I know it's a while away, but thought I would get this up now.

The idea is to combine a ride with a social get-together/party. Think Cambridge ride but
1) better organised,
2) on the beach and
3) more drinking.

We leave London early with the aim of getting to Brighton around 2ish. The last stop will be a supermarket in Brighton to pick up food and drinks, then down to the beach where we swim, drink and party!

If we get a lot of people, large group rides can be a bit unwieldy, so we can set off from London in 3 groups, the medium pace group, the fast group and the very fast group. (See what I did there)

The medium group will set off at 8am led by Stompy or Cornelius or whoever (This is just to give an idea. I'm not volunteering you guys. Honest)
The fast group will set off at 8.30am led by *insert volunteer here*
The very fast group will set off at 9am led by Hillbilly, Mikec, jonny or whoever else fancies it. You get the idea.
This means we have smaller managable groups, we get into Brighton at roughly the same time and it might provide some fun along the way as groups overtake/get overtaken.

I'm keem to make the gathering/party on the beach as important as the ride, so if people don't think they can ride the whole way, they can always ride part of the way and train it the rest or just train it down and join us on the beach.

There's obviously lot's more planning to get this happening, but thought I would gauge the response, and get peoples suggestions and ideas.