2009-06-20 Sat - The Maths Geek Ride 0001 - London to Bletchley

Here's the deal, I love cycling and I love Maths.

What better to celebrate these things by riding to Bletchley, the work place of the best known logician and cryptanalaist. That's right I'm talking about mr http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing.
An avid cyclist and the original hipster (Apple's logo is documented as being a tribute to the half eating apple which lay next to turing as he died of cyanide poising).

The date for this event will be June 20th, the Saturday before Turings Birthday.

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/264977

Starting point, EAST BEERS (Royal Inn on the Park, Lauriston road) Meet at 7.30am.
We will be leaving at 0800 Hours sharp. And I mean sharp like a scalpel.

It's likely to be a faster paced ride as I'll be using it as training for the Dunwich, no doubt reversing the route and riding back. For those who do not want to ride back there is a train station in Bletchley and Milton Keynes is only 4.5 miles away.

I'm going to make my mind up on the bike closer to the time but it's possible that I may be doing this geared (Just a warning).

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ATTENTION:
For those interested in a slower paced ride I'll be looking to do a a similar length ride the following weekend (June 27th), just to stretch the legs out. Nice and leasurely paced.

Details will follow when I've thought of a route

Yes

Ha, I was thinking of you whilst I wrote this Tommy.

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If the ride arrives early enough it's well worth taking a look around the museum.

Turing was one of my heroes. Great ride, always wanted to go to Betchley. Count me in too

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Of course the Polish did all the ground work.

Fuck yes! Big fan of Turing. I'm all over this like a flannel

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I see the route goes past my road. Nice one

I can change it to a different route if you like, just so you have to trek across London first.

I've added a start time. It's early but I weant to make sure there's enough time to enjoy the ride back too.

Personally I'd missout Leighton Buzzard (shithole), and cut across country missing out A421 too.

I can give you the password to my bikely if you want to make some adjustments.
I still need to do a dry run so the route may change anyway but any advice is appreciated.

Fuck yes! Big fan of Turing. I'm all over this like a busy beaver.

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(Assuming I'm in the country, etc)

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I really hope I can make this, diary says yes, so we'll see.....
always wanted to visit.

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Beat me to it.

Omnipresence helps.

Ha.

Slightly revised route, likely more to come once I've ridden it the first time aorund.

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never heard of the fucker but if you guys like him that's good enough for me. faster pace ftw

Cyanide poisoning AND he looked at Medusa! how much bad luck can one guy have?

Sweet!

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   1. photoben (if I've build up the Mercian by then)
      

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Bud i kant cownt?

I'm not going to be giving you a maths quiz on the way Scott.
Actually. Maybe I will.