Big Rideout Sunday 15th, 1066 cafe at 1000am,leave at 11ish

We all made it to bury hill, met carnage and hoppie. Having a brew and a natter before heading back.

 

Cheers Alan great rideout , good turnout, lots of bikes, great roads.

Just need to open a beer and watch Chelsea beat Spurs in a while, then my day will be perfect.

 

Tks Alan, nice little ride.

 

Thanks to Alan & everyone, good to meet some new faces too & liked the idea of bike swapping for a few miles.

 

Thanks Alan for the ride out, very enjoyable and good to meet a lot of new people....hope to meet up again soon.

 

Top ride Megawatt....Thoroughly enjoyed it as did Dave and PJ. This was my first proper SECB rideout and I was not disappointed in either the people or the level of riding...Very cool indeed

We'll definitely be out with your guys again.

180 miles all in.

I'll see if i can post some vid....

Nice to see everyone especially Carnage aka Mr E aka Slappy aka Pete....How many names do you want?

See you at the next one.

Neil

 

well started out as a solo ride to box ....nuthin doin there so a solo venture to bury hill with perfect timing, dismount lid off just in time to see megawatt ride in the gate ....saw a few faces i knew and a few new ones , had a natter a bite to eat and then followed megawatt round some nice roads until we crossed the A21
great day great company great riding ...what more could one ask

 

I passed most of you on the A271 on my way back from Brands....

 

Thanks Alan really good rideout 210 miles, good company, dry roads well apart from few spatters on way home. A few degrees warmer it would have been fantastic.

 

Well just got in, knackered and smiling. What a great day with great people, even Les and Finchy No sign of Dave and Lisa at 1066, so we left at exactly 1100, just in case. A steady ride throught the trees to Netherfield and the nice B road to Heathfield. All stopped at the mini roundabout to pick up a 600 Diversion that a lady biker had just fallen over with. Made sure she was alright and met the rest at Esso garage. A steady ride to Ringmer and Barcombe Mills and then the excellent Ditchling road for some flying and scary riding. Couldn't stop at the Bull coz it was full ,so waited for Hoppie at the Greyhound in Hassocks. Some cracking B roads all the way to Washington and then traffic through Storrington and a fast blat to Whiteways Cafe, Bury Hill.
Great to see Amber again and arrived just after Carnage at Bury Hill. Had a coffee, stole chips and cake offf Keith and Richard , then it was time to leave. Rob went north, Amber went south and the rest went, sort of East. Met Scotty 80 and Morpheus , just as we were leaving, sorry guys. Me , Carnage and Sporty had a spiritted ride on the original B road route and the rest stayed on A roads until we met again at Ditchling. Had a brew at the pub in Plumpton and then 5 of us headed back via Lewes, Ringmer and Golden cross. Phew!!!!. A very few pix;
Waiting for Hoppie at the Greyhound;

Face stuffing at Whiteways, Bury Hill;




And then there were 5

 

What a brilliant day! Sun shining, no rain (well, almost no rain), a hot pie and (most of my) cake at White Ways cafe plus plenty of hot tea and biking. Heaven

Great route, MegaPerson, even if some of us on the return managed to fit in a stretch of the A-27 (ahem) but at least we met up again (er, somewhere... wherever Hoppielimp lives). And thanks, Carnage for finding a nice route for me back from the Blue Boys to T/Wells, not involving the A-21. I did recognise Goudhurst (fantastic doughnuts in the bakery there, if ever anyone is passing through the village during shop opening hours) but I'm not sure anywhere else was familiar.

When my ship comes in, I'm going to ask Santa for a SatNav which fits my bike and can be programmed with routes like this.

Here are some more pics for your collective delectation:-

I'm not sure where this is, but Mega Person can tell you.


Les searching for some change for a cup of tea. The rest of us look on... Will anyone lend him a quid?


Amber issuing instructions - honestly, a girl just can't go out for a little ride without pandemonium breaking out at home.


Waiting for Hoppie...


At White Ways Cafe... Loads of bikes! Les wondering whether to accept Finchy's offer of £1 but at 4,700% pa interest.


Nope, I guess he didn't.


And then I went home Very, very happy... Great to see everyone. I'm going to be grinning at people all week now.

 

great ride out Alan good company and new faces only thing that p%%%ed me off was losing my phone and wallet somewhere between here and Rye

 

now that really is a downer on a great day

 

Bloody hell - sorry to hear that fella. Hope you managed to get things sorted.

 

A few pics from today. Some great roads which I'll go hunt out again some other time.

Alan - thanks for organising.

Les - thanks for swapping bikes for a while. Always nice to sample another ride (and no, my wife is not available). Having said that, you do look especially 'pleased' to be back on your bike (see photo).

Sorry I had to dash but I only intended to be out for a couple of hours and had a busy afternoon. Still, it was nice to come home and have lunch waiting on the table .

 

Don't worry - I'm not new to biking, so yes, my policy does indeed cover the riding of other bikes (subject to usual Ts & Cs).