Richard

7 riders in total tonight, 5 of them Jets, and no guests.
Jamie Thomson (jet) 18.38
James Ross (jet) 19.42
Sam Edgar (jet) 18.26
Keir Gaffney (jet) 18.21
Joseph McIntosh (jet) 18.45
Scott McIntosh 17.45
Gerard Deeley (pd) 17.00
Well done to all the riders on a cool evening.
I will transfer £3 to the club account.

Six souls faced tonight's biblical conditions to fight for that much desired end of season chocolate bar.
It was hard fought:
Gerard 17 19 (pd)
Lorne 17 21 (guest)
Alan T 18 18(pd x2)
Sam Edgar (age 13) 19 08
Hannah T 23 46 (guest)
Stuart DNF (puncture) (pd x2)
Temp 12 degrees, 1004mb, 85% humidity, 7mph NE wind. It should have been a fast night. Alan got a season's best. He is in full training post retirement but doesn't plan a taper until his return from Calpe. Hardcore.
 
 
 

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Richard
I am not entered as I cant make that race

Apologies to road captain Elaine but I think intermediates is the right place to put this.
Ages since I took a bike round Arran and the last time was part of a beat the ferries challenge. It's very weather dependant i.e. it can be cancelled if weather forecast is bad and an alternate run arranged but is anybody interested in a sociable run round the island (or figure of 8)?
As far as I'm concerned if we miss a ferry it is only a good thing because I would intend to retire to the nearest pub to wait for the next one. Obviously have nominated Saturday as there is more frequent ferries but if it suits the majority or the weather forecast is more favourable I would be able to do Sunday also.
Post up if interested. 
 

5 riders on a cool, bright breezy evening.
Joseph McIntosh. 30:09 (jet)
Scott McIntosh. 24:45 (pd x 3)
Gerard Deeley. 24:44 (pd)
Colin McPhee. 24.41
James Snodgrass 24.20 (pd)
Thanks to Ian McGinty for holding tonight.
 
£15 transferred to the club account

You were not the only ones who went into the wrong service station, me and Duncan wet into one after which he confidently declared we only had 80kms to go and 20k to Moffat after riding hard for 40 odd minutes we still had no sight of signs for Moffat and see just about to turn back when John arrived with old skool technology (a map) and told us we had not even made it to Johnstone bridge yet.
Last 65kms I hated, don't know if this is a function of not having distance or time on my computer as it seemed that no matter how hard I pushed Selkirk would never appear. Physically ok for me but don't know if I want to do it enough to actually get enjoyment out of the challenge. Weather was actually ok and rode in shorts throughout.
You pair deserve a lot of credit for finishing I could not have spent that much time suffering on the bike, I would have chucked I.  and your right if you just look at maintaining  a low average speed it might look physically achievable with little prep neede but there is more to it than that. 

In our goal to qualify for Paris Brest Paris Myself, Davie B and David C headed down to Galashiels for the 400(420)km out and back to Barnards Castle. We stuck together until the Barnard Castle the half way mark and then Davie B continued at a faster pace with a couple of guys we had met and  David C and I started the dusk Wet Climb over some Moss hill.
Through the damp night we rode but! it was a balmy 12 degrees so it was not too bad. We did encounter few kms of road with 100s of frogs on it which passed the time trying not to squash any, which we managed! Until I heard David shout! -1 frog bless his soul, a few minutes later a Huge Rat ran into David's wheel but he managed to stay upright, I used to have a Rat her name was "Otago" David loves my patter. It was about then 3am? that Davids Knee started to hurt and our energy levels were very low, luckly we passed through lockerbie and had only 20km to a 24 hour with a service stop, I'm not a big fan of McDonalds but I was tonight. After about 5mins cycling David convinced me that the service station was here?? "Look" he said and pointed towards a BP sign behind some trees, But we stil had had 20km to go? I wasnt going to argue with him or his shiney new Wahoo gps, a few minutes later we got to a Service stop only to find it was the wrong one and nothing was open(Hammock Award Contender), a few swears were jokingly exchange and we rode on to McDonalds. Once we got there David went for a Sleep and I changed out of my wet clothes. I tried to sleep but people were intent on talking to me even though my eyes were closed, but best McDonalds I ever had, I even ate David's leftovers once he fell asleep. 
Back on the bike and back into the rain, With Davids Knee and my development of what I can only describe as "the worse butt pain in the world ever®" we took a nice steady pace back the last 100km.. the sun came out near the end and we were greeted by fried egg and bacon sandwiches by the organisers. A quick shower and off back up the road, I told David I would stay awake on the journey home as he was driving, I think I lasted abut 5mins.
Started at 9:00am finished next day at 10:17am 
Distance : 419.91km    Time pedaling 18:48:33     Elevation 3,922m
Avg Speed    22.3km/h    Elapsed Time    25:17:05
Anyhow only a 600km to do to qualify, To be honest i thought these would be easier than they are... yes they are physically draining but it really is all in the mind. Thanks for the company Lads

Camped last night, family has got a cottage in port Ellen so staying there tonight, camping again in Tayvallich 

Five riders, blue skies, but a wild north-westerly wind. In the order they went off:
Tommy - 31:06 (PD)
Alan T - 25:14
Scott - 24:50
Gerard - 24:55 (PD)
James - 24:46 (PD)
Good efforts on a stinker of a night. Cheers to Colin for holding up.
£9 collected in cash, which I converted to a trip on the Renfrew ferry and a fish supper on the way home. If we had more riders, I could've had pickled onions. I'll transfer the equivalent dosh to the club account in a minute. Cheers!

Five riders, blue skies, but a wild north-westerly wind. In the order they went off:
Tommy - 31:06 (PD)
Alan T - 25:14
Scott - 24:50
Gerard - 24:55 (PD)
James - 24:46 (PD)
Good efforts on a stinker of a night. Cheers to Colin for holding up.
£9 collected in cash, which I converted to a trip on the Renfrew ferry and a fish supper on the way home. If we had more riders, I could've had pickled onions. I'll transfer the equivalent dosh to the club account in a minute. Cheers!

Five riders, blue skies, but a wild north-westerly wind. In the order they went off:
Tommy - 31:06 (PD)
Alan T - 25:14
Scott - 24:50
Gerard - 24:55 (PD)
James - 24:46 (PD)
Good efforts on a stinker of a night. Cheers to Colin for holding up.
£9 collected in cash, which I converted to a trip on the Renfrew ferry and a fish supper on the way home. If we had more riders, I could've had pickled onions. I'll transfer the equivalent dosh to the club account in a minute. Cheers!

Jeezo that was hard work: haven't been up the transmitter hill since Greg Balden was a boy (2007 Braveheart run, since you asked).
Wasn't meaning to be antisocial missing the cafe stop, just needed to go home for a lie down :-)

Nice one Billy thanks going up (first one since '14) & big thanks to guy who couldn't make it

Free race number 51 jersey timing chip and parking permit for Sunday all you have to do is collect it from Dooleys , phone them to let them know 

Glorious night for the Frank Lauder, 9 riders and check out the brilliant times all round...  all very tight except for the 5 times in a row Champ
1st.  and JWCC 10 Mile TT Champion : Richard Montague - 20.50 (pd)
2nd. Stuart Tennant - 23.05
3rd. Colin McPhee - 23.09 (PB) (pd+1)
4th. Gerrard Deeley - 23.16 (PB)(pd)
5th Scott McIntosh - 23.18 (PB)
6th James Snodgrass - 23.28(pd)
7th Colin Sales - 23.34 (PB)
8th Alan Thomson - 23.37 (PB)(pd)
9th Joseph McIntosh - 26.35 (Jet)
Well done all the riders... a lot of very good testers this year ..
Alan T collected a few quid for the coffers, but I don't know how much..
Cheers
McGinty
 
 

Alan, I’ll come down to hold / assist

i'm a possible timekeeper/hawder upper … working in Edinburgh so hopefully be back in time … i'll post up if it looks like i'm going to struggle

I hope to ride, too.
This will be the first Frank Lauder for a long, long time without Mike Ferguson on the start sheet.

I hope to ride, too.
This will be the first Frank Lauder for a long, long time without Mike Ferguson on the start sheet.

10m 40s  for the first half of the Westferry for the Bunch. Not that quick (my 42nd fastest time on Strava) but Cedric had blasted the pace to Bishopton... did catch one rider I seem to remember, who gallantly didn't draft us

We saw them come through just after we set Colin off as last rider, so about 7:20-ish

yes , i'll join youse... groundhog day for me, will be my 3rd in 4 weeks on this route.... think Davie Cathcart will be joining too..see youse at the bridge
i would suggest the old road up the Rest, the main road has been really busy the past few weeks
 

Done!

A better night than expected, with 5 riders going off in cool, but dry and very light winds tonight
Sam (Jet) 27:40
Joseph McIntosh (Jet) 27:26
Gerard Deeley (pd) 24:43
Scott McIntosh (pd+ last week) 23:44
Colin McPhee 25:04
Well done to all the riders tonight.
Stuart T. also paid his arrears from last week tonight, so I have £12 to transfer, with Colin owing £3
 
Transferred 8/5/19