2011-06-20 - Rolling to the Stones - Destination Avebury

If I'm not working I am definitely doing this! My parents live just outside Marlborough so I know about half the route already, it'll make for a really nice ride.

Party round Danns after! I'll bring the mescaline.

I was going to do the MM ride but this looks too good. I'm sold. Will just man up and take a half-day. Should feel lovely and woozy the rest of the day...

Was going to book my train back for 6.40 - is that reasonable d'ya think?

1. skive
   
2. bobbydazzle
   
3. smiff (as long as i am back to full health by then)
   
4. fussballclub
   
5. laner
   
6. 105champ
   
7. Skully
   
8. Stonehedge
   
9. Drop the Druid
   
10. pajamas
    
11. ashleyisdabest
    
12. jedininja
    
13. youramericanpagan
    

most likely to head to swindon for the train.
trains back to london at:

0523
0611
0628
0641

some are cheaper than others.
need to book bikes on or disassemble wheels before boarding.

as it stands at this point i will have to be at work for 0700 on tuesday morning.
there is a possibility of wriggling out or even doing the ride and then getting the first train back and working an 17 hour shift, hmmm.

if i miss this i will be gutted as sin.

This is going to be one of the highlights (longlights?) of the summer. Really hope you can get the morning off or something...

so do i!

wondering what the pace is going be + if anyone is riding back as well?

pace would be fairly tranquil.
we'd be looking at 8hrs riding to cover the 90 miles.

i would be on a train back.

Also in...

ok i'm in.

this is one of my favourite rides and having done the last 2 i will not miss this one.

i will need to be at work for 0700 so will be getting the first train back to london.

This looks ace so innity in in, bring on the druids!

Where's the nearest offy that will be open or will I have to cycle there with lagers and have to drink warm ones? ewww. I know it's cider country but I can't handle the stuff and have flashbacks to school days and it just sets off my gag reflex. (sorry too much information!) Unless of course the druids are dosed out of their eyeballs on lsd25 and sharing it out in which case it will be a different sort of experience. Anyway in regardless.

1. skive
   
2. bobbydazzle
   
3. smiff (as long as i am back to full health by then)
   
4. fussballclub
   
5. laner
   
6. 105champ
   
7. Skully
   
8. Stonehedge
   
9. Drop the Druid
   
10. pajamas
    
11. ashleyisdabest
    
12. jedininja
    
13. youramericanpagan
    
14. blue fleet
    

will I have to cycle there with lagers and have to drink warm ones?

sounds odd i know but it will be cold.
just before sunrise the temperature drops rapidly and it will be chilly all night.

i was bloody freezing sitting by a big rock last year.

feckin' freeeeezing.

oh OK, it does seem hard to believe as its so scorching now, OK then automatic lager cooling by the environment it is then, and bring a jumper too by the sounds of it, cheers chaps.

and bring a pile of jumpers, a jacket and a hat too by the sounds of it

ftfy

Provisionally in, assuming I have my gears sorted out (not man enough to ride this on the dolan, sorry!), and that I'm not tied up with work/school.

There's a pub in Avebury which I imagine will stay open for the solstice, otherwise there are shops in Marlborough (we`ll pass through the highstreet) though they're unlikely to be open that early. East Wilts isn't quite cider country so drink as much beer as you want ;)

1. skive
   
2. bobbydazzle
   
3. smiff (as long as i am back to full health by then)
   
4. fussballclub
   
5. laner
   
6. 105champ
   
7. Skully
   
8. Stonehedge
   
9. Drop the Druid
   
10. pajamas
    
11. ashleyisdabest
    
12. jedininja
    
13. youramericanpagan
    
14. blue fleet
    
15. danns
    

^^ haha ok received loud and clear, it almost sounds like I'm going to need a trailer with full artic expedition kit! I was brought up by hippies in the sticks and never had a house with central heating till I came to London in 1993 age 21 so think I'll survive if I avoid shorts,have a jumper, goretex jacket, back up full finger gloves and some of that reassuringly expensive belgium lager.

^ i was wondering whether to wimp out and bring gears too instead of my singlespeed, (can't tell from the profile how steep those hills are, they don't look long and I'm a bit of a grunter so may be able to HTFU and grind up on my 50:16) Early doors pub option sounds nice and may prove nice opportunity to warm up a bit if its proper cold, and if cider is not considered a local obligatory custom in Avebury\Wlts then this ride just escalated to bloody brilliant status, can't wait now.

1. skive
   
2. bobbydazzle
   
3. smiff (as long as i am back to full health by then)
   
4. fussballclub
   
5. laner
   
6. 105champ
   
7. Skully
   
8. Stonehedge
   
9. Drop the Druid
   
10. pajamas
    
11. ashleyisdabest
    
12. jedininja
    
13. youramericanpagan
    
14. blue fleet
    
15. danns
    
16. Branwen
    

I'm getting really excited about this. Glad you're in Steve.

I'm going to Glastonbury on the wednesday. I'm hoping that I'll be able to get a friend to take my stuff out so that I can ride on via a friend's house nearby.

got some amazing news yesterday.

i do not have to be back in london as expected!
woop woop.

this gives a lot more time for, well everything.

ride notes to follow.

Awesome to the max!

I've also just had confirmation that I can ride on to my mates house near Glastonbury after a kip. Only another 50mi or so...hopefully will be able to get some sleep somewhere.

no sleep till brooklyn.

Time for a TNRC-style Dos and Don'ts, Skive?

Particularly want to mention diffusing rear lights, and not having eye-level, flashing lights. Can be really confusing and tiring in a night peloton to be blinded by blinkies.

Looking forward to this.

old father skully's sage advise
listen up there kids