Orwell Randonnee 2014

Orwell Randonnee

Folks

This is just to let you know that the details for the Orwell Randonnee 2014 will be published soon.

Full details will be available on the website http://www.orwellwheelers.org/

Any questions just let me know.

glennbhoy

Carrot cake !!!!!

First :cool:

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It would not be the Orwell Randonnee if we did not have the famous Carrot Cake.

kuro_man

Same route as last year? Can you turn down the wind slightly?

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To keep things interesting some changes have been made to the route. The details of the route etc will be announced later this week or early next week on the club website, we will also put the details up here.

daragh_

Orwell Randonnee wrote: »

To keep things interesting some changes have been made to the route.

Did you feel last year was too flat?

WithCheesePlease

When I asked someone about the Orwell Randonnée last year before doing it (and loving it and splurging on carrot cake and loving that too) they described it to me as "like the Wicklow 200 but without the flat bits"

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daragh_ wrote: »

Did you feel last year was too flat?

Daragh. We did add a few interesting bits 😄

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WithCheesePlease wrote: »

When I asked someone about the Orwell Randonnée last year before doing it (and loving it and splurging on carrot cake and loving that too) they described it to me as "like the Wicklow 200 but without the flat bits"

I'm glad you enjoyed it. You will be able to say the same about this year as well

greenmat

Great event, first time last year, a tough test but very enjoyable. Defiantly up there with the best of them.

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greenmat wrote: »

Great event, first time last year, a tough test but very enjoyable. Defiantly up there with the best of them.

Glad to see that you enjoyed it. Hope to see you this year as well.

bazermc

Question for OP, are you planning on holding the event same weekend as last year, the Saturday of the May bank holiday weekend?

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Folks

Just to let you know the details of the Randonnee are now available on the club website http://www.orwellwheelers.org/news-and-events/584-orwell-randonnee-2014

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bazermc wrote: »

Question for OP, are you planning on holding the event same weekend as last year, the Saturday of the May bank holiday weekend?

Bazermc: Yes, we are holding it on the same weekend.

andy69

Orwell Randonnee wrote: »

Folks

Just to let you know the details of the Randonnee are now available on the club website http://www.orwellwheelers.org/news-and-events/584-orwell-randonnee-2014

I'm entered! great event, did it the last couple of years.

Briando

I like that new course
Where is the new feed stop going to be?

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Briando wrote: »

I like that new course
Where is the new feed stop going to be?

I'm glad you like the new route, hopefully you will think the same afterwards. The food stop will be in Laragh this year.

bellinter

signed up. Looking forward to this.

The tax man

Signed up. Liking the new route.

smacl

Also signed up and liking the route. I'd like to pretend I'll miss struggling up the wall, but in all honesty....

Eamonnator

smacl wrote: »

Also signed up and liking the route. I'd like to pretend I'll miss struggling up the wall, but in all honesty....

I cried like a little girl, when I saw that wall. Delighted, it's not in, this year.

wanderer 22

Eamonnator wrote: »

I cried like a little girl, when I saw that wall. Delighted, it's not in, this year.

I think the Wall was the only place I passed out people last year...cue 100k of being overtaken while I cried into that headwind :P

daragh_

I'll miss the Wall but that stretch down the back of the Valley to the entrance of the Waterfall is terrible. Surface gets worse every year. Happy it's not in this year.

sled driver

daragh_ wrote: »

I'll miss the Wall but that stretch down the back of the Valley to the entrance of the Waterfall is terrible. Surface gets worse every year. Happy it's not in this year.

Unless I'm mistaken, I think that stretch is on the route !

smacl

sled driver wrote: »

Unless I'm mistaken, I think that stretch is on the route !

Yep, think it is ok, just no nasty turn off.

goose06

smacl wrote: »

Yep, think it is ok, just no nasty turn off.

Plenty of time left to amend the route!

daragh_

sled driver wrote: »

Unless I'm mistaken, I think that stretch is on the route !

whoops. My bad. Thought we were going down the other side.

Well watch out for gravel, holes and me grumbling :rolleyes:

We may as well go up the Wall while we are there. Shame not to.

sled driver

daragh_ wrote: »

Well watch out for gravel, holes and me grumbling :rolleyes:

And rogue bidons. I rattled so much going down there a few years ago, I lost both !!

smacl

daragh_ wrote: »

whoops. My bad. Thought we were going down the other side.

Well watch out for gravel, holes and me grumbling :rolleyes:

We may as well go up the Wall while we are there. Shame not to.

Signed up, was a killer last year because of the wind but really looking forward to this route.

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goose06 wrote: »

Plenty of time left to amend the route!

We will be monitoring the road surface over the coming weeks and if required an alternative route will be looked at