2015-07-04 Sea swimming at Dunwich followed by the DD XXIII in-reverse

how about a Saturday morning departure, ride to Dunwich, stop for a pub lunch (?), maybe go for an early evening swim, then ride home - stopping for some Suffolk beer sipping - into the eventual white flashing lights? (like possibly several people might have done this year - salmon, swimming against the tide!)

we'd have the whole beach to ourselves, :-)

Tempted - would be nice to mix things up for a change. I'd be bringing my sunglasses though!

That sounds fun.

Did anyone do the cycle back? Does the route get really busy with crazy fast down country lane cars?

Interesting, interesting. I would like to do it fixed with some LFGSS crew next year on a more social ride. Will see how this goes

Did anyone do the cycle back? Does the route get really busy with crazy fast down country lane cars?

I did there and back in 2009 ( http://www.strava.com/activities/162789959 ) and can't remember anything bad about the traffic, but then my brain wipes out any bad memories of long distance rides otherwise I'd never considering doing any more.

^Hardman.

220 miles is faaaaaar. My only suggestion is to ensure you arrive at Dunwich with enough time so people can catch the last train home in case they (or you!) change their minds. Best intentions thought up in London waver mightily when on the beach in Dunwich. Experienced it myself.

Did anyone do the cycle back? Does the route get really busy with crazy fast down country lane cars?

Rod Munch and Will were sighted riding back on Sunday morning this year;

heard talk of a head-wind though..

.. so thinking that it might be easier to ride back at night.. encouraged by some Suffolk slurps of beer and maybe eventual approaching lights!!

220 miles is faaaaaar. My only suggestion is to ensure you arrive at Dunwich with enough time so people can catch the last train home in case they (or you!) change their minds. Best intentions thought up in London waver mightily when on the beach in Dunwich. Experienced it myself.

we could in any case ride home via the DD route to Ipswich station (although i got slightly lost via the not-as-good directions as the actual route this year), then if anybody needs to, they could take a train home from there (costly though, from Ipswich)..

.. then proceed en route homeward to Lundun-town..

{reckon the ride home would be easier after a Saturday afternoon pub lunch!}

ps. doubtful whether i'd do this on me own.. so if anybody else fancies this please very loosely commit yourself - at least to the idea of what could potentially be a ride!!

list of those interested in the idea of Sea swimming at Dunwich followed by the DD XXIII in-reverse, with some inclination to ride out-on early-morning on Saturday July 4th, 20-15!

radMich

list of those interested in the idea of Sea swimming at Dunwich followed by the DD XXIII in-reverse, with some inclination to ride out-on early-morning on Saturday July 4th, 20-15!

1. radMich
   
2. Hef-T
   
   

Me. Probably. Ideally I'd want to leave Dunwich about 9pm, to get to London at a time that I don't have to wait forever for the first train home to Cambridge. But I'm easily persuaded otherwise.

8 months on, who fancies this?

is there anyway a nights camping could be incorporated into this

get the lfgss.com carry on camping 3 mulling as an idea

hopefully

yack yack yack*

*sid james laugh

I like the sound of this better than the actual DD: helped out at Sible Hedingham last year and it was all a bit full-kit-wanker, Strava-hero.

#backlash

..I say, you there, this coffee is 100% arabica fairtrade, yah?..

Many segment.

Much smashin' it.

Such cunty.

That vegetarian lentil soup you served was to die for though...

I took some home with me :)

we could attempt low/mid-fives for any over-keen riders (perhaps unexpectedly) meeting our (hopefully fully-blazing sufficiently!) headlights before the finish-line, :-)

unsure about the logistics of tent-carrying (similar to Sharpe's view on such things for infantry-men during the Napoleonic Wars!);

but sure, bring it if ya fancy!

was planning on incorporating a hearty meal somewhere along the route (!),

chatting with the forum-DD-riders of last year (@OneLessCardigan & co.) at the Nocturne, reminded about this being upcoming,

just found something clashing in the diary for Saturday-daytime, but will attempt to re-arrange appropriately, :-)

apologies, this thread was created pre the Microcosm Event-feature, so the traditional list is thus,

1. radMich
   
2. Hef-T
   
   
   

might @Rodmuch have recovered from the foot-op. in time for such a jaunt!?

open to suggestions on departure times..

event up here,
http://www.lfgss.com/events/826/