Is this a reincarnation of the Cotswold Massive?

Some may see it as a cynical marketing exercise consisting of a relaunch of the same old bollocks under a new name, I couldn’t possibly comment 😉

Average speed a bit high for me, but I’ll put some training in

[wonders if he’s joking :?]

IHN – always get your excuses in early 🙂

Right, had a bit of a think route-wise and it’ll be about 40km
– a reasonably taxing initial climb out of Winchcombe
– along, up, down and around (repeat as necessary)
– a nice long descent back into Winchcombe

All easily pootleable

I’ve absolutely no idea how long it will take, especially given that it seems that we may be pretty numerous. I would say somewhere in the region of, roughly, bearing in numbers, weather, terrain and position of the planets, a while 🙂

I’ll bring lights.

I seem to remember lending some out down your way once upon a time…. 😉

Ah yes, I seem to remember that you gave (importantly 😉 ) Dan a Wilko’s rear light so he could get home after the post-ride pint went on a bit too long. Dan said he’d post it back to you; I believe your words were “keep it, it’d probably cost more to post than it cost” 🙂

I got it back!
Months/years later. I’d forgotten all about it and someone gave it to someone else who passed it on IIRC 🙂

Aldi lights are now half the Wilkos price anyway. I can afford it.

“Hey big spen-DAAAAAAAAAAAH!”

🙂

Hope you’ve kept the receipt for the big scissors. I can’t come! I was very, very close to getting a pass but I’ve had to use it to go karting on the Sunday. Apologies all.

I could send someone as a representative of me. Anyone shambolic and unfit enough?

Shambolic and unfit? Sounds like my cue!

Binners, I’ll send the official pootle kit* later.

*a half eaten bag of haribo and a punctured tube.

edit

IHN, how’s the mx headset I dropped off for you?

Have you seen ind bworks fb page yet?
I replied to the excellent customer service thread see… 😀

Good thanks fella. Will check out FB

Will the kit include some icicles for my socks?

a reasonably taxing initial climb out of Winchcombe

LOL you could call it that!

a reasonably taxing initial climb out of Winchcombe
LOL you could call it that!

A taxing implication even… ;D

I may come out of retirement for this and of course for you sweet stuff X

You see what happens when you skim read a thread quickly on your phone when you’re on the bog, like what I did last night? You miss the pertinent point…. His High Pootleness, peace be upon him won’t make it?

And the climb out of Winchcombe’s not that bad. It’s not like it’s steep (apart from the steep bits) or long (apart from the length) but it’s not hard. The little lady’s done it and she’s a girl.

The little lady’s I’ve done it and she’s I’m a girl.

Fixed it for you Si…

Oh and Pook,

As 37 in line to the pootle crown I’m happy to represent the peak pootle and uphold the fine traditions as laid down and written on that scrap of paper

The little lady’s I’ve You’ve done it and she’s I’m you’re a girl with a girls bike

I’ve been given permission to attend so depending on the weather, I could be there to disrupt proceedings.

In-funking-sane 🙂

We’ll have some Haribo waiting…

MartynS, I hereby annoint you PookInProxy…. go forth my son and holdeth ye gaytes, patcheth ye punctures and sharethetheth ye hariboeth gloriously

#gutted-eth

My train ticket home is booked so I’m in regardless of the weather. I’m right excited.

Should I bring cake? Or is that a silly question?

bringing cake is one of the rules ^

As I don’t do cake, I may attempt to recreate Graeme’s legendary Lancashire Bhaji’s. I have done them once to his recipe and they went well

I might make some of my world-famous flapjack.

My train ticket home is booked so I’m in regardless of the weather. I’m right excited

Note, fellow pootlers, that he’s only booked a ticket back from ‘Nam to Stockport. He’s taking ‘riding out to the start’ to a whole new level…

Looks like we’re getting a proper northern contingent up. It’s not going to scare the locals is it? Thinking its some type of Jarrow march?

Nah, they get a lot of foreign tourists in the Cotswolds; they’ll just assume you’re from one of the colonies.

Holy Arse! I’ve just looked on the map to see where this place is!……..I thought it was somewhere near Congleton…..

My geography gets hazy when I get south of Wildboarclough too, I thought it was near France

The Cotswolds, earlier

Anyway, we may well be up for this, pending our ability to co-ordinate a visit to see family in the area the day before – we’ve a new niece we still haven’t seen. If we can go visit them, we’ll book into a hotel overnight and make a trip of it. Tandem might be involved.

facepalm. It’s a saturday ride not a Sunday ride. That makes things more difficult. Grrr.

Okay, route sorted, 37.7km-ish, taking in the very highest point of the Cotswolds at a nose-bleed inducing 1093ft*

* Any exposure to extreme environments is entered into totally at Pootlers’ own risk. The Cotswold Pootle, it’s officers or associates take no responsibility for:
– any incidence or symptom of altitude sickness (including but not exclusively nose-bleeds, dizziness and pulmonary or cerebral edema)
– if you get whacked on the head by a ball from the golf course

Edema or oedema?

Both 🙂

That’s a long way for a pootle!