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2013 Road.cc Tourist Trophy

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  • January 2, 2013 at 2:05 pm #17563
    VecchioJo

    Right then, new year, new challenge.

    For 2013 I present the Road.cc Tourist Trophy – ride in a different county each month of the year.

    Basically an excuse to travel round this country and remind ourselves how beautiful it is, visit some places you’ve always wanted to go, and maybe see far-flung friends you’ve been meaning to ride with for ages.

    The rules are pretty simple – aim to ride in a different county every month of 2013.

    You’re not allowed to count your home county as a tick for a month.

    You can start from your home county and ride into a neighbouring one, but only to claim a maximum of two counties so that those within striking distance of many aren’t at an unfair advantage.

    You’re allowed one Wild Card foreign destination for a month should you be lucky enough to travel overseas. A ride must be what you would normally class as a proper ride and not just a quick spin round the car-park to claim a county. A race will count as a ride.

    There won’t be a trophy. Maybe just some socks.

    Sign up and send a postcard each month below.

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  • February 18, 2013 at 10:35 pm #710333
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    Bedfordshire Clanger

    Resident County:
    Resident County: Bedfordshire

    January: Middlesex
    February: Derbyshire

    Sheffield, Bradfield, Holmfirth, Holme Moss, Glossop for bacon, cake and espresso, Snake Pass and then a left after the Yorkshire Bridge and back home. All in the late winter sun showing the Peaks in their glory and with the best company imagineable. Now that’s what I call a ride. The descent from Snake Pass to Ladybower had me grinning all the way.

    February 16, 2013 at 7:39 pm #710331
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    themanfromicon

    Home county: East
    Home county: East Sussex

    January: Surrey
    February: Kent
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    Headed over to Kent today. Train to Ashford, rode up through Canterbury to Herne Bay and Whitstable, and then looped back down to Ashford for the train home. Used up my second neighbouring county. I may regret this come November 😐

    February 5, 2013 at 12:35 pm #710329
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    mooseman

    Resident county:
    Resident county: Gloucestershire

    February: Somerset.

    February 3, 2013 at 10:38 pm #710327
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    Thor Beverley

    Home county: Devon
    January:
    Home county: Devon

    January: Leicestershire
    February: Wiltshire
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    Where will I go in March – I am saving Devon, Cornwall and Somerset for later in the year.

    February 1, 2013 at 11:58 am #710325
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    Bedfordshire Clanger

    Resident County:
    Resident County: Bedfordshire

    January: Middlesex

    A late meeting at work gave me the chance to pedal down to the London office in the West End. I used to cycle in London every day and was inured to the chaos. Now it seems like total madness.

    January 31, 2013 at 5:55 pm #710323
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    Carlucci Cannondale

    Update for the end of
    Update for the end of January:

    8th Jan – West Sussex
    23rd Jan – Cornwall (plus a bit in Devon)
    31st Jan – London

    January 31, 2013 at 11:34 am #710321
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    nick_rearden

    OK, I’m claiming an easy
    OK, I’m claiming an easy Wiltshire this month. Here’s my thing: http://nickrearden.tumblr.com/post/41939100958/having-just-discovered-jo-burts-tourist-trophy-on

    Home county: Somerset

    January: Wiltshire
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    I’m doing the ‘ceremonial’ counties route

    January 31, 2013 at 9:18 am #710319
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    themanfromicon

    going to be blogging this at
    going to be blogging this at http://milltag.cc/tourist-trophy/the-tourist-trophy-2013 which means i’m going to have to make sure i plan a ride for every month…

    January 30, 2013 at 4:20 pm #710317
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    jpj84

    Home county: Greater
    Home county: Greater Manchester

    January: Cheshire
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    Think I’ll have to make a visit to our kid in Kent at some point – preferably around the 31st of a month!

    January 30, 2013 at 4:03 pm #710315
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    notfastenough

    Home county:
    Home county: Manchester

    January: Derbyshire
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    I can think of how to keep up with this until about May or June, after that I’m going to have to invent reasons to go away for weekends with the bike in tow!

    January 30, 2013 at 2:59 pm #710313
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    VecchioJo

    Resident county:
    Resident county: Sussex

    January: Surrey

    a quick nip up the road to play on the cross bike round the Surrey Hills.
    was just getting into it when there was that horrible noise from the back end of a branch ripping the rear-mech into the spokes.
    somehow a spoke was between the two jockey-wheel in between the two plates of the mech, and the bottom jockey-wheel bolt had stripped the rear cage thread.
    a quick rummage around in the mud for the bits, and a bodge using a water-bottle bolt to hold the bottom jockey-wheel in just to get back to the car
    not much mileage at all but soft-pedalling home while the gears are all over the place hoping the bodge will hold up the last hill means it’s a ride yeah?

    January 27, 2013 at 3:43 pm #710311
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    mooseman

    Resident county:
    Resident county: Gloucestershire

    January: Lincolnshire.

    January 25, 2013 at 5:36 pm #710309
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    Carlucci Cannondale

    Carlucci Cannondale wrote:I’m

    Carlucci Cannondale wrote:
    I’m in for this. And started yesterday with West Sussex (I live in Derbyshire)

    Think I’m gonna start a list…

    8th Jan – West Sussex
    23rd Jan – Cornwall (plus a bit in Devon)

    January 23, 2013 at 7:44 pm #710307
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    Thor Beverley

    Count me in too –
    Count me in too – Leicestershire (in the snow on a mountain bike) is my January entry.

    January 16, 2013 at 9:12 am #710305
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    Bobbys boys

    Sam Alison wrote:I’m in –

    Sam Alison wrote:
    I’m in – already got Italy and Wales in Jan – can I carry one of them over to Feb :-)

    Italy is definitely a country not a county, not sure about Wales though 😀 😀 😀

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