Son is home from Uni [via Snowboarding in Alps], partner off with his kids n family so nice chilled day :lol: . Run with dog in the morning, cook n eat stupid amounts of food in afternoon, then probably carry on patching up living room n plastering in a bid to re-decorate over the school holidays. R...

Awww, sounds fab. Would love to see the easier route to tour it. School hols only for me.

Err, can you watch Channel 4 without a TV licence ? is it just BBC ?

Looks brilliant, particularly interested in the Slovenia/Croatia part, where did you find routes maps etc ?

Interesting ideas, thanks everyone. I am surprised not many have mentioned Stem cells https://www.alpkit.com/products/stem-cell-xl. I have made a couple which I find great, altho will be making some more variations soon. For UK that is ok, but if on holiday [somewhere warm and sunny] we have needed ...

Very keen, dates are flexible , more to do with weather and getting the living room decorated

Sarah

Home and unpacked, if not cleaned up. Just wanted to say a huge thanks to Chew and everyone for organising, coming along, waiting for me, scraping me up after crashing and generally being great company. The 'show and tell' of gear and tales of trips and adventures was really inspiring. Thanks again ...

Mmmm, second breakfast, liking that

Just done my Outdoor First Aid course for work, Forest School teacher, it was run by local mountain rescue guys and very practical. I carry a bandage, pads, duct tape, baby wipes, gloves, maybe a space blanket if not got bivi stuff, and pain killers. Oh and head torch n sweeties. I agree, we are usu...

Which pub?

And are people taking tents ? Or bivi bags ? Or a mix ?

Looking forward to this.

Might be up for this, is it ok for slow girlies too ?

Shelter sounds ace, a barn or similar or a bothy, altho having waded to Mossdale from Longsleddale, with luggage, before less keen on that side too !

Sarah

Highly highly recommend the Transandalucia Trail. We flew into Malaga and out of Gibraltar, rode between, lovely wild camping, pretty villages, great route info.

I ride a Surly Ogre, fully rigid 29er, and it was fine, few rough sections, but all rideable.
Enjoy.

What do tourers (!) do if they are flying into one airport and taking off from another? Can see that being a problem with the bike in the way back? We flew into Malaga, bikes in cardboard boxes from LBS and out of Gibraltar. Original plan was to get boxes from a shop there, all lined up by email et...

WE went to KMF, general film pass on Saturday, what a disappointment :cry: I have been getting the film pass for years, and was not at all happy with the way they organised the films this year, no more Biking, Climbing, Culture and Environment, instead Hope, Chance, Joy and other flaky categories, i...

Can anyone help? I ride a Surly Ogre (rigid 29er) which I built with componentry off my old Trek. The intention is to gradually change out components as they wear, or I can afford it. After a section on Transandalucia I am wondering about more grannies, ie lower gears. Partner seems to always have h...

Highly recommend Morocco too. Been with n without bikes. Easy to travel on buses n taxi with them. We went to Ourzazette and rode to Todra then Dades on back 'roads' stayed in gites and had a blast. Learn a bit of french.

Enjoy, thinking of going back at easter.

Sarah

Thanks for replies, we are taking real paper maps, I'm old school and love real maps , phone gps is a back up

Getting a solar charger, and waterproof case, even found there is a Decathlon near the airport so we can buy gas, and a stove if the uk one isnt compatible. Packing frenzy...

Me, definitely a jack of all sports, run bike, climb, kayak are the main ones, will try anything above ground!

Used to adventure race and run ultras and trails lots. More chilled, and older, happy to just get out and explore now its all good

Managed to get paper maps from incredibly helpful people at The Map Shop, I'm happy.

Bf has a new ap and maps downloaded on his phone, he's happy.

So the question remains, what is difference between fancy phone gps and a garmin type thing ? Better signal ? Functionality? Curious.....

All I am off to Spain in a week, ridingpart of Transandalucia route, Malaga to Gibralta. We are struggling to find good detailed paper maps and considering using the gpx files. Boyfriend wants to go on an ap on his phone, I am nervous about this and would feel better with a 'proper' gps device, no i...

Just entered, 100k most likely for this princess. Long way off, but very excited. Fancy a few more of this sort of thing....

Sarah

Thanks, I am thinking meths. Alpkit does a tidy looking little burner.....

So what other options are there? Multi fuel? Dont want to be building fires.

Off to Spain at the end of the month, flying out, just realised need to cook, duh. Can I put can of camping gas in main hold, in bike box, to check in. Really dont want hassel of sourcing gas out there.

Cheers

Sarah

Looks vaguely exciting, on the calendar.....