Dunwich Dynamo
Posted on Sunday 20 July 2008 by Keith Butcher
Seven from Central London joined the melee of fixies, road bikes and anyone else mad enough to cycle all of Saturday night, in deepest Hackney outside the Pub in the Park.
John Snuggs, Jon McColl, Ken Peters, Jan , Rory, Naomi and myself headed up along the straight roads to Epping, and onto Moreton, to be serenaded by Elvis from one of the pubs, white jumpsuit and all, I never knew that Elvis had so admired cyclists? It was a perfect but chilly night with a steady tail wind and we coasted onto the mid-way refuelling stop at Lavenham, though we didn’t bother to join the massive queues for pasta. We stopped long enough to get chilled and then knocked of the final 90k down to the sea at Dunwich, dreaming of a well deserved fried breakfast. The cafe at Dunwich always seems to cope with hundreds of hungry and tired cyclists, but the food never gets better, but it hits the spot. None of went for a swim sadly, and then it was the 50k back to Ipswich and a good sleep on the train.
A great night out, 240k on the speedo, what else would you do on a Saturday night?