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- Thu Jul 29, 2021 8:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Meeting Boners in the wild
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3706
Re: Meeting Boners in the wild
I ran across JimmyG in the middle of nowhere this summer. I knew him already but it was still quite a shock as it was really remote.
- Sun Jul 25, 2021 10:07 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Tom Gibbs Record Breaking Borders 350 Write Up
- Replies: 1
- Views: 619
Re: Tom Gibbs Record Breaking Borders 350 Write Up
Great read and a fantastic achievement. It's really nice to hear how he found all the different sections. I still can't believe he got round it so fast. Chapeau.
- Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:36 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 114946
- Sun Jul 25, 2021 7:35 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is there any hassle free way to travel from London to Scotland by public transport?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1442
Re: Is there any hassle free way to travel from London to Scotland by public transport?
I don't mind the coach tbh. It took us ten hours from ullapool to Hawick with changes at Inverness and Edinburgh. The seats were comfy and we had a table and charger plugs plus a toilet. We were both quite happy to sit and watch videos and play cards.
- Sun Jul 25, 2021 6:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is there any hassle free way to travel from London to Scotland by public transport?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1442
Re: Is there any hassle free way to travel from London to Scotland by public transport?
Unless you box your bike coach providers won’t take them as luggage. This isn't true. I recently got our bikes on a coach by wrapping them in plastic sheeting, a friend then got away with bubble wrap on her bike. Someone on here since shared a link showing that coach operators will take a bike if i...
- Sun Jul 25, 2021 3:29 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 114946
- Sun Jul 25, 2021 2:44 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 114946
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
July for me but not Joe (so far). I cycled up an extinct volcano, Ruberslaw, to meet a couple of friends who had hiked up to celebrate my friend's 54th birthday. It was cracking weather and a great laugh. I slept in one of the tarps from Joe's shop for the first time, with one of his Tyvek bivvy bag...
- Sat Jul 24, 2021 1:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New bike day thread
- Replies: 0
- Views: 687
New bike day thread
I couldn't find a thread for us to show off our new bikes so I thought I would start one. Let's see your new bike then and tell us all about it.... I will start with mine which I collected yesterday - a cheap-as-chips Decathlon Triban RC120 road bike - only £250. I got it on Gumtree - it was second ...
- Sat Jul 24, 2021 12:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Cycling in Germany - Anywhere Good?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2167
Re: Cycling in Germany - Anywhere Good?
I was rather stunned when we were in Germany to find that you are expected to cycle on the pavement in towns and cities. I'm so used to getting a row for it here and Germans do everything by the rules so it was a bewildering about-turn for me.
- Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:38 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The minimum you would take for 1 night out?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1599
Re: The minimum you would take for 1 night out?
Glad to see someone keeping up standards.
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 11:53 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Tell me bout NC500
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4178
- Wed Jul 21, 2021 12:01 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 114946
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
I always worry with a setup like that about wind getting under the tarp at night and pulling the rocks down onto my head....
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:26 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Bikes on buses in Scotland.... good news
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1511
Re: Bikes on buses in Scotland.... good news
Well done Martin. Yes as she says, the Border Buses X95 Carlisle-Edinburgh service and the X62 Galashiels to Edinburgh via Peebles service allow you to carry bikes for free with no booking required. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4qFW-at-eE5perFQ5r2ORyEqP8ERMRjs5PlUhsyfqeSkIhsBXofjBzoAituR0mqJ9V6...
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:45 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Kinesis Sync 650b Ti MTB
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2336
Re: Two nice bikes - Kinesis Sync Ti MTB, and Shand Tumshie fatbike
Well you have just joined so nobody knows the first thing about you. You don't say where you live and just say you will post the bikes, so you are essentially asking us to trust a complete stranger with a very large sum of money. You may be a lovely person and very trustworthy, but we don't have any...
- Sat Jul 17, 2021 12:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Afterburner or 22g?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 485
Re: Afterburner or 22g?
Ah ok thanks. That solves that one then.Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Jul 17, 2021 11:15 am No AB available until, well, I've no idea really. It depends on sourcing the elusive centre sections.
- Sat Jul 17, 2021 10:45 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Afterburner or 22g?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 485
Afterburner or 22g?
I lent my afterburner stove to a friend recently who was quite taken with it and wants to buy one. She saw that Stu also has a 22g stove in his shop and wondered which would be the better one to get?
Anyone tried both who could give a few plus points for either?
Cheers
Anyone tried both who could give a few plus points for either?
Cheers
- Fri Jul 16, 2021 1:11 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 114946
- Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Smart watch / Fitness tracker recommendations?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1460
Re: Smart watch / Fitness tracker recommendations?
I got an Amazfit GtTS from Argos. I really like it. The battery is pretty good and the charger is compact enough that I could take it with me on a tour. https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8949723?istCompanyId=a74d8886-5df9-4baa-b776-166b3bf9111c&istFeedId=30f62ea9-9626-4cac-97c8-9ff3921f8558&is...
- Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:06 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Touring up North
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1788
Re: Touring up North
There have been other incidents in that area recently so it's possible that it's the same landlowner. The gate above Cashel Dhu was locked in May but by happy accident it spontaneously jumped off its hinges shortly after. Thats funny, I've seen exactly the same thing happen right in front of me! :l...
- Mon Jul 12, 2021 1:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Soooooo far OT - non / low alcohol beers
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4705
- Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Soooooo far OT - non / low alcohol beers
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4705
Re: Soooooo far OT - non / low alcohol beers
I got really into alcohol-free lager when we were in Spain. They have it on tap there even in little out-of-the-way bars and it's great - really crisp and refreshing without that 'drag you down' feeling of alcohol on a hot day. When we got back I went through all the ones I could find and my favouri...
- Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:54 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Dot Watch Hopefully Fast Borders 350 Attempt
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3834
Re: Dot Watch Hopefully Fast Borders 350 Attempt
Need to get Tom in here Ray.
- Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:32 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Touring up North
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1788
Re: Touring up North
facilitating access :lol: "enabling unimpeded journey continuity" and many other euphemisms.... There have been other incidents in that area recently so it's possible that it's the same landlowner. The gate above Cashel Dhu was locked in May but by happy accident it spontaneously jumped o...
- Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:03 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 114946
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
It's just a wee hydro scheme in Glen Cassilly.
- Sun Jul 11, 2021 10:58 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tachycardia - maybe?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1354
Re: Tachycardia - maybe?
In the summer, dehydration can play a major part in heart rhythm. I believe. I am not a medical person though and as others say - just get it checked out. The NHS would much rather you did this and made use of all the fantastic machinery they have there than wait and become an emergency. I had a bit...