2010-07-24 - Dunwich Dynamo DD18

That's me on the left, Sparky in the middle and benjaminbunny's on the right.

We were trying to get back to Norwich, but in the end gave up on the trains and got back on our bikes. The extra 30 miles were painful and stop-start, got into Norwich at 1, had my customary post-ride Guinness and then treated myself to a taxi the last 2 miles home.

Was a proper farce at Darsham - the train on the other platform was held up for 20 mins or so while the driver argued with the riders onboard - not sure what the gist was but I'm guessing it was along the lines of "why the fuck have I got 40 bikes on my train all of a sudden, gtfo".

Apparently cause it's a rural train it's only allowed to take 4 bikes, people had piled their bikes up on seats next to them and anywhere they would fit. After much arguing and delaying the train it eventually set off for Ipswich. But I spoke to someone who had been on it and they said everyone was kicked off at the next stop (Saxmundham). The person in question had only got through to Ipswich by hiding his bike in the toilet!
The whole debacle of getting back to London was my least favourite part of the DD, although I know that's my fault for only deciding to ride on the Friday after someone mentioned it to me, and relying on their assurance that there was a train station a few miles from the beach...
Forum bus next year ftw