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Certainly going back to northern France for a while... It's so close to the south coast of England and far more French....
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Not exactly, but getting ready for an SR next year, been putting it off for too long. Got a Brooks, a Caradice and a dynohub wheel on it's way; sorted 🙂
Wait for northernly wind and warm dry spell.
Drive to uig on Skye, leave car.
Ferry to North Uist
Fat bike on tarmac blast down to the southern tip of South Uist in one go.
Beach ride all the way North and East back the the ferry over couple of days chilling all the way.
Anyone know if there is a good Orange phone signal on the Island?
In the next couple of weeks if the weather breaks I'll do either Way of the Roses or Hadrian's wall. Then in summer I'd like a crack at LEJOG traffic free/off road or something foreign, maybe Camino de Santiago or a chunk of something French.
oldgit......a SR is no mean feat pal.
set off with all the gusto about 5 yrs ago to do it. managed to get up to 300km, but then decided i never wanted to try to ride over 200 miles in a day ever.
good luck with it mate.
A week in the golden triangle for me. Heading to Chiang Mai in April for a spot of credit card touring. Can't wait!
...did that a few years ago for a week on a rented xr250 from Chiang Mai, then did the Mae Hong Son loop and many of the track it encircles - awesome fun!
Touring-wise looking to do a week Hut-to-Hut based from Garmisch, mid-summer'ish.
What's an SR?
SR = Super Randonneur. It's a Audax award for riding (IIRC) a 200km, 300km, 400km and 600km audax in one calendar year.
****! 600 clicks in one sitting 😯
I can see (and have done) 2, 3 and 4 but 6. Yikes. Good luck. You know, there'll be 600km sportive before long (strictly no racing dontchaknow), just wait and see. 🙂
I feel sleepy thinking about the 600km. I think you're expected to have a nap or two.
So you're growing out of all this racey stuff and going for distance instead?
So you're growing out of all this racey stuff and going for distance instead?
No, want to to do both. I'm 53 and race with the 40year old vets. Next year will be my last in that range and bloody tough, so I'm going to have a bit of fun. Then go for it again when I'm 55 and in the next age band.
Just entered a audax on the 7th of April, and was promptly reminded that I'm over the Channel watching the Paris Roubaix; age!
post up your blog link,
Peter
My crazyguyonabike blog is at
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/fatman3
Irc, I've been following your preparations, have a great trip.