WRT original weekend (Fri 8th & Sat 9th May) back garden camp out

[JohnClimber]

So, who's up for a WRT weekend back garden bivi out on the same date as originally planned on the Friday and Saturday nights

updated info on how to enter is now here on page 2 of this thread.

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[Leerowe76]

Fri/Sat, you just doin the Lite edition this year John

[Escape Goat]

I may go to the graveyard again....

[RIP]

Fri/Sat, you just doin the Lite edition this year John

Nah, Fri is the B/H this year remember, so John's going for the full-fat option . Nice idea John. T-shirts? Hmm...

[Laurensdad]

I'd join in if it's open to all? I should've been at work so couldn't travel to the event....

Cheers

Phil

[Taylor]

That's the 8th and 9th isn't it?

[JohnClimber]

Fri/Sat, you just doin the Lite edition this year John

Lite is only 1 night the Friday night, Friday 8th and Saturday 9th is the full event as mentioned above Lee

[JohnClimber]

That's the 8th and 9th isn't it?

Yes Taylor, I'll edit the title

[TheBrownDog]

Yep I'm up for this.

Friday 8 May is my 55th birthday. There. I said it. It's the pooblic holiday of course so I may not actually be madly wired after yet another 12 hours of emails and Skype meetings.

Come on you lot. There's half a million of you who were gonna pitch up at Stu's that weekend. Get on board.

[barney]

Well I've done every weekend of lockdown so far so may just as well continue.

Is the Star open?

[Scattamah]

Is the Star open?

A man with priorities : )

I'll try pull my finger out and find some Guinness and work out the times and join in.

Greetz from the future

S.

[RIP]

Need to start getting my rear in gear for this - only 8 days away now. Surprised we haven't had reams of posts about what to take, which bike, weather speculation, cake speculation etc.

So when are you sending the GR's out Johnners? I never go to any of them anyway but it'd be good to know what they are.

Thanks for organising it all mate, looking forward to it as much as usual. Almost

'Reg'

[psling]

I'm in. I've got a couple of bivvy spots in mind, just need some grid refs to plan the route (suggest giving 6 figure grid refs with no Letter pre-fix, that way they should suit a lot more people).

What about LHC, anyone running that this year?

[EDIT: I should probably point out under the circumstances that my "couple of bivvy spots" are one at each end of the garden]

[Taylor]

I think everybody will be by themselves this year so no need for lonely hearts club.

[RIP]

We'll all be our own LHC's really .

Right, I need something to look forward to so I've cooked up some GR's. I'm up for the 3-day affair I think, WRT standing this time for Well Ride Thing.

SP 883223
SP 922225
SP 915238
SP 942276
SP 992223
SP 895293
SP 914282
SP 917208
SP 933287
SP 955252
SP 998204
SP 902307
SP 915315

On past form I'm sure I'll successfully contrive to avoid all of them.

Am working on a few other ideas to amuse myself with too.

[Robster]

Any of those grid refs in the sea?

[RIP]

Well remembered that man! No, but in lieu of sea, which is somewhat further away from here than the 'lockdown exercise allowed average' of 22.5 minutes permits me to get to, there is one in the canal instead .

[sean_iow]

...there is one in the canal instead .

At Grove? I actually plotted them earlier, I was expecting them to join up into a comedy outline of some sort. They're all a bit far away for me, but as I hadn't entered the WRT it would be bad form for me to ride to them anyway.

[RIP]

...there is one in the canal instead .

At Grove? I actually plotted them earlier, I was expecting them to join up into a comedy outline of some sort.

That's the one. Impressed you've plotted them - we're all desperate enough to take any lockdown distraction task now . I missed a trick with the comedy outline, might have to revisit them .

Strange bunch of GR's but we're a bit starved of features round here so I resort to desperate measures like 'view of Milton Keynes' .

[sean_iow]

That's the one. Impressed you've plotted them - we're all desperate enough to take any lockdown distraction task now

I'm working form home, and to be honest, when it comes to work I'm easily distracted so I'd have plotted them even before the lock-down

[jaminb]

The weather forecast for the Welsh (poor substitute Surrey garden) Ride Thing is looking warm

[TheBrownDog]

As usual I will tag along with another group because I'm too lazy to plot routes .... anyway, I can't make it Friday night as the kids an I are going over to my ex's for dinner and cake (did I mention it's my birthday) Saturday night's a goer though

[JohnClimber]

RIP and I have had a chat and an idea.

We are still thinking about it, but who fancies trying this???.....

Of the people who are interested

You pick 10 grid refs within a 15km radius of the another riders house, they have to try and get to these points within the 3 days of riding and 2 nights in their garden.

It's hardly a substitute for the WRT, but if it get's you and your bike packing mojo going to get you out to look around your area for new spots that a stranger has sent to you.

No weigh in, no group rides, no LHC, no prizes and no Lemon Drizzle cake, unless you make your own

Sign up below....

Or is it just Reg and I playing out this weekend?

[techno]

As usual I will tag along with another group because I'm too lazy to plot routes .... anyway, I can't make it Friday night as the kids an I are going over to my ex's for dinner and cake (did I mention it's my birthday) Saturday night's a goer though

It's my birthday on the Saturday, think I'm going to camp out in the garden with the kids at some point over the bank holiday weekend. And go for a wee ride without the kids. I'll happily plot a route around some GRs and pick some for another participant.

[BigdummySteve]

What a bloody good idea! I’m up for this.
I live 1/2 a mile from Banbury railway station if anyone wants to pick me some GR’s
The only bummer is I’ve just received a shipping notice from ZPacks, should be here just after what would have been the WRT weekend

Oh sun rising hill is a notorious virus hotspot, best avoid