WRT Grid Refs ... are out.

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Monks Trod could be a goer! :)
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Right, okay, here goes......

I'm a tad tipsy but will commit to placing a dinghy and pump near / on route in a grid ref square and publish the night before.

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Fantasticmrmatt wrote:Right, okay, here goes......

I'm a tad tipsy but will commit to placing a dinghy and pump near / on route in a grid ref square and publish the night before.

:-bd
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Fantasticmrmatt wrote:Right, okay, here goes......

I'm a tad tipsy but will commit to placing a dinghy and pump near / on route in a grid ref square and publish the night before.

:-bd
Don't the rules say you can't leave drops anywhere? :wink:
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JohnClimber wrote:
Fantasticmrmatt wrote:Right, okay, here goes......

I'm a tad tipsy but will commit to placing a dinghy and pump near / on route in a grid ref square and publish the night before.

:-bd
Don't the rules say you can't leave drops anywhere? :wink:
You'll need to carry it with you from the start
Aren't you confusing BB200 with WRT?
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SN 868568 please enlighten me
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It will be available to everybody :-bd

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Whilst riding past that island recently there's been conversation about how it would make an interesting bivvy spot. There appears to be a small patch at one end in amongst the trees that looks like it could be pitch-able.

@Mr S8tan...perhaps time to break out the stingray? :)

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Fantasticmrmatt wrote:It will be available to everybody :-bd

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Bugger that, I'm gonna swim across. :cool:
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So is there a theme to the WRT grid references such as Fords were for the Winter Event?

Is there anything to see/write down or anything at the grid references? Especially thinking of some of the ones that seem to be just off the tracks.

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So is there a theme to the WRT grid references such as Fords were for the Winter Event?
No
Is there anything to see/write down or anything at the grid references?
No
Especially thinking of some of the ones that seem to be just off the tracks.
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Thanks for the succinct response Stu :-)

I'd like to enter for a prize for the greatest bike weight loss from arrival at the start to departure on the WRT (will be dropping off 4 heavy panniers, two racks). Would probably break the famed scales of truth on arrival ;-)
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I'd like to enter for a prize for the greatest bike weight loss from arrival at the start to departure on the WRT (will be dropping off 4 heavy panniers, two racks). Would probably break the famed scales of truth on arrival ;-)
Oh I don't know, the scales have seen some real heavyweight contenders before :wink:
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128 lbs is the weight to beat.
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Taylor wrote:128 lbs is the weight to beat.
Is that for the bike or the rider? :lol:
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whitestone wrote:
Taylor wrote:128 lbs is the weight to beat.
Is that for the bike or the rider? :lol:
No rider included in that weight.
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For anyone signed up for the first time and blankly staring at maps, wondering how to join the dots.

http://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.co ... route.html
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There's an island in the reservoir about 50m from the shore. Its always been on the list to see if was possible to get across there.
I now regret not entering this year as there seems to be a swim involved but if I don't devote some of 2015's bank holiday weekends to long overdue house maintenance I'll be doing a 365/bivi-a-day with the rest of the family, living under a tarp in the garden!
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