Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

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Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby Graham O » Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:02 pm

Anyone out there fancy doing the old ports reliabiity route a week on Saturday (4th July). Suggest leaving at 8.00 to 8.30 or so from GB's. Its a really cool route which goes out via Pilgrims Way, Penshurst, Groombridge and Fordcombe and goes up to the top of ashdown forest. Route back is pretty direct via Edenbridge and over toys hill. In previous years, the signposts have been left out so its quite an easy route to follow.

All told, its supposed to be 100K or so, but we will need to add a litttle as we would be going from Croydon....

Let me know...Its a hard route on your own, so hopefully someone will be up for joining me...
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby huw williams » Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:44 pm

Highly recommended. Chloe and I did it a few weeks ago and its sooooooooo much better in the summer than in February

Will try and make it
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby carl f » Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:38 pm

I might be up for this,i'll check with the boss
although meeting at elmers or west wickam might be better?
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby Dominic » Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:02 pm

[quote="huw williams"]Highly recommended. Chloe and I did it a few weeks ago and its sooooooooo much better in the summer than in February

Will try and make it


Would that be after the Brighton ride with us Huw :?:
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby huw williams » Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:43 am

Damn, there's too much good stuff going on that weekend :evil:
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby carl f » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:47 pm

Got the ok from the guv
I'm up for this Graham
8.am start is good for me......
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby Graham O » Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:26 pm

Thats cool....Anyone else out there interested in this.

If we can get away early, we should be back at the usual time. It really is worth the effort, as ashdown forest is probably as near as you can get to proper countryside within reach of london....

I reckon that it will be average of 17 / 18 or so, and we will ride as a group and stick together....
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby Graham O » Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:44 pm

OK..looks like its carl and myself at the moment. Carl - You'll have to take it easy with me !!!

Suggest that we now meet at the swan in west wickham at 08.00 on Saturday, as gb's is slightly out of our way...
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby carl f » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:08 am

See you there at 8
Anyone else up for this ride?
We could combine it with a kidds hill challenge as mentioned by marek
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby Amy » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:51 am

Might've been up for this but I need to get the cat to the cattery in the afternoon and make sure I'm ready for two weeks' touring :mrgreen:
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby Jon H » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:14 am

No need for that; take your cat with you.

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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby Graham O » Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:33 am

good stuff !!
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby carl f » Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:49 pm

Anyone else up for this??
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby Andrew G » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:25 pm

Not the full thing no. Depending on the time I get back from Brighton if it coincides with your likely departure I'll swing back through West Wickham and join you for the first bit and then cut up to home from Pilgrims Way - this is the one that heads along Pilgrims Way from Halstead towards Titsey isn't it?

If I'm not there then the time didn't tie up, or I came to my senses and went straight home :lol: .
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Re: Old Ports Reliability Ride in the summer.

Postby Ivor » Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:13 pm

word of warning on this since I'm pretty sure (given the signposts I saw this morning) part of it runs on my commute, just here:
[url]http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=51.312025,-0.00133&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=15&sll=51.312025,-0.001287&sspn=0.012796,0.027251&ie=UTF8&z=15[/url]
there's a pile of rubble in the road (it even has cones around it!). hopefully someone will tidy it up a bit, but you'll have to be careful if it's still there.
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