Coast-busters

[str0nach]

Itinerary- setting off 17th May

Day 1
Start 6.00
Nippy 6.00 Milne way
TheSpinDoctor 7.30 Thanet Way A299
nik_the_breif 1 7.30 Thanet Way A299
Horse 12.00 junction of the A23/A27. Mill Road roundabout post code BN1 8ZF.
Sienna 12.00 junction of the A23/A27. Mill Road roundabout post code BN1 8ZF.
Byker28i 12.00 junction of the A23/A27. Mill Road roundabout post code BN1 8ZF.
jenkins 15.00 2 miles before Honiton on the A35 is the Windmill Garage
Day 1 end 1 19.10 Penzance

Day 2
Start 7.00
BoF 10.3 Roundswell Services Travelodge (A39 nr Barnstaple)
TRXnMe 13.30 Magor services
Day 2 end 17.30 Aberystwyth

Day 3
Start 7.00
Day 3 end 18.30 Ayr

Day4
Start 7.00
Superhero Tony 7.10 BP service station Monkton
Day 4 end 17.30 Ratagan

Day 5
Start 7.00
Kneerly Down 7.00 Ratagan B & B (his own!)
ink ink 16.00 Thurso
Day 5 end 16.00 John O' Groats

Day 6
Start 7.00
Dad + Ray 10.00 Garden centre outside Fochabers (A9
Day 6 end 14.45 Aberdeen

Day 7
Start 7.00
gazmoose 12.30 petrol stn three miles south of Belford on the A1 (or Alnwick TBC)
arti 15.45 A171/A165 junction just outside of Burniston
Day 7 end 17.30 Hull

Day 8
Start 7.00
Wise Buddha 7.30 Humber bridge carpark
DuckCatTea 7.30 Humber bridge carpark
pax 9.00 Castle Rising, King's Lynn (http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists...stlerising.htm)
Day 8 end 16.45 Harefield




**For those who are joining me along the way: could I ask you to have a whip round of your friends and family and try to get a bit of cash into the collection pot:
www.justgiving.com/coastbusters
Obviously, make a song and dance about your own involvement as they're less likely to sponsor someone they don't know (ie me)! If everyone gets one or two hundred quid in then the target of £5k is in serious danger of being reached! THANK YOU! **


The background to this is that I’m going to ride the Fazer round the UK coast taking in the NSEW points on the mainland. It’ll be about 3200miles over 8 days/7nights at the end of May (17th-24th at present) and is to raise cash for the charity Ovarian cancer action. (http://www.ovarian.org.uk/)

Anyone interested in joining in??

***Here are the day by day routes on Google maps..... ***


Day 1: Harefield > Penzance
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...=UTF8&t=h&z=11


Day 2: Penzance > Aberyswyth
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...151611&t=h&z=7


Day 3: Aberystwyth > Ayr
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...287903&t=h&z=9


Day 4: Ayr > Ratagan
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...287903&t=h&z=9


Day 5: Ratagan > John O' Groats
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...575806&t=h&z=8


Day 6: John O' Groats > Aberdeen
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...575806&t=h&z=8


Day 7: Aberdeen > Hull
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...e=UTF8&t=h&z=6


Day 8: Hull > Harefield
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...=UTF8&t=h&z=10


***

The route is shown in high-tech below and starts/finishes in Harefield, NW London (for me anyway). Travelling clockwise.





**EDIT** Following a very sensible suggestion from Spin, here's the list of attendees, confirmed or otherwise split over the days of the trip. Let me know if you want added/taken off or if I've got details wrong. I'll update this first post as things get more organised so keep checking:

• Day 1 Saturday 17th May: Start > ~Penzance/Land’s End (~500 miles)

bullitt- Essex/Kent
strag – essex coast [UNABLE TO MAKE IT]
balbas- ?South West (Dorset coast) [UNABLE TO MAKE IT]
jenkins- ?South West (Dorset coast) [CONFIRMED]
Grahamm – Portsmouth area
The Spin Doctor – Kent/Sussex [CONFIRMED]
scottland – Kent/Sussex [UNABLE TO MAKE IT]
nik_the_brief – Kent/Sussex [CONFIRMED]
bomma – Kent/Sussex
sloth – Kent [UNABLE TO MAKE IT]
Grandma – Kent/Sussex (?more)
Horse – Brighton [CONFIRMED]
Byker28i – South coast
GiantPygmy – Devon/Somerset [UNABLE TO MAKE IT]
Sienna - Brighton/Exeter [CONFIRMED]

• Day 2 Sunday 18th May: ~Penzance/Land’s End > ~Aberystwyth (~500 miles)

BoF – ~Barnstaple to Severn Bridge [CONFIRMED]
BananaMan- ?Wales [UNABLE T MAKE IT]
Trunch – Severn bridge/South Wales
TRXnMe – South wales [CONFIRMED]

• Day 3 Monday 19th May: ~Aberystwyth > ~Ayr (~500 miles)

?spliffyaid – North Wales/Lancs

• Day 4 Tuesday 20th May: ~Ayr > ~Fort William?Ratagan (~400 miles) ? kip at Kneerly Down’s B n B, Ratagan

Superhero tony [CONFIRMED]

• Day 5 Wednesday 21st May: ~FortWilliam/Ratagan > ~John O’ Groats/Wick (~300 miles)

Kneerly Down - Shiel Bridge -> John O' Groats [CONFIRMED and ACCOMMODATION CONFIRMED- cheers!]
Superhero Tony [CONFIRMED]

• Day 6 Thursday 22nd May: ~John O’ Groats > Aberdeen (~250 miles) kip at my parents

?Kneerly Down - John O' Groats -> Inverness [CONFIRMED]
?BigFella - Dornoch area [UNABLE TO MAKE IT]
?Gazmoose + others – NE coast
Mon pere [CONFIRMED]

• Day 7 Friday 23rd May: Aberdeen > Hull (~500 miles)

Mon pere [CONFIRMED]
?Gazmoose + others – NE coast
Silly Car- Scottish border -> Sunderland
slogger- Tyneside
Rolo – Whitby/Norfolk

• Day 8 Saturday 24th May: Hull > Home (~350 miles)

WiseBuddha- Hull/Humber bridge [COMFIRMED]
el toro – Hull/Humber bridge
hawker- Hull and south
DuckCatTea- -some of Hull>Home [COMFIRMED]
Bloo – Hull/Humber bridge
arti- Hull [CONFIRMED]
Grib/CC- ?skeggy-ish
Pax – the Wash -> Ipswich/Dartford [COMFIRMED]
Rolo – Whitby/Norfolk

[WiseBuddha]

Unless something comes up, I will join you for a stretch that involves the humber bridge

[str0nach]

Originally Posted by WiseBuddha

Unless something comes up, I will join you for a stretch that involves the humber bridge

Nice one!

Originally Posted by WiseBuddha

Unless something comes up, I will join you for a stretch that involves the humber bridge

Me too

[hawker]

Originally Posted by el toro

Me too

And another one for there and a bit south as well - your map looks like you might ride past our house.

Mind you, you're gonna be pretty lonely everywhere else on the trip.

[BananaMan]

I'll do some. Probably Wales.

[Kyot]

Pedant mode: Since you seem to be starting from the M25... why not start and end it at the Dartford crossing?

Skeptic mode: I wont join you for a bit of the south coast, but will give the quids I save in a charity box... much more efficient.

[strag]

I'll tag along for a few miles round the Essex coast, if I can fit into your itinerary

[The Spin Doctor]

Now the thought/question I have is this: much as I like the name 'coast-busters' it is not lost on me that this is a plural and I’m going solo. So I were thinking... what if anyone interested were to dip in and out at appropriate stages- ride as much or as little as they like. That way there’d be lots of bikes involved with the common denominator of me on every section. So truly “coast-busterS” and also with more people involved we could collectively raise more cash that I could alone.

I can do Kent/Sussex...

Do we have to stick to those roads tho?

[scottland]

I'll do Kent/Sussex with you as well!

[sloth]

I might join you down to the seaside and round to East Kent, and then stop for tea with my parents (to which you are welcome too*). I like that road from Brighton along the coast East.

* probably. Have to ask first.

[Spliffyaid]

If i can get my bike daylight MOT'ed ill join you for a jaunt around the NW coast

[Kitch]

You realise you're miles away from the coast through Lancashire?

Any particular reason to miss out that bit?

Assuming the other gaps are road related, doesn't make sense to me to miss out the UK's most famous coastal town.

I might even have gone to Blackpool to say hi.

[BananaMan]

A lot of people would make a special point of missing out Blackpool

[Trunch]

I would'nt mind meeting up with you about the Severn Bridge area, and ride through S.Wales..