Anybody interested in these rides in 2009

Hello Asseenontv and everyone else on the Cambridge.forum....Hope everyone in Cambridge had a happy Crimbo and/or Harmonica.....now is any one interested in the Suffolk [May] and Essex [September] century rides?...London to Paris...lovely but needs a lot of fundraising [if one person goes then £1200...but if we raised a team of 5 the sum needed to raised becomes £5500...a discount of £500 and if we sent team of 10...then all we need to raise is 10 grand....with a whopping 2 grand discount.....perhaps in a world on the verge of a depression....such a aim is laudable but probably in Credit Crunch Britain too big an ask?...But Suffolk and Essex are affordable and..something to aim for

Look at the link below

http://www.action.org.uk/get_involved/cycling.php

how are you planning to get over the channel?

Im very interested actually, but that will depend on whether ill have something decent to ride. When do the entries have to be in?

If we go for the paris trip, we need to organise and train soon...Suffolk soonish...might sell out and Essex....is in september so no mad rush on that one.

I would like to do the Paris Trip but independently , I hate fundraising , its depressing enough watching the charity lot operating in front of my pitch all day. I know they're all worthy causes , just a bit sad that the public has to chip in as well as pay taxes , lottery, private medical,and insurance . I don't fancy hitting up my friends and family for a grand so i can have the pleasure of cycling to Paris.

I totally understand and deep down agree with you.....so lets skip the British bit....We could visit Normandy and pay respects to the late great Jaques Anquetil...who is buried in one of its little villages!

I'd prefer that any day,the big organized events are a bit like package holidays . You start feeling like mooing whilst you're moving . Better to strike out on your own . The Norman love us , well they used to when we went there in the 70's . Probably set fire to our bikes now . i'd be offended to be called a "Rost Beef" though, being a veggie an all.

Anquetil is buried in the village of Quincampoix, north of Rouen so we can visit his grave and pay our respects to the ghost of Joan Of Arc in Rouen itself.....is it just me...but Of...is an unusual middle name!

We can still do the Suffolk ride...that is a week after the S&S cyclosportive and the Essex ride in September though......no details of that yet.

I have emailed the organisers of the Squires & Spires cyclosportive about the requirement to wear a helmet...and is it a requirement of entry.....i will report back when i have a reply

is it just me...but Of...is an unusual middle name!

Nonsense it means eggs in frenchy talk , Like Eggar Allan Poe the poet

anyone up for a ride tonight, got feck all to do

Trouble is France is suddenly a really expensive place to visit ! paund a fakkin you-row

not necessarily to france, but just round cambridge will do for tonight

I could be.... is it still freezin ?

its not too bad, actually getting warmer. Just wear a few layers and youll be tip top

Where are ye starting from ?

starting from histon, but im heading for town,
so i can meet you at the usual thursday meet spot near b.ambulance if you're up for it

I'm at the arse end of Mill road ( according to the estate agents ) Have we met ?

not sure man, ive only come to one of the weekly meets. i probably introduced myself as ed
if ur down mill road i can pedal there no prob

OK i'm up for a leisurely dawdle to see the pubs emptying, where on Mill road ?

say on the bridge over the railroad?
youll recognise me on a grey bike with a blue jumper
there in 30 minutes or so?

OK see you in 30

Nonsense it means eggs in frenchy talk , Like Eggar Allan Poe the poet

No, no, no....egg in Frenchy lingo....is ooooof.....not Of...which is a medieval Frenchy female name.

and it is Edgar Allan Commode!!

No, no, no....egg in Frenchy lingo....is ooooof.....not Of...which is a medieval Frenchy female name.

Oeuf off ! I take the spam .

and it is Edgar Allan Commode!!

Commode ear and say that

me and two friends are cycling from cambridge to paris for a relevant charity in late spring/early summer, we have un arrêté (moi) et un tandem pour le voyage, we would be doing it of our own accord, i.e. we pay for everything. who's up for joining us? none of this £5k bizness..!

SPit & hAM=SPAM......Yummy