Dunwich Dynamo 2017

I did Stowmarket the year before. Nice route, empty train, but there was only one train every two hours and we missed the 9.15 by 4 minutes.

We just followed signs.

DD restrictions on train were due to Latitude being on at the same time. Same deal this year?

nb: I'm drifting off to sleep and too lazy to google it.

No, there were restrictions on the previous year as well so I think that it will be the same again. I couldn't get any trains back from any local station to Norwich and normally there is no problem with bikes on these trains. Other than the specific DD services no bikes were allowed on Greater Anglia trims that morning.

In. Already booked Monday 10th off work.

Thrilled to see some of the names posting in this thread so far :)

Ideal recovery ride ;)

Would really like to do this. Work getting the way but maybe Monday off will be ok.

I would really like you to do this too!
I've never taken the monday off in previous years but have found i don't have anything like a proper day's work in me. The problem is it takes so long to get home on Sunday

I'm gonna do it this year a) if the weather is nice and b) if I can talk someone into giving me a lift home. No way I'm riding the coach again.

I remember being absolutely shattered when I got home on the Sunday afternoon (after 4hr coach journey), but then going to the pub and getting a takeaway curry, finally getting to bed at about midnight. I think I went into work on Monday, but I don't think I did much.

Coach booked. Finally I'm in after reading this thread's equivalent for what is it, the last 8 years?

Think I'll do it this year - front hub dynamo here we come.

I've booked coach. My one experience getting train back was a difficult day and the coach is less of a gamble.

It looks like my coach ticket will be going spare as I won't be riding for a bit. Someone is welcome to drop me a PM if they need one.

pm incoming Aroogah

I just came across this little gem from way back when the forum first started.
I still lived in Scotland back then and travelled down especially to do the Dunwich Dynamo.
It was the year when it absolutely pissed it down from about an hour after that photo was taken...so about 8pm I guess, until about...bloody sunrise!
I rode pretty much the whole thing with Stompy, got to meet Hippy, Jonny, Slamm, Tommy the Brick, Hael, Brett, and so many other awesome folks.
I think most of us were pretty unprepared for the ride and the weather...especially that brakeless downhill in pissing rain coming into Sudbury...but it will always be one of the best rides I've ever taken part in and I'm glad I have those memories! :)

I'm not sure yet if I'll be doing it this year...but whoever does, if it's your first ever Dynamo, good luck, and cherish the memories! :)

...Looks like it was also the year of the 3/4 shorts! :)

@tomsvoboda ...There's Gangsta number 18 about to do it's first century of many! :)

And the chap in the blue ones looks to be excited about it.

Jonny isn't a legend for nothing! :)

Testing testing, whos doing this, this year?

5 weeks to go!

Yep, riding there and back.

You are a beast

Or liar, you decide.

I'm still in.

Probably on the new bike if it's ready.

With little other than some commuting in preparedness.

It's a nice ride. Though getting back is always a laugh. I've no coach ticket, can't bear it after the mess last year. Will either aim to go there and back again, or be one of the few trying to get far enough away from Dunwich that a train will let us on, or will wing it and figure out something else. All depends how I feel a day or so in advance.

awesome!

I still dont have a ticket either. Im definitely not like like SuperRamsaye/ LiarRamsaye, so I definitely either need a ticket or a train back.

Plus im now going to have to start caning it if I am to keep up with everyone.

It's not a race...