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by Verena
Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:41 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: BB200 2020
Replies: 853
Views: 70686

Re: BB200 2020

JohnClimber wrote: Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:38 pm
redefined_cycles wrote: Fri Oct 02, 2020 10:26 pm Image

Rather than being in the field isn't the Bridleway down to the side of these fences, just in sight in the photos?

And shown here
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/571691
I bloody hope so. These pictures were nearly enough to put me off...
by Verena
Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:50 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: BB200 2020
Replies: 853
Views: 70686

Re: BB200 2020

Some of the comments below the video made me smile - quite obviously a few were written by people who've never ridden (a) in Wales (b) off-road (c) a BB200 :wink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v22jgUflcXU&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1jKFSURKuR2oeHzbEMsq6KU-JhdIZJ0loh-YREDE52ieQGVrFQi0dv-Y...
by Verena
Sat Oct 03, 2020 8:04 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: How Ethical is Aldi Merino...?
Replies: 29
Views: 3036

Re: How Ethical is Aldi Merino...?

JohnClimber wrote: Sun Sep 27, 2020 4:46 pm Bought some several years ago and had to take them back
I can't beli2how itchy they were.
I've no idea is the new ones are as bad.
Anyone tried them on as yet?
I've got some, they are nice, not at all itchy, or scratchy :lol:
by Verena
Sat Oct 03, 2020 7:52 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: BB200 2020
Replies: 853
Views: 70686

Re: BB200 2020

Hi, I'm planning on attempting this on 22nd/23rd or thereabouts, hoping for reasonable weather and a bit of a moon maybe... Starting from Brecon, as the route practically passes my doorstep-ish....which of course means the gap right at the end, but somehow I doubt I'll make it that far.... John, I u...
by Verena
Sat Aug 29, 2020 5:30 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT
Replies: 103
Views: 13955

Re: WRT

Fecks sake, have just written a nice little something, then tried to attach a photo and lost the whole thing. Sorry not writing all that again. Just wondering how many of us there are? And wanted to say hope you're all having a great time.
by Verena
Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:05 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT
Replies: 103
Views: 13955

Re: WRT

[/quote] Mike and I will be doing the same on a Fat Bike beach route ride, popping in at BB towers on the Bank Holiday Monday morning Nice short chilled out days at around 35 miles, 40 miles and 11 miles to finish For once we'll be passing by 3 grid refs too [/quote] That sounds quite similar to my ...
by Verena
Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT
Replies: 103
Views: 13955

Re: WRT

Called into the Star last night and the good news is that you'll all be very welcome over the Bank holiday weekend, there will be food and drink and you don't have to book. They'll be open all day, each day. :-bd Sounds good, I'm thinking of trying to go there for breakfast on Monday, before headin...
by Verena
Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:18 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bear bones anthem
Replies: 24
Views: 3360

Re: Bear bones anthem

by Verena
Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:13 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bear bones anthem
Replies: 24
Views: 3360

Re: Bear bones anthem

"The Climb" Miley Cyrus, but of a jump from half man half biscuit :lol: Except it is very much about what lies on the other side....
by Verena
Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4045
Views: 545390

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: Mon Jul 27, 2020 1:57 pm Deerhounds Peter.
O wow, gorgeous, love those
by Verena
Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:20 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What does the word "Bikepacking" mean to you?
Replies: 38
Views: 4955

Re: What does the word "Bikepacking" mean to you?

The song "running to.the hills" by Dan Owen kind of describes it nicely for me. Obvs cycling instead of running.
by Verena
Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:34 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4045
Views: 545390

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Cheery Friday and posts about dogs, that's quite fitting....not feeling quite so cheery right now after not much sleep, in the garage on a sofa that's too short...almost like bikepacking .....daughter found a stray limping sheepdog on way home from work last night, so we brought him home. He started...
by Verena
Thu Aug 06, 2020 6:52 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTD - Lightweight Stove Solutions
Replies: 53
Views: 5172

Re: WTD - Lightweight Stove Solutions

I thought I'd see what the Army's Fire Dragon stove was like. They're cheap as chips, small and lightweight. The fuel blocks are some smokeless bio fuel that you can use to clean your hands too. Overall it worked well, but the blocks were expensive and individually plastic packed so I won't be usin...
by Verena
Sat May 23, 2020 12:11 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
Replies: 923
Views: 145301

Re: Bivvy a month 2020.

May... I've been very disciplined up until now, but with all that gorgeous weather and some signs of lockdown slowly easing, I could resist no longer... Just 7 miles from home, lovely little ride with a nice bit of climbing, one of my favourite straights across the common, and the night spent in a f...
by Verena
Sat May 23, 2020 7:20 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Looking ahead - what are you looking forward to?
Replies: 101
Views: 12494

Re: Looking ahead - what are you looking forward to?

To be honest, I've been really enjoying staying local but getting out probably more often than I would have with more distractions around.... Have cobbled together a bikepacking route round Mid, West and South Wa!es, hoping to do that one week in the summer if and when we're allowed. Then hoping to ...
by Verena
Thu May 14, 2020 9:06 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: WhereYouAre Ride Thing 2020
Replies: 100
Views: 18131

Re: WhereYouAre Ride Thing 2020

Great to read all of your mini adventures, sadly I came across all of this too late otherwise I’d have loved to have taken part. Same here! Meanwhile I've been hatching a plan for a little adventure of my own, to replace my holiday on Anglesey first week of June, which I can't see happening.... Wit...
by Verena
Sat Apr 18, 2020 7:25 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: I Don't Know What They're Saying But
Replies: 6
Views: 1525

Re: I Don't Know What They're Saying But

Hilarious. The cheesy song goes something like "I love riding my bike, repeat, repeat, when those other idiots are stuck at the red lights, I'm free to ride on and they can kiss my arse, etc etc" . Setting a fine example.... Then brief glimpse of absolute legend Rudi Altig, my dad told me ...
by Verena
Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:05 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: So it's come to this ...
Replies: 31
Views: 4268

Re: So it's come to this ...

FFS, I've just spent much of the afternoon sitting. In an armchair. In my lounge. Reading a NEWSPAPER. The garden has a every single seed removed, the beds have had straight edges cut with military precision, and I've bought one of those horrible plastic greenhouses for growing tomatoes. Thank goodn...
by Verena
Sat Apr 18, 2020 5:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: feck it. I'm sleeping outside.
Replies: 19
Views: 4295

Re: feck it. I'm sleeping outside.

I stuck my tarp in the garden last weekend. Wasn't as great as expected. I was bathed in the light of the street lamp on the footpath at the back of the house and I woke up freezing!! :???: Yep, have had all of that, it's crap isn't it? All those street lights, and my husband "kindly" kep...
by Verena
Sat Apr 18, 2020 5:54 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: feck it. I'm sleeping outside.
Replies: 19
Views: 4295

Re: feck it. I'm sleeping outside.

TheBrownDog wrote: Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:58 pm How do people live with beards? My facial hair is like wire.
I know the feeling 😂
by Verena
Sun Feb 23, 2020 11:33 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
Replies: 923
Views: 145301

Re: Bivvy a month 2020.

Love that snowy one, looks amazing!!
by Verena
Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:35 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
Replies: 923
Views: 145301

Re: Bivvy a month 2020.

gairym wrote: Sun Feb 23, 2020 3:21 am Great post Ben, interesting parallel between braving the weather/public scrutiny and deciding f*@k it and heading/coming out anyway despite the risks - chapeau on both counts!
:-bd
by Verena
Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:26 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Tarp setups for windy conditions?
Replies: 36
Views: 5048

Re: Tarp setups for windy conditions?

ScotRoutes wrote: Sat Feb 22, 2020 4:57 pm Flying V .

I'll sometimes use the bike bars as a "lifter". Helps stop the upwind part of the tarp from blowing in on you
:o OMG that means I accidentally did that right the other day without realizing?!?