Sleeping in a hedge (again)… the Dunwich Dynamo 2024 [E4]

THE DUNWICH DYNAMO : https://ridewithgps.com/trips/204415598

The Dunwich Dynamo is a 112 mile ride from London to Dunwich in Suffolk – and the best bit – it’s an overnight ride!

Starting from Pub on the Park, Martello Street, London Fields, Hackney, London E8 the ride weaves it’s way through London to the quiet country lanes in Suffolk.

The ride is an unsupported ride originating from “Cyclists in Southwark”.

Riders normally arrive at Dunwich Beach, on the Suffolk Coast at 7 am – 9 am the following morning.

When’s the next Dunwich Dynamo? : 12 – 13 July 2025

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[Music] hey folks how you doing good morning quite a work out water F it’s a no Brookland um so where is here um basically got Field farm field over that way Farmers field out over that way and I pu it right away running through the middle so I’m sat on the puet right away so whoever that that means pu right away for a while camping is neot is uh anybody’s question early um but yeah sat Just Between the Hedge which means unfortunately the wind’s fing through now and it’sit a bit of the cold side even though the phone says it’s 15° it feels more like 5 at the moment so yeah going to get shifted packed away and I’ll with my journey so add before I leave I add a little bit of context to where I am um yeah part from in the field so far far to get to so yday morning left the coastline of suffk at Dage and I’ve cycled all the way uh through past Beyond peterb so that way is the way I’m heading it shouldn’t be too far to uh civilization cuz I need to need to shop and get some snacks and things like that and before I get on to uh Rutland it’s just started spitting with rain uh so yeah the kind of rules for when you do camp out is essentially don’t any of the w we l around even it’s a little bit of a wrapper for chocolate bar stick in your pocket take it with you and uh the other one R really is arrive late leave early that what I do just kept that roll see how far could go and just ended up with a bit of a spot there in the end I shouldn’t have gone there I should have gone just here out the wind a bit more [Music] first time I’ve uh come inside the windmill this is the middle floor just going to go over the top one I think it’s rather steep I say it’s the first time I’ve been up here I’m not sure if I’ve been up here before these steps are tidy got the tiny feed back in the day there not an over floor is it s of grain would be hooked onto this chain and lifted to the top of the mill oh there is another set of stairs it’s going to be fun coming down I won’t film that coming down I they concentrating oh my God there’s another here floor is that fire floors huh cleaning floor whatever that is this must be the top though it’s really steep woo sponsors wow I think yeah this is really is the top here we are I’m going to carefully get down here I see at the [Music] bottom disappeared now but it just told me the climb at the hill at uh wman a windmill just took me 1 hour and 41 minutes yes that’s how long I spent at uh windmill just chilled relaxed fre coffees nice breakfast one of those pink French cakes something French fancies I think it’s called so now finally getting on the way probably going to be mostly downhill Tailwind as well at times heading towards wal from on the uh wall next so there is bit of a long climb up to that bit of a drag but today it’s going to be easy I think it’s about 40 Mi back to nework so very short probably have another stop somewhere along the way I got all day just to uh enjoy the ride now this is nice bit of Tailwind downhill what more do you want morning it’s a shame it’s coming to an end woohoo so computer says I’m heading towards Coston uh I don’t know whether I’m going near that Ford not sure but uh I was in two minds whether I was going to miss all these Hills and things but it’ been such a short day I’m just going to embrace the original route and uh and of course being the Mist that I am I was even thinking about dragging the route out a bit more but yeah I think sometimes you know just enjoy it doesn’t have every way I don’t have to be absolute slog Fest meant to be on holiday arrived at the highest point on the way back to Newark walk from the world just the grid cattle grid water tower over there but uh I was going to stop there there’s a bit of an angling water sewage party going on so uh yeah and I need to bit pracy put on a bit of cream um we at the amazing height of 294 m above sea level which if you live around here ever visited this area is not realistic at all there’s nowhere around here anywhere near as high as that it’s just that the Al ometer needs calibrating and if you ever tried doing anything remotely after the normal on a g you know what hard work it is to do those sort of tasks probably finish a ride by the time I’ve worked out how to change the uh get the autometer uh calculated so just left as it is it’s been like that all the way through yesterday’s ride as well but terms of climbing it’s all over with right at the top this one it’s all down hill from here so yeah but there’s one Hill left to go according to the gin one more climb down towards Newark I got a bit too excited with the uh this is the last Hill kind of thing um from walk from the world but it was still going up and down up and down but really this is one of the uh last CL remaining climbs heading down sta Hill uh going to be heading bford normon nor Manon and then somewhere just have hanker left and it’s just a little bit of rolling to join the uh ncn 64 that dedicated cyc path traffic free all the way into the uh the Town Center so at the moment poed North that means the winds today this morning are right behind me kind of been the noticeable highlight well one of the many highlights from this bike packet Adventure has been the wind in the second half of the weekend when I’ve been at my weakest yesterday Dage to Peter and Beyond such a SLO just didn’t get anywhere near oh yeah I was about 30k short I think and just knowing near the right kind of energy levels I know when it comes to sleep I’ve worked out after doing so many Ultras and races and things that 3 hours is too short for me I need the least four uh 4 hours solid sleep that’s kind of The Sweet Spot cuz definitely should think about more than just sleep when you stop it it’s the time off the bike it can drag really the amount of time you spend getting ready in your Bey bag and afterwards as well when I go in in the morning surprising how much time you can burn but it’s all positive cuz time off by resting your legs and everything else life is good life is good yeah in my dark time long Lane Road got Beaver Castle up on the right side in the distance now friend of the channel Paul Green tells me whenever he rides along here it’s always a Tailwind so I’m trusting him he’s going to be right on this occasion y certainly true today working in my favor coming past the plunger turn uh I think that’s the top 10 top 10 top one on the climb off to the right maybe a little bit further on no that’s prob pathway prob foot path might be interesting but not today but yeah just flying along here at the moment effortless it’s 5 mil to new Wick station from here which is where I’m parked if you’ve watched this far give yourself a pat on the pack and if you not subscribed already hit that button right I’m going to leave it here a nice tail wind don’t know what time it is it’s probably about 1:00 in the afternoon nice short easy day I’ll back to work until tomorrow get some editing done just relax say editing I’ll probably start falling asleep halfway through it and uh sleep until tomorrow morning right I’ll see you again soon in the next one take care byebye [Music]