2013-08-10 - (Hopefully neither wet nor) Windy Millers!

Moulton Mill

Clerkenwell Mill (remains)

Brixton Windmill

Details

A windmill fetishists dream - just over a ton from Brixton Windmill via Clerkenwell Windmill (defunct) to Moulton Mill. An ideal first century - the last 30 miles are probably the flattest riding it is possible to do.

This was on the cards last year for the reopening of Moulton Mill and was epically thwarted by the weather (last year's thread...)

Route on Garmin Connect here.

********UPDATE********

Leaving Brixton Windmill at 0800

Leaving Clerkenwell Mill at 0830

Please remove yourself from the list if you can't make it - I'll be giving approx numbers to the Mill nearer the day so the catering team can plan.

Trains home from Peterborough, either via Spalding or riding direct.

1 - upstart

nowt like planning.

:)

1. upstart
   
2. Oliver Schick
   
   

Don't even know if I'll be in London then, but hey. I really wanted to do this ride last year.

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/2137117

1. upstart
   
2. Oliver Schick
   
3. ian
   
   

frankly, it's either this or Herne Bay on Sun.11th (or neither if I'm away in the sun)

1. upstart
   
2. Oliver Schick
   
3. ian
   
4. Woah Cats
   
   

Yay!

nowt like planning.

:)

Ha ha! Yeah, plenty of notice...

Yay!

Nice one Dan, now we just need Mr Munch to complete the set.

Nice one Dan, now we just need Mr Munch to complete the set.

:)

1. upstart
   
2. Oliver Schick
   
3. ian
   
4. Woah Cats
   
5. Rod Munch
   

1. upstart
   
2. Oliver Schick
   
3. ian
   
4. Woah Cats
   
5. Rod Munch
   
6. bothwell
   
   

August! We'd need to be really unlucky for the weather to pull one over us!

1. upstart
   
2. Oliver Schick
   
3. ian
   
4. Woah Cats
   
5. Rod Munch
   
6. bothwell
   
7. wiganwill
   
   
   

Can someone remind me about this in late July please?

1. upstart
   
2. Oliver Schick
   
3. ian
   
4. Woah Cats
   
5. Rod Munch
   
6. bothwell
   
7. wiganwill
   
8. Hairy
   
   

The weather was utter bollocks last time. Barely got out of bed before deciding there was no way I was riding in that!

Can't be worse this year?

1. upstart
   
2. Oliver Schick
   
3. ian
   
4. Woah Cats
   
5. Rod Munch
   
6. bothwell
   
7. wiganwill
   
8. Hairy
   
9. Dumps
   
   

I didn't even have the excuse of weather for bailing last time. Would also be up for a recce at some point, preferably a weekend when the wind is in the South West.

1. upstart
   
2. Oliver Schick
   
3. ian
   
4. Woah Cats
   
5. Rod Munch
   
6. bothwell
   
7. wiganwill
   
8. Hairy
   
9. Dumps
   
10. middleofnowhere
    

Last year I was guilty of pulling back the curtain, seeing the end of days weather and having a full length of spine shudder and returning to the warm embrace of the duvet. Chapeau to the nutters that even considered it. This year will defo be 28 degrees and glorious sunshine, and for that reason I'm in.

1. upstart
   
2. Oliver Schick
   
3. ian
   
4. Woah Cats
   
5. Rod Munch
   
6. bothwell
   
7. wiganwill
   
8. Hairy
   
9. Dumps
   
10. middleofnowhere
    
11. blue fleet
    

I know it's early but what's the sort of timing on this ride ?

Leaving - arriving.... snacking, breaks etc ?

TBC really, but probably meet Brixton about 0800 and pick up clerkenwell 45 mins or so later.

It's a long way to go so will aim not to stop too often - every 30 miles or so depending on how people are feeling. Wil try to coincide stops with cafes en route.

okie dokie, will wait till june and see then...

Bump!

Yeah! Bump! I'd forgotten all about this and dicki has been posting his doom and gloom "only 17 more days of summer" stuff in the weather thread so we should do this before the weather becomes what it was last year.

I was in East Anglia over the last Bank Holiday weekend. Couldn't move for bloody windmills. I was loving it!

http://youtu.be/S-H0dhpcuyI

Potentially in. And as an East Anglian native I can tell you that it is always windy...

1. upstart
   
2. Oliver Schick
   
3. ian
   
4. Woah Cats
   
5. Rod Munch
   
6. bothwell
   
7. wiganwill
   
8. Hairy
   
9. Dumps
   
10. middleofnowhere
    
11. blue fleet
    
12. hats
    

^^ The pub we stayed in had a flyer for Banham Zoo!

Just been on the phone to the man himself, looks like the Mill are going to sort out refreshments for us on arrival.