Virtual Randonee

[Damon]

I'm not doing much this year. Last year was PBP, next year will be
LEL, and I reached Ultra Randonneur status last year. That's an SR in
10 seperate years in the UK. So I need something to keep the interest
up.There's a 600k this weekend in Wales. I filmed the scenic bits of
it in 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxHWajFKfRU&feature=g-upl
The big unknown about Wales is the weather. The forecast is good, Most
will reach Beddgelert at around 6pm. http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Wales/Beddgelert~2656049I'm
a fan of Norwegian weather forecasting.
I'm quite interested in some of the references to Parkway and Skyline
Drives in US routesheets. We have the advantage of sea views with rock
strewn mountains, when we can see them. I'd love to see a few scenic
sequences of US rides to keep up my interest during a season when
there are other priorities. Even though I'm not doing rides I like to
be reminded of what they can be like.

Damon.

[Yiping Lin]

Thanks for sharing. That's beautiful. Wish I will have chance to ride there.

Yiping

[William Beck]

Damon,

Thanks for the very nice video. That's certainly the first time I've heard Doris Day in many years.

I wish the US Ultra Randonneur award required an SR series in 10 separate years. It would be a more desirable and impressive award that way IMHO.

Bill Beck

[David Buzzee]

not a video but a still shot taken at dawn on our recent Central New York fleche showing four smiling riders with Niagra Falls behind them and the sun rising behind it all

db

 

[Damon]

I did ride a 210km Brevet at the weekend, The Fleet Moss, with 3290m
of climbing. The word Moss is the same meaning as in Fleet Moss on the
London Edinburgh London, essentially an area of peat bog at the top of
a pass, where there's lots of rain and poor drainage. The weather was
nice, and we got to reflect on the value of our $10 Brevet, compared
with the $70 'Sportive' that crossed our 25 mile longer route. England
is a lot hillier than many think. Our minor roads have crazy inclines
of up to 30%. I tend to take the scenery of the Pennines, the mountain
range in the centre of Northern England, for granted, because other
areas in Britain have rocky peaks. But it has an appeal of its own
which we tried to capture in film of the LEL.
https://vimeo.com/6454997
Strangely, there is a children's animated show that captures the feel
of the Pennine area. I talked to a Japanese rider on LEL who was keen
to see the 'sheeps'. I wonder if this is where he got the idea from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBVSMReUXJ4 The landscape details in
that animation are just about perfect, apart from the blue sky, which
is not guaranteed.

Damon.