Date: 14th Aug 2016
Time: 10:15 am - 5:30 pm
Location West Hampstead Thameslink
Categories
NB. The train timetable has changed at the last minute. The train we aim to catch is 8 minutes earlier so please make sure you are at the station in time!
Meet at 10:15 10:05 at the Iverson Road entrance to West Hampstead Thameslink for the10:26 10:19 train to Flitwick (10:18 10:10 from St Pancras) arriving 11.11. We’ll head east through pleasant countryside including a traffic-free section through Wrest Park and for lunch at the café attached to the Shuttleworth Collection, a museum with a splendid collection of Edwardian and between-the-wars aircraft. Entry to the airfield and the café is free, entry to the museum is £15 (£12 concessions). There are two options after lunch – spend an hour or two viewing the collection and take a short route back, or take a longer route back via Cardington (Grade 2* listed airship hangars) to meet up in Maulden before returning to Flitwick for the train back to London. Distance 27 or 35 miles.
You can view the route and download GPX files here:
Map of the short route on Gpsies
Map of the longer route on Gpsies
Here is a report of the last time we did this ride.
The ride is open to all. No need to register.
Contact Name George Coulouris
Contact Phone 0787 9887663
Contact email george@coulouris.net