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Cromer Pictures

Well, it's taken me a while, but I've finally uploaded my photos from the Cromer trip here. I full report will appear in good time. Suffice to say, I enjoyed it a lot and I really enjoyed the cycling, and am still cycling now it's all behind me.
Phil also has pictures. Jim, Tim and Charlotte also had cameras, but I don't yet know if they will be uploading them to the internet. I hope so, I want to see them!

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Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:00 PM 6 comments

Cromer

My Cousin: Lee's family have booked the honeymoon for us. All I know is that we're going somewhere that begins with the letter C. I hope it's not Cromer.
My mate Phil's friend's Gran: Don't go to Cromer, it's rubbish.
My mum: Did you know that there is no land between Cromer and the North Pole? You don't want a northerly wind when you're in Cromer.
The Rough Guide to Britain: An hour or two in Cromer is probably enough.
So, anyway, I'm going on holiday to Cromer for a week at Easter. And as you may have noticed from the last few posts, I'm cycling there, with Phil & Jane. I'm looking forward to it actually, though think it will be quite hard. Here's the distances:
Day 1: 35.08 miles
Day 2: 36.49 miles
Day 3: 25.51 miles
Day 4: 34.19 miles
Total: 131.27 miles

A bit daunting, but should hopefully be good fun.
I'll next blog when I'm back. Be good.

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Wednesday, April 04, 2007 6:49 PM 2 comments

Cromer Bike Ride - Test Run 1 Complete

Myself, Phil & Jane went over to Derwent Reservoir on Sunday for a bike ride, a sort of test run to see how we'd get on. It went really well and we identified a number of issues, most of which are resolved.
1) Issue resolved: we can get three bikes on Phil & Jane's bike rack. The journey will begin in Lincoln, and so it is nice to know that we can actually get the bikes there. It was a bit of a struggle, it's a bit like a puzzle; the bikes have to go on in a specific order each in a specific position. Once on, they seem quite secure, and we took a picture so that we remember how to put them on next time.
2) Issue identified: some sort of intercom system would be nice. Yesterday Phil & Jane stopped to adjust Jane's handlebars, I didn't notice for a quarter or a mile and had to cycle back to find them.
3) My panier rack is useless: I need to buy a better one from Halfords. It was disconcerting when I was flying along at 25mph (listen - that's fast when you are on a new bike!) to hear my bag catching in my spokes. It sounds like I'd driven into a shredder or something. Still, it was a good opportunity to try an emergency brake!
Various other niggles were ironed out, such as things like saddle positions. Plus, the trip highlighted a few things that we still needed to buy, so we went to Decathlon afterwards, and I somehow spent another £100 on general stuff (cycling shoes, cycling shorts, a camel pack etc).

Best of all, we all had a really good time. We cycled over ten miles without really trying very hard, over a route that is considerably hillier than the one to Cromer. I'm now really looking forward to the trip.

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Monday, March 26, 2007 4:49 PM 1 comments

Cromer Cycle Route

We've had another Cromer Bike Ride planning meeting. Everything is pretty much sorted now. We've got bikes, accomodation, cycling insurance, yadda yadda yadda. We've also nailed down the route, which I've plotted it in Google Earth. If you don't have Google Earth, here's the route in Google Maps.

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Saturday, March 24, 2007 1:46 PM 1 comments

Cycling to Cromer

In a three weeks time, I will be cycling from Lincoln to Cromer, with Phil & Jane. Yesterday lunch time myself and Phil had a planning meeting where we identified some key items that have as yet been overlooked.

1) I don't have a bike. This was identified as a Level 1 issue.
2) I've barely done any cycling in the last 15 years. This was identified as a Level 1 issue.
3) Cromer is actually a fucking long way away. This was identified as a Level 1 issue.
4) We haven't booked anywhere to stay en route and it is the busy Easter weekend. This was identified as a Level 1 issue.
5) I don't have any lycra cycling trousers, like Phil does. This was identified as a Level 3 issue.

Desipte those issues, I'm actually looking forward to it.

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Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:02 PM 1 comments