2009-05-03 Sun - IoW Randonnee

Very nice trip, riding with very nice people on a very nice route...
Enjoyed every single minute of the ride and the time before and after.

Thanks to Pip for organising.
thanks to Tim and Will for the company, great riding.

Kudos to kattt for finishing it despite knee problems after the first half...

I had a lot of fun!!

I confess, stopped twice going up to Blackgang, and stopped for an ice cream at the top.
Terrific day out.

Holy crap what an amazing day. Really good fun riding with Corny, Pip, Katt(h)t(fu), Dropout et al.

On the plus side, it was discovered that I have the most Pirate-y forum name of all time and that Dropout will be joining the Willesden CTC group. Next year, we need to go over the top on the pirate theme. It was also agreed that the term "pancake flat" is now verboten when describing long rides.

Apologies for bailing I had another grueling 6 miles back to the ferry and despite leaving the pub at 6pm, I still didn't get home until 10pm (after leaving the house at 5am).

Tika....what happened to you?

what a lovely day! I ended up riding with Liz the whole route, when i gor back to wotton i was going to call pip but i had the feeling that they were having drinks in ryde. No chance that I was coming back and then back to fishbourne climbing the up hill again! I left at 5pm, sadly on my own, drunk a lonely beer on the ferry, the weather was perfect and the views amazing, nice breeze on face after the great ride. I also enjoyed passing the geared bikes going uphill. Everyone was nice and friendly and were always talking about me going fix. I would have loved to have a post ride drink :(

thanks to pip for strting this tread. bring on the next one!

i found this newspaper report and it must be about that rather large woman we saw signing on at Wooton. Apparently according to Will & Gina she completed the 55km loop!!! Respect is due

Isle of Wight 4 May 2009
IoW Randonee officials were last night quick to scotch rumours that minor celebrity and later regular guest on 'Have I Got News For You' Jo Brand, was seen at various parts of the island during Sunday's race.
Jo Brand, whose radically inspired feminist stand up material has seen her labelled wrongly as a lesbian since the mid 1980's, was seen by various IoW 'inbreds' during the 6 hour marathon race with

1. copious amounts of food
   
2. ridiculous amounts of clothing
   
3. a reinforced mountain bike frame
   
4. more granny wheels than Robbie McEwen
   
   

One local islander, Terry, who was 'spooning' his sister at the Red funnel car park ferry terminal in Cowes, stated that she spoke at length with a woman regarding this description about 'The Sun's' newspaper allegations (of October 2007) suggesting that Brand was in line to return to psychiatrict nursing almost 25 years after leaving to follow a career in stand - up comedy.
The woman just asked to be 'left alone with food…' witnesses say she later boarded a 'Sea Cat' to Ventnor.
Curiously, earlier that day, almost 30 miles away from the first sighting, a family of Alpaca's spotted a burly, cheeky chirpy, 'plump' woman, scoffing on a Bounty Bar near Yarmouth. Eye witnesses distinctly saw her doing 360 'bunny hops' and 'endos' and 'having a laugh' with locals whilst waiting for the No. 56 Bus from Yarmouth to Whitwell. One bus driver stated that 'she just wouldn't shut up' talking about her days partying with Richard Whitely of countdown fame.
At 2.45pm an ice cream vendor at the top of Blackgang Chine gave a woman, fitting Brand's' description, a large 99 cone. The woman in question stated that she was going to 'rip the arms off that lanky, skinny , rapha wearing ponce from london and stick them in her ice cream as flakes. Strangely, the burly comedienne (as described by the vendor) had managed to ascend the gruelling 10% climb using …her considerable momentum from the previous downhill in Freshwater.
On further questioning, the minor celebrity pointed out that upto 40 other riders had been hiding in the immense hole in the air that her big - boned frame created before she said her goodbyes…
Although unsubstantiated, some Yarmouth 'oiks' felt they had encountered an aggressive 'swarthy' individual, carrying a bike, boarding a steam locomotive from Yarmouth station to Alvestone. Reports suggested she looked 'flustered' and was "Fu&ked off with cycling…"
Locals never saw this child or partner…

i remember your comments about her. that was funny, did you use the emergency number?

thank God we didn't need to. How could she possibly have made 55km? that's absurd

really slowly...but my respect that she did it.
did you finish at wotton , where did you have drinks?

Perhaps she's desperately trying to lose weight given that she may have a predisposition to putting it on very easily?

Where did you find this article? I couldn't find it while Googling just now. I'd really like to leave a comment on the web-site.

Picked up a flyer which said there was another organised Cycle of Wight in September...I'll have to look into it.

try googling 'jeremy beadles love child' or better yet google nothing ....i cut and pasted a brilliant satirical piece by comedy master Robert Davies (you won't find him either, he's just a mate)..just leave comments on here oliver :)

which one were you? pifko?

That 'Dr.' Robert Davis? ;)

(May not be, as spelling different.)

which one were you? pifko?

Us Bournemouth lot never got around to meeting up with you guys I'm afraid. We set off from Yarmouth at about 11:30 after waiting a bit looking out for fixed-wheelers...

We took a few pics, which should be up soon I think.

me and liz some some others but the times don't much, they must have been from brighton

looks like tim had to much time in his hands....
here

not as much time as you!!

I think Emmeff will have some pictures of my ugly mug up at some point.

. big thanks must go out to will ( monster climbing) gina ( outrageous pace) for stretching me beyond my limits.

thanks tim and ginaG for pushing the pace along (for the wholef.ing day!)...great riding.

What a ride!

arrr! twas!

Enjoyed every single minute of the ride and the time before and after.

jesus - enjoyed every minute? my legs were screaming at me the whole way...alright for some.

despite leaving the pub at 6pm, I still didn't get home until 10pm (after leaving the house at 5am).

you got home before us?? i left at 430 and got back at 11!!

great day.

i also collected a total of £2.01 teasure on the way home from some drunk guy on the train who took a liking to my skull!!

heres the pics, hope you lot loving look over every glorious high definition one........just taken computer numpty me 2 hours to sort out! could have done quicker but Im not joining facebook---ever,
http://s642.photobucket.com/albums/uu146/emmeff2009/IoW2009/

the poole crew shot at finish is from l-r lucas, ta2, emmeff,arducius,pifko.

couple of interesting bikes up there too. respect to the guy (non forum)on the 80" bob jackson--check out his biceps!

hope all London crew enjoyed it as much,
I had a blast, loved cruising past carbon roadies pushing granny ring,,,on my 75" blue cat, ha ha.

Nice one.

Oh.... forgot to mention, amazingly none of us had a puncture!

Haha, I look like such a gimp.

^

You aren't the only one mate ...

typical, I spend ages fucking about with albums,
then you lot just want to look how cool you look, missing entirely the bikes, ambient lighting and general anarchy I go to painstaking lengths to arrange..........
does that deserve an extra long pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft, i reckon it does