Aha... my brain cancelled out that last bitBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:03 amNo, I said there was 'no HaB if you had the lungs and legs'Stu said there was no HAB
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Hi all!
I just wanted to leave my small thank to everyone and, in particular, to that guy I met very briefly around 98K in.
He said something he really made me crack on the thing, while I was in a low.
I’m sure he said his name, but I can remember only he had a jersey with the BB200 logo on it.
I just wanted to leave my small thank to everyone and, in particular, to that guy I met very briefly around 98K in.
He said something he really made me crack on the thing, while I was in a low.
I’m sure he said his name, but I can remember only he had a jersey with the BB200 logo on it.
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You were at the bottom of that steep hill and weren't very happy? That was me (Andy). I hope you had a good ride.Themian wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 2:49 pm Hi all!
I just wanted to leave my small thank to everyone and, in particular, to that guy I met very briefly around 98K in.
He said something he really made me crack on the thing, while I was in a low.
I’m sure he said his name, but I can remember only he had a jersey with the BB200 logo on it.
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Yep! That was me.In Reverse wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:25 pmYou were at the bottom of that steep hill and weren't very happy? That was me (Andy). I hope you had a good ride.Themian wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 2:49 pm Hi all!
I just wanted to leave my small thank to everyone and, in particular, to that guy I met very briefly around 98K in.
He said something he really made me crack on the thing, while I was in a low.
I’m sure he said his name, but I can remember only he had a jersey with the BB200 logo on it.
When you asked me if I was having fun, I remembered I actually was!
I was just in a mood with myself because I ended up being dehydrated
I had a pint of coke after that and got my blu badge!
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Andy's pretty easy to spot as he's usually riding the opposite way
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Sometimes it's worth having a word with yourself at those moments. If I'm not flat out racing I'll often back off the pace at those points to get my head back in the game.
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Sounds like everyone (who's posted on here) had a great ride.
Could do with some stats from Stu and Dee:
no of starters and finishers and the numbers of each badge.
I got back at 10ish on Saturday morning and the car park was mostly empty.....
Could do with some stats from Stu and Dee:
no of starters and finishers and the numbers of each badge.
I got back at 10ish on Saturday morning and the car park was mostly empty.....
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Anyone take a pic of the sign off sheet? It's the one thing I feel like I missed by not doing it with everyone else.
(I guess don't post here due to spoilers? But feel free to message me if you have it.)
(I guess don't post here due to spoilers? But feel free to message me if you have it.)
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when did you do it then Rich? I saw that you were elsewhere this weekend
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BTW did anyone stay at or visit the LBM Wynnstay Arms before/after? I'm highly tempted for the Winter Event after reading the appalling reviews, it looks ideal .
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Rest ... les.html
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Rest ... les.html
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Surprising amount of withdrawals just prior to the weekend but this is how the cookie crumbled.Could do with some stats from Stu and Dee:
no of starters and finishers and the numbers of each badge.
Orange 1
Green 12
Blue 5
Black 27
DNF 6
DNS 11
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We had dinner and a few pints there, and had a great time. The lady landlord was very quirky in a good way. 3 folk stayed their, for a tenner a night! They survived the night too!RIP wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:57 pm BTW did anyone stay at or visit the LBM Wynnstay Arms before/after? I'm highly tempted for the Winter Event after reading the appalling reviews, it looks ideal .
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Rest ... les.html
Apparently she has sold the pub and it will be under new management soon, prob for the best as it needs some general investment.
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Cheers Alex, I suspected as much! If the Normals hate it we're bound to like it. A tenner! That's half the amount we desperately forked over to kip on a bar floor the other week. Shame about new management then.
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If you can handle a room that has seen better days, might have a bit of dust on things, be faded and crumbling around the corners, but is warm, dry and has a clean bed, then it's totally adequate. I've been mulling asking Stu if there's any spare places for the November running, if there was, and I decided to have another go, I'd definitely stay there again. I wrote some words on Sunday, that I was saving until after The Second Running...RIP wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:57 pm BTW did anyone stay at or visit the LBM Wynnstay Arms before/after? I'm highly tempted for the Winter Event after reading the appalling reviews, it looks ideal .
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Rest ... les.html
P.S. if you order pudding, just make sure you eat the custard, unless you want the Spanish Inquisition...The Wynnstay Arms is decidedly old skool, I was going to say with faded grandeur, but I don’t think it was the kind of place that had any grandeur to start with. It was definitely faded though, and I wasn’t the only one that evening thinking about similarities to Fawlty Towers. The welcome, when Pauline, the landlady I assume, finally appeared behind the bar, was genuine and friendly though.
There were a few other patrons in the lounge bar, a few of whom looked like bikepackers. Another couple turned up shortly after me, and various conversations soon struck up. “Have you done this before?”, cue various stories of wild weather, horrific ground conditions and general all round suffering. Not the kind of stuff you want to be hearing the night before when you’ve spent the last few weeks fretting about that kind of stuff.
The conversations were broken up by intermittent attempts to order food and drink, most of which resulted in answers of “I’m disappearing!”, or “I’ve got someone waiting in the other bar.”, before Pauline disappeared for fifteen minutes. It turns out she was doing everything, all the cooking, bar service, the works; she looked older than my mother-in-law.
Stay while you can though, as Pauline said they’ve sold the pub to “two gentlemen”. We’re assuming that next year, the food and drink will be slightly more expensive, and that it won't cost £10 for a room without breakfast.
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Yes, entries are still open Bob but not for too long.I've been mulling asking Stu if there's any spare places for the November running
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That does suggest a fast course (and potentially good conditions) similar to the 2016 edition. Cue a deluge a la 2018 editionBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 3:11 pmSurprising amount of withdrawals just prior to the weekend but this is how the cookie crumbled.Could do with some stats from Stu and Dee:
no of starters and finishers and the numbers of each badge.
Orange 1
Green 12
Blue 5
Black 27
DNF 6
DNS 11
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Well that sounds exactly like the nocturnal accommodation at The Perrinery so I'd be well at home .
Sadly these sorts of places are becoming few and far between these days, which is a further dimming of the light of eccentricity I feel. This time next year it'll be all uplighting, automated checkin, posh toiletries, and to eat you'll be having goujons this and jus that.
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I'm not sure what all those TripAdvisor people are expecting for an outlay of £25 per-person. The fact that it cost us all a tenner, as we didn't have breakfast was just bonkers; I paid £20.50 for a room, a jacket potato with cheese and beans, plus two pints of orange and lemonade. Everyone tried to get her to charge the full amount for the rooms, but she wouldn't have it. I wasn't expecting a luxury boutique room in some fancy gastropub, and I wasn't disappointed.
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I stayed in a place in Newtown that was vaguely similar. Booked three nights just in case I had a particularly hard time of it, but ended up coming back on the Sunday.
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Just checked my calender before booking, glad I did, as I'm off to see Jon Hopkins that Saturday; not sure if I'm glad, or gutted. Guess I'll have to pencil in a solo ride round the route next year at some point, I feel I have unfinished business.Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 3:45 pmYes, entries are still open Bob but not for too long.I've been mulling asking Stu if there's any spare places for the November running
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The Gro guesthouse in Newtown is along these lines, I was in there on Friday night.
At £36 inc breakfast is wasn’t bad, I even had a choice of 3 beds in my sole occupancy family room!
I’d recommend it!
At £36 inc breakfast is wasn’t bad, I even had a choice of 3 beds in my sole occupancy family room!
I’d recommend it!
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Ha, that's where I was. Needs a bit of a clean, but nice enough.shutuplegs wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 9:33 pm The Gro guesthouse in Newtown is along these lines, I was in there on Friday night.
At £36 inc breakfast is wasn’t bad, I even had a choice of 3 beds in my sole occupancy family room!
I’d recommend it!
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Not much November BB200/300 chat then?
Have scrutinised the 300 route carefully. Must be the most English BB route ever?
A few resupply points. Might make Clun before it closes at 8pm. Welshpool will be shut, most likely.
Bit of a sting in the tail above Llandinam, but the route does swing by Caersws shortly after, so a can of coke might help get me over Llawr-y-glyn.
Only other comment is the route looks quite intricate. Plenty of opportunities to go wrong / miss a turn / overshoot, especially in the dark / when tired.
I'll be on the gravel bike for this one. It was that, the singlespeed or the fat bike. Choices choices
Edit: does £5 still get me some grub at Bwlch-y-sarnau?
Have scrutinised the 300 route carefully. Must be the most English BB route ever?
A few resupply points. Might make Clun before it closes at 8pm. Welshpool will be shut, most likely.
Bit of a sting in the tail above Llandinam, but the route does swing by Caersws shortly after, so a can of coke might help get me over Llawr-y-glyn.
Only other comment is the route looks quite intricate. Plenty of opportunities to go wrong / miss a turn / overshoot, especially in the dark / when tired.
I'll be on the gravel bike for this one. It was that, the singlespeed or the fat bike. Choices choices
Edit: does £5 still get me some grub at Bwlch-y-sarnau?