Isle of Grain - 60% traffic-free

107 KM ride out to the Hoo Peninsula

Mainly flat and stress/traffic-free (Greenway, River, Canal and quiet roads).
Road slicks not advised, sections of gravel and God-knows what along route.
Make sure your bike and brain are cool with that.

Quick-social, waiting at non-obvious corners, t-shirts and denim type of ride.

Train home after eats/refreshments.

Meet top of Broadway Market 9:00, leaving sharpish

Enjoyed this last time. Should be even better in nice weather.

In the Summer, minus the wind, plus a few more hours of sunshine and this ride should be a dream.

:-)

saw this when you last did the ride, looks cracking. would love to join :)

^ then do. get yourself on the list. it was a really good day out. maybe we coudld be creative with bike stacking on the train again?

aiiiight!

Surprised how well the train staff took that.

think i still have pics on my phone of the cyle-stacking. good to look at if i'm feeling a bit down

This time we will actually(hopefully) have the weather and time for a nice picnic at No. 1 The Thames..

See below:
Think calm with blue skies rather than grey with howling headwind.
Water still going to be like in the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory but..

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think i still have pics on my phone of the cyle-stacking. good to look at if i'm feeling a bit down

Ian post pic please, cheer us all up. I fuckin need it.

Apropos bike stacking:
This is from another ride (but par for the course), I count 9 here plus I remember the 2 vestibules and carriage rammo also..

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Love it

ooh:-

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I love a bit of bikemayhem. Bayhem.

I love that last pic.

Holy fuck.
Recce'd this ride out to Tilbury today.
No hills, moar traffic-frees up to Gravesend.
Got sunburnt..

Bring a bike you ain't scared of carrying..

Bumpy path is bumpy..

Reiterate - no crybabies..

Thinking about a recce on Monday around the coast near Cliff Pools.
Want to see if it is possible to get through that way easily.

About 100KM off-road, train back.

It's really fucking bumpy out that way. I've ridden to Cliff Fort before and it's a workout, it gets boggy out there when it's been raining and there are lots of wild horses so the ground gets churned up.

Thanks, figured as much..

The current Grain route is pretty good, particularly after refining the bit just before and after the bridge.

Will ride that section tomorrow anyway because I really want to check out that sinking fort and torpedo tube.

Route set now to include a look at the two forts and torpedo rail.

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