2014-05-04 Isle of Wight Randonnee

This weather is amazing :)

OK, on my way shortly, I has SPF50 and an hat.

And a backpack that weighs as much as me, for I like to have a tent in which I can walk around.

I'm going to have fun on the climb out of Ryde, innit.

Me, T4 and Fasih have just boarded the train at Waterloo, exciting!!

We're arriving at Portsmouth at 5. Ludd, we'll keep and eye out for you.

I'm all pitched up. I'm gonna go for a pootle then be back at the site about. 5.30. Call me if you turn up Fox etc.

Good luck all , hope you have a nice ride & the weather is good
Can't do this year due to family commitment but I'll be there next year

Scrap that, found a tesco express. Hoegaarden and crisps. Nom!

On ferry.

good luck Randonneurs, wish I could be there again this year :(

great rolling with you g's, and nice to see you again Hats.
classic day on the island, will be looking over to the white cliffs again from the bay with a smile again.

Ludd, Corlis, Fox, Fasih, T4 and I just won the pub quiz at the local carvery. Get fucking in!!!

(good to see you too J, sorry I didn't get to say goodbye - hopefully see you again soon!)

Job done...

Where were you all, I saw no one all day.

#onlyfixieinthevillage

You'll all have to come on the WNKR deluxe overnight edition, is pretty much the same but daaaark.

I rode to this, rode it and then rode back. 276km :-)
I saw strong lad on the course with LFGSS cap and swept back moustache bars, who was that??

if its any consolation Matt, my ex saw you with a green LFGSS top on, she told me "like the top youve got" she said you looked fucking cool
shame to have missed ya

I rode this, great fun. I would have been in one of the bunches of fareham wheelers if anyone saw us.

What a lovely weekend.
Enjoyed the camping but need to work on my thermal insulation as I was a touch nippy.
So much carvery!
And the hills were much less horrific this time with gears instead of fixed.
Thanks Hats, benjam, ludd, corlis, Fox and fasih.
Yay iow!

Great weekend. Sorry not to have said goodbyes at portsmouth - I ran for my train, got on it just in time, ended up chatting with Jim who had lent us his spare gas canister.

Will upload action shots after tea in Beckenham.

Love all round.

xluddx

if its any consolation Matt, my ex saw you with a green LFGSS top on, she told me "like the top youve got" she said you looked fucking cool
shame to have missed ya

But of course!

There was a bit of a kerfuffle with the ferries. We were supposed to get the one to Fishbourne but they had overbooked so we got the Ryde cat instead. Rather than back-track to Wooton down the main road I thought it would be nicer to got out along the seafront and join the route half way to Bembridge. With the faster ferry and the head-start I think that put us quite a way ahead of the game.

I rode this, great fun. I would have been in one of the bunches of fareham wheelers if anyone saw us.

I rode for a while loosely with a couple of your mob along the stretch between Blackgang and Freshwater. That Rabobank-esque kit was much in evidence throughout the day.

Sorry not to have seen you, MoN!

I have had an ace weekend, thanks to my fellow xcampersx and to Jason and Pifko for being great company.

The only negative was the sketchy riding from the nodders and choppers - the nodders I'm more ok with as they don't know better and it's nice to see new-ish cyclists out enjoying themselves, but the choppers, esp those from the cycling-club-that-shall-not-be-named should be ashamed of themselves. Oh yeah and that douchebag at Ryde port who hated on our bikes. WAC.

But anyway, glorious sunshine, 3 trips to the carvery in 3 days, winning the pub quiz AND a shiny new badge, what more could you ask for from a weekend?

xhatsx

Awesome weekend with excellent company. Probably the hardest ride I have done, sure I have done longer, but they are not as up and down. Sorting out the photos now, will upload soon.

Thanks bejam, corlis, fox, hats, ludd and T4!

I rode to this, rode it and then rode back. 276km :-)
I saw strong lad on the course with LFGSS cap and swept back moustache bars, who was that??

That might have been me. Riding geared Cross Check with brown handlebar tape.

Lovely ride yesterday. The Randonnee always ends up being my favourite event of the year.

Despite my legs failing me on the 2nd half of the ride...