Read it now, excellent write up. Sounds like a memorable trip, if not entirely as planned. But then what ever is!

I've not had a chance to read the whole post, just scan and look at the pics. From that alone, James, it looks like a bloody ace trip! Thanks for sharing I drove down through France in the summer with the family, from Caen to not far from Limoges, and thought how good a place it would be for a bike ...

That was cracking Allen, nice work

Something from Schwalbe? They do lots of touring tyres

I used to use a 38F/35R Marathon plus combo on my commuter (started narrower and went wider each time I wore a tyre out)

Definitely fine Tony, although you do need to be a bit more organised with kit. Most things will have frozen in a tent anyway, but it's worse in a bivy bag - shoes, bottles, water filter, electronics and breakfast all need to be inside or under the bivy bag so they don't freeze Also might be helpful...

If you're tall and don't have the required waist size that most companies assume you have, then finding MTB trousers is tough My two recommendations are keela roadrunners and the alpkit floe, both of which are available in a long leg length. The floes fit better with knee pads than the keelas. The k...

Out for a spot of geocaching and dog walking with the family in the New Forest at the weekend. Always take my bins with me on any walk Spotting something unusual in the middle of the field nearby and the bins confirmed it was unusual. White tailed eagle. They're resident in this area but I've never ...

Putting on damp clothes in the mornings save you the weight and extra space needed for dry clothes that will just get wet anyway. I always have a dry set for the night Having clothes that can cope with being wet does help, but putting on cold, damp clothes in the morning can be pretty miserable. My ...

They are a fairly high end Scandi brand, their stuff isn't cheap but I've found it to be very good Most of my walking troos are from Haglofs, I find their long is a genuine long unlike many, helped by Scandi folks generally being fairly tall. I have 2 pairs of rugged mountain pants and they are unbe...

Nice trip report, Andy. Looks like a fantastic trip

The exposure in the pic on day 4 would have me absolutely bricking myself riding my bike. I could walk that no problem, but I wouldn't be thrilled on a bike. It's like a very high stakes boardwalk!

If those nanos don't get taken, i'll have them for my sons bike please

Huge Brynje fan here. I have both the short and long sleeve super thermo varieties. I sometimes wear two baselayers with the Brynje underneath, particularly if I know it's going to be wet I think I'd combust / dry out to the shrivelled-scrotum level Stu mentioned elsewhere with 2 baselayers :shock:...

Huge Brynje fan here. I have both the short and long sleeve super thermo varieties.

I sometimes wear two baselayers with the Brynje underneath, particularly if I know it's going to be wet

I had grand plans to do this. I bought a rigid fork for my Cotic and planned to swap the sus fork in and out as wanted. It was fairly easy to swap, but it's still a faff. In the end I kept it as fully rigid and have a full suss to complement it

Nice one Rich. Can bag the slot in the diary before all the family stuff goes in!

Enjoyed the write up. Green chalk is horrendous stuff

I remember that pub from a Chilterns event. We were comfortably the smelliest and dirtiest folks in there, food was very good on quality but a bit lacking on quantity

Cracking write up

You could try some clear gorilla tape?

Sorry Stu, was all set to do it and then went into a meeting!

Shout if you need any more

Yep, anything in particular?

Sounds like father Xmas having a day off

two chains for my cargo bike. It's a Big Dummy so needs two as it's so long. Hoping they're the right ones!

Winter boots in size EU47 - https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/n ... nter-boots

You haven't put a price

I literally do exactly as per fatbikephil - clean area, key it to help with adhesion, normal rubber glue for inner tube patches, mushroom plugs with the metal spike on the end Has held up very well I did try that but it started to push out and I didn't want to risk the split becoming bigger. When y...