Isn't that a level in Halo?

Bagsy the Banshee.

I haven't seen Nuts in May but I have seen 'Naked' by Mike Leigh which is way up in my top ten films of all time.

Anyway Curly you've been nuts every month this year so far mate, not that I'm complaining..

Martin's in although he said he's selling his Colnago, reckons it's too small :-(

AND dazzler untold respect if you see my mates wavve or wee

Nice one Gertie, will be good to have you along old chap.

Curly, we might well see some of your mates down there, this is only 5 miles from Durdle Door so will be sure to give em a wee wave for ya mate! We May give em some Nuts

what about not so fast people, can they come?

provided my knee is better i'm up for this. should be a good un, especially if we have a van... and the other thing we missed on the DD

Heh heh, yeah I've been keeping an eye on the weather but it looks like it may well be fair, if it's 23* or so and dry on
the day I'll be a happy man..

So all being well we have a nice mixed group of about 10 or so that i know of. Plus we have a broom wagon thanks to Lawrence at Fullcity. That will mean we won't have to carry too much heaviness, clothes, food, etc as we will be able to rendezvous with Lawrence at various points for R&R and he'll be there to help out with any mechanicals too. He'll also be there at the finish so he could carry a change of clothes if you wanted that taken.

I'm loaded up with all my OS maps covering the route and I'll be relying on these to pick out our route. I think we'll follow the Stonehenge route out of London through Chiswick and onto the A30 for just a bit then swoop south where the plan is to take in the B roads for as much as possible, head down towards Winchester then the New Forest, loop over Southampton and cruise into Purbeck finally to Durdle Door.

Timewise I'm thinking leave London at 7:00pm (or later if that's too early for people? - let me know.) It's about the same distance as the Dunwich Dynamo, maybe a few miles longer, not much, and that took us about 12 hours this year at a steady pace in time for a paddle/swim, snooze on the beach then a saunter to the pub for high tea.

The nearest train station back to London is Weymouth, about 10 miles from The Door - I don't plan to book ahead as if it's nice I won't be in a mad rush to get back to London, it's gorgeous down there.

Meeting point - Speakers Corner.

Hope that sounds ok - let me know if there's anything I've missed. I have a spare racer if anyone needs to borrow one, Ephraim and crew I know are doing it fixed, more power to 'em!

This ride is on for anyone who wants to pack up their troubles and get beachside Saturday.

The weather is looking very nice ineed and although a little cooler during the night than a couple of weeks ago it's looking like breakfast in the sun. Yessiree.

Speakers Corner - 7:00pm Saturday :-)

A brilliant ride, somehow a little longer than I had worked out, at 154 miles a challenge for any seasoned courier. Was pretty gutted that my knee actually gave out after 100 miles and I had to take advantage of the Broom Wagon for the final stretch but then I've been off the road for a bit and we absolutely hammered that first 100.

The rest of the crew did magnificantly, including the ladies, biggest props tho go to Ephraim who did it fixie no brakes. Erm.. impressive stuff.

Some photos here - batteries on my camera ran out just as we arrived at the beach so no pix of everyone swimming through Durdle Door but that was a particularly life affirming moment. Fresh!

I love this thread. I't's just me mainly talking to myself