Shortest ride of the year

[saphena]

there must be a travel lodge or ibis i can stay at wont be able to look at a paper for the next six months

Is my tent any use?

 

[JON12A]

Never mind Lynn your reputation in Darts is still intact .
All is not lost.

 

[JON12A]

Good to have you along Lynn are you stopping at the Hotel Saturday / Sunday night ?.
Will be nice to talk about the rugby with you and how we became world champions.

32-12
err... perhaps not then.......................maybe we can talk football

 

[Lynn O'Kane]

Hi jon i am looking at the over nights haven't decided yet

 

[Lynn O'Kane]

I would like to reserve a badge please

 

[Daz nes]

I might be up for it

 

[Kim Leeson]

I might be up for it

Might?!?...I question your commitment to a day with your loved maniac's....put a stick in the ground...stop faffin about!! Just kidding Dazman, would love to ride with you...or should I say wait for you to catch up!

 

[saphena]

I have been persuaded that this excursion needs to be more Iron Butt like and specifically a full-blown coast-to-coast affair. This means moving the start to Ness Point (most easterly point of GB), 2.3 miles southeast of the hotel and the finish to Land's End (most westerly point of southern GB), 11.6 miles southwest of McDonalds. Those wishing to indulge in "touching the water" are on their own.

Curiously, Google offers a projection for NP-LE of only 431 miles instead of 432 for the original which you might expect to be 13.9 shorter but that's probably just as well as otherwise the additional 27.8 miles might prove too much for some entrants.

 

[Ian M]

it will be iron butt as Ardnamurchan is the most westerly point of GB - bloody hell.

still christmas to recover

 

[saphena]

Wikipedia has Ardnamurchan as 5°59′W, Land'sEnd as 5.716W

Damn, you're right

 

[Peter Perfect]

Sad News..!!

My bike is booked in on December 15th to remedy a slipping clutch...

I may not be able to make it....

 

[Kim Leeson]

So is the route we're taking...can't see any alternatives...

https://goo.gl/maps/jgtxXhrLyLBEqJFY6

 

[saphena]

Such defeatist attitudes, and it's only November

 

[Kim Leeson]

Such defeatist attitudes, and it's only November

???

 

[Sean]

So is the route we're taking...can't see any alternatives...

https://goo.gl/maps/jgtxXhrLyLBEqJFY6

apart from the obvious Northern Route round the M25

???

My Guess would be that that was in response to Peter rather than you,

ITS NOT ALL ABOUT YOU!!!!!!

 

[JON12A]

Kim Leeson said:
So is the route we're taking...can't see any alternatives...

https://goo.gl/maps/jgtxXhrLyLBEqJFY6

I will be taking the M4 to M5 Route via Bristol.
Similar miles (22 mile longer )but quicker and I hate the bottom of the A303 there are always accidents.
But each to their own.

 

[Ahamay]

Coming out of E. anglia try A14, Cambridge A428 St Neots A1 south 2 miles A421 Bedford/Milton Keynes/Buckingham.
A4421 Bicester A34 Oxford, A420 Swindon, M4/M5.
Why go to the M25??

 

[Kim Leeson]

Coming out of E. anglia try A14, Cambridge A428 St Neots A1 south 2 miles A421 Bedford/Milton Keynes/Buckingham.
A4421 Bicester A34 Oxford, A420 Swindon, M4/M5.
Why go to the M25??

Good to see alternatives...personally I'm not a fan of MK, those roundabouts make me feel like I'm in a Twighlight Zone Groundhog Day.

 

[Ahamay]

I look on those roundabouts as an opportunity to practice your cornering skills
you should try them in a 44 tonne artic with a twelve speed gearbox that is hard work.

 

[saphena]

I might be up for it

Have you managed to resolve this into a decision yet?