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12:56 pm
February 10, 2010


G-bitch

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greener said:

Cool idea. Pedantry – 17 April is a Saturday – is it the Friday or Saturday night you're planning on going?


Guess it's also worth mentioning Dunwich Dynamo is on 24/25 July this year. Use the above as training for an overnight ride to a grim fry up by the sea?


Shit, yeah, 16th – will edit!

2:33 pm
February 10, 2010


Kieran

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Should be made compulsory that you have to go swimming in the sea at each beach……and don't anyone say 'it'll be too cold' ya big girls!


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2. G-Bitch

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14. Kieran

3:28 pm
February 10, 2010


Jason

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I will be down for the swim at the end in my board short why the hell not, you first mate?

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4:21 pm
February 10, 2010


Adam EF

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Post edited 12:22 am – February 11, 2010 by Adam EF


jezzzer said:

the cafe is pretty cool…..


Did a camping trip (sadly not on bike) along the south coast a couple of years ago and went there. The chip shop on the other side is good too. Also visited The De La Warr pavillion…



There's a lot of good places on the south coast. Worth organising a longer trip one day. Chichester to Dungeness via Brighton over a few days.

4:51 pm
February 10, 2010


David John Clapp

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1. Jason

2. G-Bitch

3. Steven

4. DanB

5. PJ

6. AdamEF

7. Hig Dawg

8. Ed T

9. George

10. joao

11. Simon

12. jezzzer

13. Emily (generally plus Lois as well)

14. Kieran

15. David.


I'll be there when I can. Probably wont make the entire tour.

7:40 pm
February 10, 2010


pj

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Post edited 3:41 am – February 11, 2010 by pj


dungeness is amazing. it's officially classified as a desert i do believe.

8:10 pm
February 10, 2010


Adam EF

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pj said:dungeness is amazing. it's officially classified as a desert i do believe.


It is a desert! The only one in Europe? Really eerie and strangely beautiful place. Feels like the edge of the world. Went there last summer. Derek Jarman's house is great (felt bad for being really touristy looking at it though). We caught the miniature railway there, which made it more surreal. Crouching in little carriages. My son loved it and was in proportion.


That whole area right up through Kent is full of bikes in the summer. I guess partly because it's very flat.

8:54 pm
February 10, 2010


pj

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Post edited 4:57 am – February 11, 2010 by pj


i rode there from ashford with a close friend, then along the coast to rye – drinks at the mermaid. 


it was amazing. i have quite complicated memories of the whole thing. but dungeness was incredible. 

9:00 pm
February 10, 2010


pj

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incidentally – you'd probably like the natural world on bbc2 tonight – it's just finishing, but it's all about essex and it's a sort of philosophical paean to the wilderness by robert macfarlane – who wrote 'mountains of the mind' and it's an incredible programme, beautifully filmed, almost like herzog or something.


it's on the iplayer. 

9:02 pm
February 10, 2010


pj

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6:20 am
February 12, 2010


Cab

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16th April I'll be off to SSEC  http://ssec10.blogspot.com/  but like to think I'll be able to make it May 14th.

You can ride to the Dorset coast in a day, tends to be hilly in the middle though. Littlehampton is about 120miles but flatter so still doable.

11:15 pm
March 1, 2010


Adam EF

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pj said:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/e….._of_Essex/


Just got round to watching this. It was amazing. Thanks for the link PJ.


Great to see nature talked about as something that's not a seperate entity to us or other.

7:11 pm
April 5, 2010


ed t

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Is this still going ahead, first one is soon and I will need to check I can finish work 30 mins early!

5:47 pm
April 8, 2010


G-bitch

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Most definitely – I'm away until next Wednesday but I can safely say that this is most 100% definitely going ahead. Line up for chips'n'beer!

7:57 pm
April 8, 2010


Kieran

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Looking forward to this!

8:09 pm
April 8, 2010


ed t

36

Yeaha!

8:17 am
April 9, 2010


pj

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Post edited 8:18 am – April 9, 2010 by pj


Adam EF said:

pj said:http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/e….._of_Essex/


Just got round to watching this. It was amazing. Thanks for the link PJ.


Great to see nature talked about as something that's not a seperate entity to us or other.


sweet. amazingly shot as well. he wrote this other book about the wilderness

1:00 pm
April 10, 2010


jakeskate

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5:35 pm
April 11, 2010


Jason

39

Everyone on the list still coming?

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5:45 pm
April 11, 2010


ed t

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I am, I hope!