WRT even shorter route for dads and lads

[middleagedmadness]

There's myself and bigdummysteve bringing our lads so if anybody else bringing their ankle biters ho are more happy to spend time in the countryside, cafes and pubs(for food ) than excessive miles it will be about 15 mile sat 25 sun and 10 on Monday most of the climbing on Saturday reasonably flattish on sun and "just" up over the wind farm on Monday your more than welcome to join us

[BigdummySteve]

Oh dear, it’s the LHCC, the lonely hearts club crèche. Like the LHC but with more petulant strops and unexpected mood swings. Kids could be a handful as well
Route looks good, unlikely to break anything but the most delicate child. Looking forward to it, it’ll be an emotional homecoming for my lads bike, it was born in a remote Welsh shed, possibly because the inn was full

[middleagedmadness]

Sunday night pub ,table booked ,just trying to get through to Saturdays planned stop ,Steve /Tim I'll send the full route over to you when I get back off my travels next wed/Thurs , there's a little more climbing but can be cut out on the day if needed and a couple of nice night time spots ,mileage has gone up a bit but it's still only 16 ,28,15 so still easily doable for the youngesters ,camp spots are only about 20/30 mins away from pub stops at the most
Edit , just booked pub for Saturday so no problems eating

[TheBrownDog]

Cheers Stu. Looking forward to a relaxed weekend. I'm bring along a fire stove and a pack of marshmallows. Building a small fire and toasting them will keep the billy lids entertained for hours. Worked on mine anyway .....

[middleagedmadness]

Don't know about Steve's lad but I know as soon as the tarp is up he's out cold , on Jenn ride last year he was already out cold in his Bivi bag and I had to erect the tarp around him

[TheBrownDog]

Hmm ... looks like toasted marshmallows are off the menu. Did a test pack last night and that fire stove takes up half my frame bag leaving no room for my whiskey flask. That just will not do. Not to worry. I'm sure there will be puddings aplenty at the pubs.

[RIP]

Just have to slip the kids a tot of whisk(e)y instead Tim . You'd get a good night's sleep then too .

[middleagedmadness]

My lads a no show ,tore some muscle in his ankle training Monday night was in a&e Tuesday with him and he's not back in school to tomorrow ,but I'll still be riding with yous and I'll get the GPS sent over today or tomorrow , arriving on the train now so should be at Stu's about 1030-11 see you Saturday

[TheBrownDog]

Just have to slip the kids a tot of whisk(e)y instead Tim .

I'm not much one for sharing ........

My lads a no show ,tore some muscle in his ankle training Monday night

Bad news Stu. Hope he's not in too much pain and recovers quick. Don't worry about sending the route. Quite like the idea of just following along. I'm driving up so should be there around 11am as well, traffic willing See you Saturday

[middleagedmadness]

Don't forget you'll need breakfast for Monday morning

[RIP]

Carno Spar delights?

[Bearbonesnorm]

Carno Spar delights?

It's had a re-fit - very posh.

[middleagedmadness]

I do hope so , when I stopped there on the way to the winter event there really wasn't much stuff in there, ended up with a floppy sausage roll for breakfast

[RIP]

" floppy sausage roll" - you as well Stu mate? It's our age.

[middleagedmadness]

" floppy sausage roll" - you as well Stu mate? It's our age.

This is very true reg ,sad ,but very true

[BigdummySteve]

My lads still up for it, I haven’t shown him the forecast but he’s getting suspicious about the extra layers I’m packing.

Should really take some for him as well

[middleagedmadness]

It's not that he's not up for it Steve ,he's got a ankle size of a balloon