausages.

He's now at his destination. 209.47 on the tracker, so probably 220mls at least.

Go, Steve.  Sleep well.

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Re: March 12th
« Reply #42 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:28:41 pm »
Tarzan is a little restrained today.  Problems?
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Re: March 12th
« Reply #43 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:29:10 pm »
<refreshes strava every couple of minutes>
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Re: March 12th
« Reply #44 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:33:07 pm »
Yeah, Strava's server load must go up many-fold when Steve or Tarzan have just finished a ride ;-) Reload, reload, reload, reload ... dammit ... reload, reload

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Re: March 12th
« Reply #45 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:43:23 pm »
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I ws going in the opposite direction. Caistor is a challenge (1 in 6?) but, from memory, I spent about 25 miles above 400 feet and didn't pass any shops or tea rooms the whole time. I had full camping gear as well.

theres a couple in caistor, mansgate is the steepest, then the bypass and the high street, its local to me, he's avoided it all, the route he's taken through is lumpy, but nothing to write home about,

the wolds at most, are 100m elevation in 1.2km - sharp, but short

Ahem...

http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=512107&Y=396470&A=Y&Z=120

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolds_Top

The B1225, which I rode, has a high point of about 158m, which is well over 500'. Steve rode that.
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Re: March 12th
« Reply #46 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:44:42 pm »
352.4km.  Massive!!!   :thumbsup:  8)

Re: March 12th
« Reply #47 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:44:50 pm »
219 today  :thumbsup:
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Re: March 12th
« Reply #48 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:46:07 pm »
Excellent!
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Re: March 12th
« Reply #49 on: 12 March, 2015, 09:46:18 pm »
I was just about to post 218.97 but a smidgen of rounding will do nicely.   ;D