... I don't see many good E-W routes if you're passing through between the main cycle route along the Glos-Sharpness canal and the Abergavenny-Crickhowel area. From Glos-Sharpness canal are you talking going north through Gloucester or south over the Severn Bridge? I'm guessing via Gloucester? From...

I always reckon you can knock 2 or 3 degrees off the general forecast temperatures if you're going up into the hills for the night.
And another 1 or 2 if you camp by a stream in a shallow valley.
High possibility of condensation this weekend given the conditions?

On the rewilding subject, I saw a short film a few months ago that detailed what had happened after wolves were reintroduced to one of the national parks in the US ... it turned out that pretty much all flora and fauna had benefited in some way and the park was much healthier than it had been previ...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:37 am Me, I'm going paying my mortgage off this morning.

Ha! That's what you think... you think your bank will let you

Seriously though, it's a nice place to be when you're mortgage free

Worse still it's an environmental disaster. People forget the the physical presence of the 'virtual' world is banks of servers consuming electricity :roll: I've a mate who 'mines' bitcoin, rows of PCs generating loads of heat you then need to get rid of. Each transaction the code gets longer so you...

I have too many bivvy bags, one needs to go!

Alpkit Kloke lightweight bivvy bag. Used 4 nights only. Good, clean condition. In the earlier lighter green colourway.
£65 posted

I love guide books. Well, good ones anyway. As a tool for research if visiting an area, as a guide to an area, even just as something to flick through and let my mind wander. One of my earlier ones (and still a favourite) is Mountain Bike Guide Mid-Wales & The Marches by Jon Dixon, published by ...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:17 pm Yeah but what about things that happen at sea?

What, like WRT grid refs.?

... perhaps the NP could have put the rebranding budget to better use such as enforcing the crap parking by visitors at Storey Arms? Have you been up there recently? :wink: The National Trust are building a new car park and toilet facilities at Pont ar Daf just next to Storey Arms Centre with about...

What were they saying back in the 70s? ' Come home to a real fire, buy a cottage in Wales ' :shock: (Sorry, for the younger ones, there was a spate of English holiday homes in Wales being set fire to by Welsh nationalists back then). Still, if the majority follow Viz's advice then the hills around B...

Happy birthday Stu, hope it was suitably quiet and peaceful!

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 9:18 pm Happy Birthday Stu. Is this the big 50?

You may be a couple of years too late Phil

Well, as Phil McCrevis gets a mention in the first sentence it could only go one way after that...

Thermarest user here, with sleeping bag not quilt. Never noticed the crisp packet noise that others refer to but then I usually drop off quickly and apparently snore so maybe others would be the best judge of how noisy my mat might be :grin: I have never heard your sleeping mat :smile: :lol: :lol: ...

Thermarest user here, with sleeping bag not quilt. Never noticed the crisp packet noise that others refer to but then I usually drop off quickly and apparently snore so maybe others would be the best judge of how noisy my mat might be

Is that a first for the WRT Stu? Big entry or managing infrastructure!?

Ha ha! I wasn't thinking that bloody recently

The corollary to the question you pose is that someone might be cheeky at a later date and put my freely shared route in a book or a paid for app but I'll never see anything for it. Didn't Dave B recently comment that someone had copied word for word a route from one of his books and publish it wit...

I take the view that every route already exists, it just requires someone to join the dots, although doing so doesn't give you any ownership over it (but it is nice if credit is given where it's due). Fully agree with Stu. If someone sells a gpx they're not selling the route, they're selling the ti...

That seat tube looks a very small diameter...

Inspired by the recent chat about Jeff Jones' creations?

The obvious one John would be the Sierra Designs Backcountry 3000 https://ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/backcountry-bivy-3000/#Specifications . I have the 'long' and it is a roomy bag for my 6ft 16 stone bulk with air mattress inside. Usual waterproof / breathable compromise, it's waterproof when full...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:54 am It's Ian's company who manage the forest Peter.

Ah !

Interesting situation. As you say, a Planning Application will be necessary and there could be several reasons for objecting on planning grounds including access issues along with some others mentioned above. If there are sufficient numbers of objectors it may be worth considering employing a Planni...

Or 3. After all the alcohol consumed the previous night they didn't actual realise they were in a marquee until the next morning?

Nice write up NeilA :-bd I'm particularly liking the Launderette service available, I can certainly see the benefits of that during certain rides. Reg is too humble, I have witnessed him spending the night in a very similar pub marquee; a night of torrential rain I might add. No astro-turf, just tar...

That's a great ride V, well done :-bd There are some good bridleways between Crickhowell and Stanton too but they're well used by pony trekkers, the lanes are definitely easier going! Hope the wrong turn and unnecessary hill wasn't towards Patrishaw church :shock: No bogey men, no axe murderers, no ...