Denmead 200 RR

[Helen Deborah Vecht]

Dave Larrington <[email protected]>typed


> In article <[email protected]>, davek
> ([email protected]) wrote:
> > Dave Larrington wrote:
> > > Got my route sheet last week.
> >
> > Where goes it? Similar territory to the Poor Student, I would guess.
> > Metres of vertical scenery not specified on the calender, but in my
> > dictionary the Chilterns are defined as "hills" and the Cotswolds as
> > "more hills" so there should be a few nice bumpy bits (just found an old
> > report in the archive that mentions a "killer" climb up to Brill ).

> More like the Upper Thames. Two controls at Ludgershall, halfway at
> Chipping Norton. I haven't got the route sheet on this Babbage-Engine
> though, so that's all about all the detail I can offer. Crosses the
> Cherwell valley at Somerton; whether the section from here to Chippy
> will be better or worse than Lower Heyford -> Chippy remains to be seen.

Sounds mostly unchanged since I did it in 1994.
Good run, starts with a LONG climb from Marlow.

I got round it in time (just) and never was a climber...

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email protected]
Edgware.

 

[Mike K Smith]

MartinM wrote:

> It was a lovely day up on Farley Mount; what keeps drawing me back to
> Denmead is how quiet the roads are compared to my manor.

Those roads are more or less part of my manor. I really do appreciate
the fact that we have so many quiet scenic roads in these parts[1].

Mike

[1] No, nothing to see here. Keep moving on the M3 and M27, follow the
A31 and you'll be in the New Forest in no time.

 

[Dave Larrington]

In article <[email protected]>, Helen Deborah
Vecht ([email protected]) wrote:

> Sounds mostly unchanged since I did it in 1994.
> Good run, starts with a LONG climb from Marlow.

Current version doesn't go anywhere near Marlow. Let's see:

Great Kingshill - Bledlow - Haddenham - Cuddington - Ashendon
Ludgershall

Ludgershall - Piddington - Blackthorn - Launton - Bucknell - Somerton -
North Ashton - Grea Tew - Little Tew - Heythrop - Chipping Norton

Chipping Norton - Chadlington - Lefield - Minster Lovell - Stonesfield -
Kiddington - Islip - Charlton-on-Otmoor - Fencott - Piddington -
Ludgershall

Ludgershall - Wotton - Dorton - Long Crendon - Thame - Great Kingshill.

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
uck Wa

 

[[email protected]]

Dave Larrington wrote:

> Mr Larrington of this parish had a rather different day. The Panel has
> finally diagnosed the insane itchiness which has been plaguing my feet
> all year to the aftermath of chilblains; most likely contracted on the
> Poor Student and thus another reason to belabour Nik Windle with a
> shovel. The outside temperature gauge in my motorcar was reading -6
> deg. C. on the way down. This was /not/ a good omen.
>

Is this a fungal infection? In which case can I suggest Whitfield's
ointment. This works like magic - just keep using it for at least a
week after all symptoms have stopped.

Only problem is that you can often only find chemists who have it in
1kg tubs and it typically has a "use by" date of just a couple of years
in the future. (but at about 5GBP for 1kg it isn't a big problem and
you may well end up paying 2GBP for a 25g jar)

Tim.

 

[Alex Potter]

Dave Larrington wrote on Tuesday 07 Mar 2006 11:44:

> Great Kingshill - Bledlow - Haddenham - Cuddington - Ashendon
> Ludgershall
Careful of dogs dashing out from the farm gate on the right as you start
down Ashendon hill towards Ludgershall - I had my most serious spill
when a lolloping retriever ran into my front wheel, quite deliberately,
grinning the while. Of course, that dog has long since gone to chase
rabbits, but...
--
Regards
Alex
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[Dave Larrington]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] ([email protected]) wrote:

> Is this a fungal infection? In which case can I suggest Whitfield's
> ointment. This works like magic - just keep using it for at least a
> week after all symptoms have stopped.

I don't think so, though it's certainly possible. I did have something
similar when I was a small Mr. Larrington, but that only affected one
foot, whereas this is both.

Itching seems to have come down to a tolerable level now, with the
application of Lanacane (as recommended by Pam Pilbeam), though the skin
is still somewhat rough and blotchy. I was amused, while purchasing it,
that the Bootsbod put it straight into a bag without the usual "do you
want a bag for that" performance

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
They came for Dani Behr; I said: "she's over there, behind the
wardrobe".

 

[MartinM]

MartinM wrote:
> Dave Larrington wrote:
>
> > Not the same route at all.
>
> good, will give it a go (assuming I'm in the country which is a big
> assumption)

and a wrong one, don't come back until Sunday; this means I will have
to do the Chore of the Hills (officially listed in CW as the hardest
ride in the SE) unprepared ;-(

 

[Dave Larrington]

In article <[email protected]>,
MartinM ([email protected]) wrote:

> and a wrong one, don't come back until Sunday; this means I will have
> to do the Chore of the Hills (officially listed in CW as the hardest
> ride in the SE) unprepared ;-(

Preparedness is just a state of mind...

--
Dave Larrington - <http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/>
There ought to be a /La/ against it.

 

[MartinM]

Dave Larrington wrote:

> Mr Larrington of this parish had a rather different day. The Panel has
> finally diagnosed the insane itchiness which has been plaguing my feet
> all year to the aftermath of chilblains; most likely contracted on the
> Poor Student and thus another reason to belabour Nik Windle with a
> shovel.

although I fared rather better on the Poor Student, my left toe (which
was smashed in a scooter accident 7 yrs ago) has been similarly
considerably itchy and generally gangrenous since Mad Jack Fuller where
I neglected to wear overshoes.