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ps.. got the routes downloaded onto my garmin easily enough, thanks for hard work getting them up there martin + richard
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oh dear i dont seem to have sussed out the website link very well at all! hotel website: http://bestwestern.worldexecutive.com/locations/belgium/diksmuide/3778.html
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friday plan... we should all meet up on the train, but just in case any cars miss it (no great drama they will put you on the next available train.. although you will of course be heavily ridiculed) , the hotel address is: Best Western Hotel Pax He…
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drivers - i have 4 maps that show the roads from calais to dijksmuide, which we'll be using for the rides on saturday. if any of the other drivers want a map can let you have one, sure we will all meet up at the terminal or on the train. having said…
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i'm booked in too... cant resist a blue train will worry about transport / pacifying the other half nearer the time
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next tuesday 7th sept is a cca pub night richard suggests we also make it a belgium trip meeting to finalise details / answer questions etc three tuns , all welcome
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just spoken to richard, phil k - apparently you might be able to come after all.. if so please confirm asap on the forum or to richard or me james d - you're in , again please confirm as soon as you can and get a cheque to richard phil - you were …
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James should be fine as Phil has recently dropped out so can take his spot. i'll double check with the hotel but think it'll be ok, then we just need to sort out the cars etc oh and you'll need to get a cheque to richard
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belgium hotel rooms please read.... the following are down to share twin rooms, richard, martin h, pete, mark c, chris b, vince, martin l and tim d. richard and martin h are in one room, will leave the others to pair up if they wish, or do whatev…
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my car... vince/mark c, yes i have 3 of the thule top notch roof carriers, no threat of pinching or anything, my carbon bike has done thousands of miles on one of them with no damage. so as pete has nabbed a place on the trailer can put vince, mark a…
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great idea Martin. got mine off ebay for three quid.. its horrible... you cant go wrong at that price... nb if anyone not yet got their cheque for the balance to richard can you do so please, thanks
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Hiked on and found a massive TV screen on the back of a lorry. So sat in the pouring rain and watched the race go over the Marie Blanc. Then hiked up more and found a spot 5 kms from the top, on the inside of a steep bend (8-9%?). Surprisingly qui…
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daniel now cant make it sadly,
so we're back to 21 or 22,
so ok with existing cars, adam h ignore previous comments about driving....
strappy / paul - as you joined trip after special belgium tour shirts were ordered, you a… -
you're in strappy
see seperate post about paying up
trip now full.... really this time! -
cars
driver : richard maynard
tim d, martin h, martin l
trailer with 12 bikes
driver : tim hector
kevin, adam, robbie, daniel
driver : john riddett
geoff, paul, chris b, phil k
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strappy - you have a place if you want one, can you let us know asap? thanks
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apologies for incompetence. punctured on 1st lap with a bang and a 1 cm rip in side wall. only when i'd got the front wheel off did i realise that i'd forgot to put my saddle pack back on after a clean and service yesterday... doh. what followed was …
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great write up daniel,
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thanks Pete, did think of you cycling back to make it something like 115 miles i guess, as i drove home from ashwell (drove rather than cycled.. for the first time ever, and it was a good day to do it..)
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15 set-out on the 3rd geoff denny 100 mile ride, and we still had 10 left at the lunch stop. slightly lower numbers than anticipated so the 30 litres of water in the support car turned out to be quite sufficient and the dixon family will be eating …
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yes car will be at the start, so if you want to bring any lunch you can stick it in the car. will also have track pump and geoff bringing some spare tubes.
car will meet us at elmdon on the green for lunch stop. will provide water, bana… -
was iain not me in the breakaway with steve. i was in the chasing group with mark and pete. we caught sight of the break on the road in from hinxworth but didnt catch them until the beer garden of the three tuns...
i made it 62 miles back to a… -
yes stuart agree makes sense that she has car at the start so people can leave their lunch supplies (no picnic hampers please!)
and yes geoff will stick in a track pump and if you can bring some spare tubes that would be great
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my wife has "volunteered" (!) to drive to the lunch stop (elmdon?) with water/bananas/apples etc if it helps. not a broomwagon.. she wont follow us round and fix punctures... but means we dont have to worry about finding water etc
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geoff you've gone all urban on us, sick!
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fantastic news, many congrats. guess you'll have to resign yourself to life as a domestique or bottle-carrier for a few months martin
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4376 feet of climbing according to the garmin. so thats the tourmalet done (4138 feet), just need to squeeze in a couple of mountains before breakfast and we're done for the etape... good ride