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CCA London-Baldock Xmas social, Fri 12 Dec 2014

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  • Absolutely brilliant!
  • best YouTube clip I've ever seen !!
  • Wife's birthday... Arrrghhhh!
  • Birthday black pudding scotch egg and salad at Look Mum No Hands?
    Birthday poshochino at Wapha cafe?
    Birthday gear cable from Condor?
    Birthday slow bike challenge @ The Dovetail?
    Birthday korma at Dine Bangla?
    All is not lost.
  • That's marketing!
  • Looks lovely! cant refuse an invite like that. i might need to be somewhere else in the evening but will be there!
  • edited November 2014
    Everyone likes a schedule. Even better: one that's high resolution and readable. So, here is the schedule for the CCA London Social, Friday 12th December. All strongly or vaguely cycling related. I hope to see you at the start, or somewhere along the way.

    1pm
    Look Mum No Hands. Lunch. Great food and beer selection. The original Old Street one. Run by two friendly Ashwell lads.
    http://www.lookmumnohands.com

    2.30pm
    Lowlander. Long tables and a ridiculously longer beer menu. You feel like you’re somewhere deep in Benelux.
    http://www.lowlander.com/beers/

    4pm
    Pinkies out for a triple espresso and a pout at the Rapha Cafe on Brewer Street. We’ll all do black and white selfies with moody faces, looking into the middle distance. Facial hair please.
    http://pages.rapha.cc/clubs/london/club-cafe

    4.45pm
    A dive into Condor for an early Christmas present to thyself, then a stroll to the Dovetail.
    http://www.condorcycles.com

    5pm
    Dovetail. Belgium, Belgium, Belgium, bike crawl.
    http://dovepubs.com/dovetail-beers/

    6.23pm
    A sobering King’s Cross train to Baldock, via WH Smiths to load up on bike mags to pass the time and maybe a Curly Wurly or two.

    7pm
    The Orange Tree pub
    http://www.theorangetreebaldock.com

    8pm 8.30pm
    Curry. Hopefully at Baldock’s number 1 restaurant [Trip Advisor] Bombay Bistro (on the walkway behind the library]
    http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g499610-d2270300-Reviews-Bombay_Bistro-Baldock_Hertfordshire_England.html#REVIEWS

    10pm
    Carriages
  • Wife of the year award goes to mine. I'm in!
  • CCA London Christmas Social update...

    The excitement mounts... At the Rapha cafe, 4pm approx, there'll be a formal presentation of the Ride Of The Three Cafes, the new club spring classic to bookend the season along with September's Wells ride.

    Searching for that perfect Christmas gift? All London Social attendees will be able to purchase an official Ride Of The Three Cafes mug for just £7 [price TBC]. The mug of cycling champions - just add strong coffee.

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    Lots of people up for the afternoon and evening, Fri 12th Dec. I will probably book the Baldock curry in a week or so. Anyone I've not spoken to interested in jumping in: let me know. See above for the schedule.

    Cheers

    Martin 07977 652 247

    PS If the weather OK and workload permitting, I might cycle to London on the day, leaving Ashwell around 8.30am and safely storing my bike in the office over the weekend.
  • Looks great Martin.

    Just to confirm....i will be in London but wont be doing curry in Baldock.
  • i'll be there, aiming for the full gran fondo if i have the stamina. looking forward to the rot3c launch.
  • For the record I confirm the above mentioned Bombay Bistroo is well lovely. No 1 choice is then curried fish mmmm...
  • I'm in for the London stage, can't resist the Lowlander, also somebody needs to keep an eye on Matt!
  • edited November 2014
    Nice one chaps.

    An update...

    I've booked the James D 5-star recommended Bombay Bistro in Baldock for 10 people 8.30pm - a slightly later change to the previous schedule as they're doing two sittings that Friday given the season. We can scale the numbers up on the day - once we do a head count.

    Also: those joining at the Baldock Stage and missing the earlier London Prologue... I know at least John R and David J will be waiting in the Orange Tree pub - and likely before 7pm - so get involved there if you can't do London.

    Cheers!

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  • I think I would need to keep an eye on you Ray when we hit Condor! £££
  • Martin, diary free for now. Will join you but if work demands take over I may miss the start, but not the end.
  • edited November 2014
    Looks like a good opportunity to talk bikes and drink beer.

    Will join at the Orange Tree - count me in for the curry.
  • Yup Yup.

    Seeing images of Cav in Ghent brought back memories pigs (cooked and uncooked) rolling on the floor. Oh, and a sleeping chicken. Chapeau Martin - I'm in for the afternoon leg.

    Adam
  • Ah, glad you can make it Adam!

    There were no pigs or chickens this year at Gent, although there was a cat, a Burmese apparently!
  • It's a copycat…

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    If I can find it, the pig mask will be out on 12th Dec. It probably still stinks of Belgian mustard and grimy velodrome floor.

    PS. I'm up for trying to plan riding to Gent again in 2015 or 2016, 'sans motorway'.
  • Martin,
    Coordinated a sneaky meeting in London on the morning so will take half a day off work to join the festivities as soon as they begin.
    Woopy. Should feel better by then.
  • edited December 2014
    Great stuff Vince. I just hope your boss isn't in CCA and a regular forum visitor. D'oh!

    After this week's slow bike challenge at t'tuns, I am looking forward to more at the Dovetail. The winner will receive this genuine metal Tom Boonen key ring.

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    I have to say I'm feeling confident on this. I'm throwing down the Boonen gauntlet.

    See you all Fri 12th, 1pm, LMNH. Might cycle in beforehand. Note: limited edition Ride Of The Three Cafes mugs will be available to all Friday socialists for a special offer cost price: a remarkable £6!
  • edited December 2014
    Go Martin. Nice key ring BTW
  • I must win that keyring, I need to win that keyring
  • I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I won't be cycling to London in the morning. Not least because of the Met Office 'Yellow early warning of wind' forecast. This dies off by lunchtime though.

    Just a thought you might want to bring a cycle helmet as I reckon we'll get on boris bikes from LMNH to Lowlander.

    I'll be at the Old Street LMNH at 1pm for lunch. I hope to see you there or at some point along the way.

    cheers
  • have a good one everybody....it's a white out up here at the moment. Winter has arrived. I'll be down for the velodrome next week .
  • edited December 2014
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  • Ooh, thats clever! See you all there at 1.00. Lovely.
  • Happy nearly-Christmas :)
  • I have a meeting at 1pm in toot tooting so hope to catch you at rapha for 4pm. Will text the ring leader when I am on my way. You know who you are.
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