Let's get lost!

THIS RIDE IS TODAY, 6/05/10!

Meet at LMNH, Old street, at 11 for a noon departure towards Kent and Chatham.

Come with a general idea as to where you might want to go on the way.

1pm, as in middle of the day, sneaking out for pints time?

I might be able to make this actually... Have got iPhone with gps which is good for working out where you are and a garmin edge 305 which is good for knowing where you have been... Where would you be looking at leavin from. Approx miles?

Cheers

Joe

Don't use the iPhone for GPS mate, it only last seconds (unless you got a heftly back-up battery or those solar panel to charge the phone).

it's also a bit too slow and the map are downloaded from the internet rather than already loaded in the iPhone.

Well, it's my day off, but a pint at least is required.

it's about 35 miles, leaving from Brick Lane.

My route notes from when I rode out there to a mate's house. It's a nice quiet route past Hampstead.

Work > Hyde Park > Marylebone > Gloucester Place
A41 past Lords > St John’s Wood tube > R onto Fitzjohn’s Ave at Swiss Cottage.
Through Hampstead > @ duck pond Left fork onto A502 / N End Way
**@ 500m on RHS take Hampstead Way **> @ 2m join A598 N towards Finchey
Cross N circular > @ Finchley Central Tube turn Left onto B1462
500m road crosses railway / GC on LHS.
Big roundabout 3rd exit N on B552. Mill Hill East Tube on LHS.
@2m T-jctn with A5109 > turn R then L onto B552 again.
1m T-jctn with A411 > turn R then L onto Rowley Lane.
Cross over A1 > R at first Θ > L at 2nd Θ.
Join 2nd slip road on LHS. Rejoin Rowley Lane towards Well End.
Straight over miniΘ > Follow road all the way to Shenley.
**B5378 > Shenleybury > cross over M25 > London Colney**
@1m R onto King’s Rd.> Left onto High St.
London Orbital Roundabout exit onto **A1081 > **Straight at big Θ.
Straight, straight > cross railway lines > St Albans.

cool, but I'd like to keep it east, less of london to deal with.

If only I had Thursdays off.

hmmm, wel... you are looking poorly....

Shit, I just realise I'm starting uni on Thurs, argh.

Can't make this, Nhatt, busy all day, unfortunately.

Happy to make route suggestions, but getting lost in the lanes is a great way of getting to know an area. At first, you tend to end up in the same place that you didn't want to go to every time you try to get lost, but once you get the hang of getting lost, it's great fun. :)

I'm in for a gentle 35 mile ride on Thursday.

Happy to make route suggestions, but getting lost in the lanes is a great way of getting to know an area.

that's how me and the missus spend our time sometime, get lost in London and make our way back home, walking mostly, there were a time we walk all the way up to Hampstead from Clerkenwell and back., saw some great sign as well as locaion.

a lovely way to explore the city, unfortantely it made the city appear a lots smaller.

Don't use the iPhone for GPS mate, it only last seconds (unless you got a heftly back-up battery or those solar panel to charge the phone).

it's also a bit too slow and the map are downloaded from the internet rather than already loaded in the iPhone.

Thanks for your pearls of wisdom Ed!

I use the iPhone often as my main navigation tool and it works brilliantly. You are right though, it drains the battery quick time... Used sparingly it can last a decent length of time. I used it on a ride from Crystal Palace to Bournemouth on lanes I didn't know and it lasted til Southampton which is about 80 miles.

This sounds good, might be tempted to join.

I rode this route to Bletchley: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/264977

it goes straight through St Albans and is a real nice route.

Might actually do the ride to Bletchley again this Sunday if anyone's interested.

I used to live in St.Albans. Big fuck off hill called St.Peters Street on the way into the town centre.

We miss that hill on the route I take in, thank god.

I will be up for this - clients permitting.

1) !lostattack!
2) Tempertemper- with a dicky tum
3) KingofMing -if no one gets arrested.

Just came back from st albans.
The pub at the end has good beer, and they promise to do fat chips during the week.

Yummy.

And they have a petrified cock.

I just arrived in bletchley.

What route did you take to St Albans?

Just came back from st albans.
The pub at the end has good beer, and they promise to do fat chips during the week.

Yummy.

And they have a petrified cock.

..........the place is absolutely riddled with boozers and most retain some great character. I honestly do not think I could climb that hill on my SS. How many of you made it there?

all 5 of us girls.

http://www.cycle-route.com/routes/Leytonstone_to_St_Albans-Cycle-Route-1348.html

this is the route from today, my a-z of hertfordshire should arrive tomorrow, I will have a gander through it and look for some proper getting lost action!

http://www.cycle-route.com/routes/Leytonstone_to_St_Albans-Cycle-Route-1348.html

this is the route from today, my a-z of hertfordshire should arrive tomorrow, I will have a gander through it and look for some proper getting lost action!

You can get nicely lost around Herts. That route looks like a good one. I know most of the places on the way. If you wanna get lost in some country lanes look in your A-Z at the Hertford/Brickendon/Bayford/Wormley neck of the woods which you passed on your ride.