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hoarder wrote:Hey Will, if you're planning a new route - and want to test it out - I'll be up for an early one on the 12th ? (a family commitment on the 19th rules me out, yet again :( )


This is turning into a have your people call my people thing, lol. Looks like I have some entanglements on the 12th, but I can do a early morning ride on the 11th. With a 7 or 8am start if you can swing that?
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Yep ! Early start good on the 11th - what time do you need to be back home ?

How d'you fancy breakfast mid-ride ? I see large white plate with fried egg, sausage, bacon, beans and grilled tomato (you say tomayto), two pieces of toast and a big mug of tea ? (Methinks route planning is so much easier when you know where you'll be doing the in-flight refuelling). :)
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Sounds good, any idea where you'd like t stop to grab a bit?
I was thinking of meeting at the gas station in Kentford then Newmarket, Exning, Burwell, Fordham, Isleham, Freckham, Chippenham, Kennett...
Somethng like that, but I'm not sure where to find breakfast in that jumble.
Or, or the Petrol station then shoot off to Bury and find a greasy spoon there somewhere. Just let me know which direction you want to travel and I'll do the map work tonight.

I'm good for time, but I'd like to be back by 12ish.

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I have one commitment - at 09.15 I need to be at the finish line for a Saturday morning Park Run, at Nowton Park (Nowton Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP29 5LU). If we made that the furthest point, then there's choice for breakfast in Bury either before or after. We've got no cable broadband in the village at the moment, so route planning via my mobile will be s..l...o.............w until the engineers sort it out - appreciate your offer to have a look at possibilities.
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Perfect, I'll find a cafe and work up a map with that as our turn point. I'll have it posted sometime this evening
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Ok, this is for the ride on the 11th July. We will be riding to Nowton then back into Bury St. Edmunds for breakfast. Breakfast will be at the Station Steakhouse and Bar.
http://www.stationsteakhouse.co.uk/
We will be setting off at 0700 (sorry for the early start but one rider has an appointment in Nowton so the best push if any will be to 0730)
Leaving from:
Bury Road Filling Station
Bury Rd
Kentford
Newmarket CB8 7PZ
The map may change a little after hoarder reviews the route but it should be pretty firm.
as always all are welcome to join and feel free to contact me with any questions.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid= ... sp=sharing

I'm still working on the map for the ride on the 19th which will be leaving from Ely, I'm still working on the to where?
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Hi Will, that looks fine. Should be a leisurely ride in. I didn't know about the breakfast place you've spotted - if I'm passing I'll take a look in.
See you then, 07.00, 11th July.
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Here's all the details for the 19th of Julys ride. We will be setting off from Ely. The meeting spot is a car park with free parking just below Ely Cathedral, it's the first link below. We'll be stopping at point B on the map for food and drink. It's the Bird in Hand Pub, which starts serving at noon on Sunday. I reckon we should arrive just about the time they open. We do have a second option which opens the same time but has a nice shaded seating area that's connected to the Lark River, which is Judes Ferry. I've added links for both below. I figured we could decide on the day. There is little climbing on this ride, just a lot of long flat Fen roads for the most part. Providing the winds stays down, it should be quite a nice jaunt. Hope to you see you there, as always all are welcome. As it stands there are 3 of us on the books for the ride. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
There is also an active ride for 11th so don't get your dates mixed up.


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19 JULY
0930 SHOWTIME
ELY CAR PARK AT CB7 4AH



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Forehill Car Park, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4AH, UK
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http://www.judesferry.com/
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Well that was a nice ride. Showed up at the rally point and Dave beat me there again. We waited for Jon to show up and he surprised us by showing up on the Lepus he has been restoring. He's done quite a good job bringing it back to life. The only regular missing was Brian, he had other entanglements. No guest riders this week.
We headed for Nowton to cheer on Jons daughter in a 5k run she was doing. She was nice enough to relieve us of any cheering duties so we could have a hot drink and chat away. After the run we headed back into Bury for some breakfast at the Station Steakhouse, it went down a treat.
I had a hard time editing the footage because it was so nice out. I guess that's a good problem the have. Thanks for reading and watching.
We have a ride on the 19th leaving from Ely feel free to join us.

[youtube]o5JQ8hE9LBk[/youtube]
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Great video again - thanks Will. Glad to see you too, Dave, and catch up on news. That ride will be one that sticks in the memory - a cracking day weatherwise, and being up early sneaking out of the house, and quiet outside too; first proper outing for my "new" trike (only 9 months on the workbench - following sporadic, but repeated applications of rust remover, red oxide basecoat and increments of colour from one tin of car paint - nearly matched to the original Hase powdercoat, but not quite - lots of googling for info, new drive-side bearings x3, new chain x2, new cassette x1, new tyres and tubes x 3, numerous odds and ends, and not just a few photographs during disassembly). Not forgetting that "half" breakfast, Dave's leaky valve and why High-Vis orange or yellow may not be the best choice for T-Shirts in early July.
Oh, and one more thing - not to be forgotten (in future); sun cream, for the legs. Ouch. :oops:
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I'm getting anxious for this Sundays ride. Looks like the weather has improved, so we're in for warm weather with partially sunny skies with a bit of wind. Makes a change from the chance of rain it has been teasing us with all week. Anyway hope to see whomever is considering the ride, until then cheers

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Well another great ride in the books. I'm running out of things to say about how nice these rides are. People are going to start thinking I'm making all this stuff up, it's a good thing I've got video proof.
I set off with wet roads underneath my tires and a light drizzle keeping me cool for the first 8 miles or so. By the time I reached Ely the rain had stopped and it was just overcast. The weatherman had forecast a sunny day with some clouds, and some winds which would come into play on our return to Ely. The weatherman got it right for once as the rest of day was lovely.
When I got to Ely I was surprised to be the first there. I was soon joined by Brian hauling a seat which Dave has been looking forward to getting his hands on. Dave showed up and after a bit of chit-chat we were set to roll out and then John came around the corner. That was a nice surprise, and after a bit more talking we set off for Littleport. We had quite a nice pace, and as the road/traffic were playing nice we made a good 17 mile push into our ride before pulling up and dropping our feet for a few minutes which was along the river in Lakenheath. We happened to see what we suspected was an Adder along the river bank in a Blackberry bush. For those of you that don't know an Adder is the only poisonous snake native to the UK. We headed from there to Judes Ferry in West Row to collect that pint that had been calling our names since we'd set off from Ely. We had our pint along Lark River, it went down to fast. Thanks for that Dave. Back on the road to Ely and things went smooth barring a little headwind as we hit the last 8 miles or so. My right thigh didn't appreciate the extra resistance by this point I was 47 miles in to the ride and was holding back some pretty good cramps. We made it back to Ely drama free though. It was a good time so thanks John, Brian and Dave.
I had another 14 miles to get home, and with the cramping I had to stop twice but I did it. A hard earned 67 miles my longest ride to date. Plus I can put a check mark in the metric century box. Well thanks for reading and watching hope you can join us on a ride one day.

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Hi all another great day out,it was good to get back on some roads I had not ridden for a while.And what a good seat you found for me,many thanks to Brian for collecting it . All I have to do now is figure a way to make a bracket as my performer ones are too small.Looking forward to the next ride.Take care all.
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Hello Will and Co.
Sorry i did not make it for the ride this time but i was wobbleing around the local cycle path's and old railway line on the Raptobike,bought as a frame set from Kevin Dtech.
Straight lines good,slow speed turns very very poor.
Hopefully be up to speed so to speak for your next ride.
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davyboy wrote:Hi all another great day out,it was good to get back on some roads I had not ridden for a while.And what a good seat you found for me,many thanks to Brian for collecting it . All I have to do now is figure a way to make a bracket as my performer ones are too small.Looking forward to the next ride.Take care all.


Just holler if you need my help Dave, I'm sure we can come up with something.

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