It's the 9-10 hour train journey that's putting me off Scotland ATM. Wales is a bit nearer. Can't you bring the highlands a bit closer to us down south please

The met office seem to be forecasting high winds, temps down to feels like -5 and snow in the forthcoming week!! Decision made.... winter bag an mat being packed.

The Cambrian Trail? https://cambriantrail.wordpress.com/ There's a few "official" ITTs on here - http://selfsupporteduk.net/ Ah thanks, I used to live 2 miles out of Laandudno in Rhos on Sea, been meaning to get back up there at some point. I could train to llandudno junction fairly easil...

I work at a School so can only get end of july to end of august off in the summer- looking for somewhere to go in the UK for a week where I can pretty much ride and camp and ride and camp without having to navigate too much or keep lifting bike over styles, fences or hedges etc. was looking at the H...

Primus OmniLite Titanium Stove With Fuel Bottle, used for a 9 day trip and a couple of overnighters. In great condition with a small amount of heat discolouration on the brass which can be cleaned off. Comes with spare 1ltr bottle as well, 3 x jets for different fuel types and a carry case bag thing...

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

That's the spirit ... we built an empire with that attitude.

Not much of an empire left now and I am still to be persuaded on nights at elevation in Wales in April with a 10c bag

What about at night though? A couple of people I work who are in the South East but more rural than me have said they've had ice on their cars a couple of mornings this week... Oh aye, there's still a chance of frost but the first swallows have returned to the Towers today, which means it's officia...

Got 2 options...... waterproof-11 c comfort bag, packs to the size of a small child and weighs 1450g or summer 10 c comfort bag, packs to size of 750ml water bottle and weighs 280g. One = grumpy cyclist and the other = happy smiley cyclist.
Hmmmmm

Been monitoring this and will continue to. Going to bring nice and bad weather kit and decide on the Saturday morning what to wear/take.

Have you tried the goalzero? It charges batteries from solar whilst charging device too, may be worth a bit more investigation on their site and the have good qna section.

I used my Klymit x-lite pad and a medium weight bag at the weekend and it was fine. I took the very same pad on the HT550 and discovered a puncture on the first night, and then slept without a pad for the rest of the race :???: If you're tired enough... :lol: Thanks for all comments thus far, Ian, ...

I see your point of view and am aware of ground heat loss. Perhaps a foil blanket underneath the bag/mat would help and only add a few grams. The crux is a waterproof bag and so wouldn't need a tarp or poles or pegs or thermals. I'm carrying all gear in hmg windrider 3400 pack on back so bulk isn't ...

I can't decide what is best for wrt end of month, weather looks good ish but cold at night, down to 1 or 2 not inc wind chill factor and exact altitude. Was going to go light small and not so comfortable with a klymit half pad, yeti fever zero bag and hmg ground sheet and tarp with poles and pegs pl...

Still don't understand the advantage of quilts though! It's not difficult - there's no back, so they're lighter for a given warmth. The idea being that the warmth comes from lofted down and given that is compressed under your body the warmth and insulation created by squashed down is minimal so mig...

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Are you sure? I know some lovely sections of bog ideally suited to 4" or bigger tyres

I may accidentally stumble on such delights. I'll let you know on Monday afternoon.

I'm 90% self convinced my fatty is my iron horse of choice. I've tried to plan a route mainly on forest fire roads with a bit of single track and a few country lanes. Thanks norm for route offer but having spent 4 days in Dartmoor at the end of December bikepacking on the fatty I'm quite looking for...

What's your iron horse of choice for the wrt?
Fatbike, mountain bike or cx/gravel bike?

and this is the route for that elevation, may decide to do more or less nearer the time and weather dependant etc. Might just even ride around mid wales for 2 1/2 days aimlessly then find my way back to Pennant on Monday afternoon.

here's my longer route elevation. I didn't use any GR's but I suspect I may very likely come close to a few by chance.

IMG_4402.JPG Primus OmniLite Ti Stove With Fuel Bottle, used for a 9 day trip and a couple of overnighters. In great condition with a small amount of heat discolouration on the brass which can be cleaned off. Comes with spare 1ltr bottle as well, 3 x jets for different fuel types and a carry case b...

Just curious as to peoples experiences and preferences with regard to kit carrying whilst bikepacking, for overnighters, long weekends, week long trips + I started bikepacking just about a year ago when I got my fatbike and planned a trip to switzerland for 9 days, I loaded the bike with an obscene ...

Hi All, New to the forum and to the WRT but not to bikepacking, done a few trips in uk and a 9 day swiss trip last summer, I may be being a bit ambitious but I've mapped a couple of routes kind of ignoring the GR's a bit, one is about 165 miles with just under 20,000ft elevation and the other is abo...