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  • Coach?
    We recommend the coaches for the snooze home. We put the bikes in furniture vans with their professional packers. Tandems and recumbents fit easily. If you're worried about your pristine paint job then bring a wrapping sheet or blanket or similar but we've asking the firm to bring lots of cardboard etc.
    We work the coach on a cost-covering not-for-profit basis, transparent books. Any surplus gets split between the London School of Cycling and Southwark Cyclists to help pay for the glow-lights and the food. If a loss develops, I'm in trouble. No refunds though, that would make organising all impossible.
    The vans load from 11am and leaves Dunwich Beach at 1pm, getting to West Smithfield, London EC1 (Smithfield Market) about 2 hours later, here.
    And sorry, no, we can't add in extra stops.
    (Note….that 11am loading start was new for 2006 to ensure a 1pm departure. We left on time).
    Some of us then find a pub. Optional extra.
    Coach tickets are £14 if paid for on or before 31 May. And £23 afterwards and on the day. (Early booking then costs the same as last year. Late booking has gone up £2 in line with the rail fares and costs more to encourage early booking and easier estimating of numbers. It's difficult to get more capacity at the last minute).
    Early booking is advised…seat numbers are of course limited. We try to ensure there's room for all who turn up, but cannot of course promise that.
    (Note: some ask that the coaches leave much earlier. The convoy is for those who want to swim, eat, snooze, relax, savour the moment, not rush. Hence the leisurely timetable).
    And last year about 6 people left jackets, cameras, bungey cords on the coaches. All were reunited later but it's avoidable hastle. We and the drivers check the coaches before they head home but please look after your stuff.

    How do I book a coach place?
    Buy your seats via Paypal here…donations split as above
    Early Bird £14 - no longer available
    Full Price £23 from June 1st

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