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- Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:39 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Ruta de la Plata
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3365
Re: Ruta de la Plata
Done it twice. Almost. Both times southbound.
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Gas Usage
- Replies: 12
- Views: 602
Re: Gas Usage
It is easy - Put your hand a couple of inches above the pot when it is being heated. If you feel heat (not just warmth) coming up the sides, then that is heat wasted. Just heating air. Admittedly also a bit of the sides, but mostly wasted. Turn the gas down until that heat up the sides is minimal. T...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 5:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Where's this?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 383
Re: Where's this?
Garth Farm campsite?
Stayed there.
The lakeside shack/house is dirt cheap and he supplies wood for the fireplace.
Bivied in the forest on the left. But it gets smaller every year. Almost nothing left now.
But I could be wrong.
Stayed there.
The lakeside shack/house is dirt cheap and he supplies wood for the fireplace.
Bivied in the forest on the left. But it gets smaller every year. Almost nothing left now.
But I could be wrong.
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 3:08 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Washing.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1207
Re: Washing.
I love Salamanca.
Stopped by on a couple of cycle trips and also spent a few weeks living with Spanish families whilst learning Spanish. I can now say ¡Hola!
Stopped by on a couple of cycle trips and also spent a few weeks living with Spanish families whilst learning Spanish. I can now say ¡Hola!
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 12:42 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Riding the Gr5 (ish), Montreux to Nice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4555
Re: Riding the Gr5 (ish), Montreux to Nice
Great write-up.
Never thought I would hear the name 'Gingolph' again. Did some very deep solo diving there.
Never thought I would hear the name 'Gingolph' again. Did some very deep solo diving there.
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 8:01 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: GENESIS Altitude. Hope wheels.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 839
Re: GENESIS Altitude. Hope wheels.
BIKE ON HOLD.
As I will be away for a while.
As I will be away for a while.
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 8:00 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: GENESIS Altitude. Hope wheels.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 839
Re: GENESIS Altitude. Hope wheels.
Sorry Stu. Just set off on a cycle tour. Will update the post when I get back.
- Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Pump question?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 418
Re: Pump question?
Thanks for the reply. I didn't realise that double action (DA) would make pumping more awkward. The size and weight savings may be worth it though. The Mountain Morph with hose and foot is a bit of a beast. But agree that it is good.
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Pump question?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 418
Pump question?
I have a Topeak Mountain Morph. 35cm. 250g.
It's big and heavy but works on tubeless setups.
Topeak do the Mountain DA. 1/2 the weight and 13cm shorter.
Has anyone tried the DA with seating a tubless tyre?
Has anyone tried both and has an opinion?
Cheers.
It's big and heavy but works on tubeless setups.
Topeak do the Mountain DA. 1/2 the weight and 13cm shorter.
Has anyone tried the DA with seating a tubless tyre?
Has anyone tried both and has an opinion?
Cheers.
- Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:33 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: GENESIS Altitude. Hope wheels.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 839
- Mon Sep 11, 2023 7:50 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: GENESIS Altitude. Hope wheels.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 839
GENESIS Altitude. Hope wheels.
Genesis Altitude hardtail mountain bike. Size large. (I would call it med to large). Reynolds 520 chrome-moly frame. :-bd I have deliberately covered this frame in stickers and tape to make it look messy, to reduce theft. It has been used for touring. Turkey. Morocco. France. Spain. Greece. Lots of ...
- Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:41 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: "Wye?". No, no.The question is of course "Wye not?"
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3487
Re: "Wye?". No, no.The question is of course "Wye not?"
Spent 5 days paddling down that river. Stunning area. Loads of kingfishers, otters, buzzards, water.
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Blagging bike boxes in Nice?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1149
Re: Blagging bike boxes in Nice?
Are you doing the Routes des Grandes Alpes? I'm doing that too in a week or two. Chamonix tomorrow is showing 24°C. But 3°C next Monday. I hope that is wrong. :???: Chamonix yesterday was +/-36°c - I mostly melted! I wonder if you're looking at a ski forecast site as they often use higher altitudes...
- Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Blagging bike boxes in Nice?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1149
Re: Blagging bike boxes in Nice?
Are you doing the Routes des Grandes Alpes? I'm doing that too in a week or two. Chamonix tomorrow is showing 24°C. But 3°C next Monday. I hope that is wrong.
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Remembering number plates
- Replies: 4
- Views: 524
- Tue Aug 15, 2023 6:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Remembering number plates
- Replies: 4
- Views: 524
Remembering number plates
I often pass my time on the motorway by trying to remember number plates as cars pass by. Sometimes I will catch back up which gives me a chance to test myself. I've since found out that you are not allowed to cycle on motorways! :sad: This is great for passing some time, but also for trying to reme...
- Sun Aug 06, 2023 12:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Long live the Mukluk
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2359
Re: Long live the Mukluk
Sasquach often gets confused with Bigfoot, Yeti doesn't complain.
- Sun Jul 16, 2023 4:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Thunderstorms
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1613
Re: Thunderstorms
[/quote] Wowsers. Were you soaked to the bone when it struck? Any recollections or were you unconscious? [/quote] I don't think being wet plays much of a part. When Thor or Zeus has you lined up, you're f#%^ed. It was a nice spring afternoon. A small dark front approached from the west. No lightning...
- Sun Jul 16, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Campsite recommendations for camper van
- Replies: 2
- Views: 358
Re: Campsite recommendations for camper van
Borrowdale Valley, Lakes, ticks all those boxes. x5 sites. x4 take vans. (More further up towards Derwent Water). Derwent Water for paddling, swimming. The site next to the river allows fires and supplies wood. Pub 5 mins walk. I don't use this one though as it is a bit of a 'free for all' = a bit n...
- Sat Jul 15, 2023 4:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Thunderstorms
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1613
Re: Thunderstorms
I've been hit.
Standing next to the hut on Mt Whitney. I was doing part of the John Muir Trail.
There was a sign on the door saying 'do not enter during lightning storms as a group of people had been killed whilst sheltering inside'.
So I stayed outside and got zapped.
Standing next to the hut on Mt Whitney. I was doing part of the John Muir Trail.
There was a sign on the door saying 'do not enter during lightning storms as a group of people had been killed whilst sheltering inside'.
So I stayed outside and got zapped.
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
- Replies: 702
- Views: 157710
Re: Wildlife
PeterC :-bd Brilliant! It was driving me crazy trying to work it out. According to my birdy book, not a call, but made by vibrating the tail feathers. There were sandpipers around, a bit similar, so I wasn't really thinking of other long beakers. A very beautiful sound. So much for my ability to hea...
- Wed May 31, 2023 8:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
- Replies: 702
- Views: 157710
Re: Wildlife
This is going to be hard to explain. There are a few places in Scotland where I have heard this. Maybe once in the Lakes. In the evening, just after it gets dark, I hear something that sounds like a boomerang whizzing around in loops. The only things I know that seems to move in these loops are bats...
- Wed May 31, 2023 8:08 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Loch Arkaig to Loch Nevis & Loch Morar
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5295
Re: Loch Arkaig to Loch Nevis & Loch Morar
Well, there was me moaning about riding through bogs and now the sun won't stop shining. Drying it all out. Went over to Loch Nevis via Glendessary. Camped on the beach/grass, by the river. Beautiful trip. Stunning valley. Had a swim in the sea, then pushed/rode back up again. Stopping for a swim in...
- Fri May 19, 2023 3:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Get off the f#=÷*^ pavement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 787
Re: Get off the f#=÷*^ pavement
She has mental issues. So, yes, she isn't quite right. BBC news website shows the actual incident on video.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-c ... e-65645364
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-c ... e-65645364
- Fri May 19, 2023 3:23 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: South of Southport Bivi July 7th after Karl's talk
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6761
Re: South of Southport Bivi July 7th after Karl's talk
Okay. Cheers. Will have another search. I don't want to hijack this post - too much.