Braunton 150

whitestone · Post by **whitestone** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:12 am

Thanks. We are camping at Lobb Field so will probably walk into the village.

jam bo · Post by **jam bo** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 2:09 pm

biggaygibbon wrote:
North coast sections sheltered from those S winds.

Scattamah · Post by **Scattamah** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 2:29 pm

Sitting in a pub between Barnstaple amd Braunton...grey skies and periodic light showers. Spray jacket keeping things dry so far.

Greetz

S.

biggaygibbon · Post by **biggaygibbon** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 2:50 pm

Did you manage to sort a lift?

There is a Tesco at the end of the Tarka Trail or a co-op in the middle of town for supplies.

biggaygibbon · Post by **biggaygibbon** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 2:58 pm

The worst of the weather looks to be between 3-6pm

http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc ... sty=m_spot

Scattamah · Post by **Scattamah** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 3:21 pm

Yup. 4am start and cycled to Kidderminster where Lump picked me up. Talked sh1te about bikepacking all the way down and all of a sudden we were in Barnstaple. :)

Weather is picking up. Looking at bike through the window and it's now dripping wet.

Greetz

S.

ianfitz · Post by **ianfitz** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 3:31 pm

We've just arrived having driven up from Sennen today. It was wet wild and windy down there. It similar here too.

Richard G · Post by **Richard G** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:41 pm

Yup, roads are more like rivers where I am. Going to be hard going I reckon!

Si · Post by Si » Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:28 am

is anybody using a spot or tracker to give us blue dot watchers something to follow?

hope you all have a great time and look forward to any updates

Bearbonesnorm · Post by **Bearbonesnorm** » Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:21 am

Good luck everyone and remember ... you're meant to enjoy it

ianfitz · Post by **ianfitz** » Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:33 am

Clear blue sky here this morning.

Unfortunately my back is still agony so I will be a DNS

Richard G · Post by **Richard G** » Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:58 am

https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id ... 18649a3eef

Don't expect rapid progress!

Nevis · Post by **Nevis** » Fri Mar 25, 2016 4:13 pm

Cracking day here, hope it's good for you up north.

Si · Post by Si » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:37 am

thanks for the link,
hope you all didn't get burnt yesterday!

ZeroDarkBivi · Post by **ZeroDarkBivi** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:26 pm

Richard - I can't see any updates on your spot page.

I believe you have experienced both ends of the weather spectrum...

Lump · Post by **Lump** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:37 pm

DNF for me. Rear brake hit the bars at Minehead and the front one followed at Porlock. Tried to sort it with fresh pads, but then got awful cold shivers and felt lousy...

ianfitz · Post by **ianfitz** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:23 pm

It's a tad wet and winter here today. Wasn't too bad this morning but the weather has really come in this afternoon.

Bearbonesnorm · Post by **Bearbonesnorm** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:30 pm

Same pretty much everywhere I think but hey, it's a Bank Holiday weekend ... what did we expect

mountainbaker · Post by **mountainbaker** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 6:31 pm

I DNFed, was going great, rode right through the night, almost got to ilfracombe, but one steep hike-a-bike too many blew my left knee out. It's toast. Limped back on the main roads in 70mph winds. Pitied those left out there!

You'd love the route Stu, there's lots of walking with your bike.

ianfitz · Post by **ianfitz** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:10 pm

Have bumped into a couple of people with tales to tell. Sounds weathery

I've also heard reports that Alan said it was tough going in places

ianpv · Post by **ianpv** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:30 pm

That was tough today! I finished around 3.45, after 4 hours of sleep. Was so cold I couldn't unlock the van

Sorry to hear about the DNF mountainbaker. You were going well! Pretty glad I had the Chinese light excuse to go to bed. Passed a few people that had ridden straight through today -hope everyone got in safely!

Javi · Post by **Javi** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:09 pm

Arriving at the cafe in Braunton at around 20:15 if anyone is around there?
I'm starting my ITT tomorrow

Richard G · Post by **Richard G** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:38 pm

Couldn't finish. Or rather wouldn't risk it, weather was so bad across the tops of the ridges that I was genuinely scared for my safety, and that of Duncan who was riding with me.

Shame, because the bit from Minehead to Braunton looked like it was going to be better than the first bit.

ZeroDarkBivi wrote:Richard - I can't see any updates on your spot page.

Yeah, Duncan had the same problem with his. God knows what Spot was up to.

AlanG · Post by **AlanG** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:52 pm

I hope you've got gears Javi!
Quite tough that, even before the grim weather this afternoon. A great route if you don't mind a bit of climbing. I think the first back was home in just under 27 hours. I made it round in just over 31 hours but was getting seriously chilly with about 25km to go. Pretty dry trail conditions at the Minehead end but very sticky at the Braunton end on both days. Will definitely ride it again when it is warm and dry. Thanks to Ben for putting together a varied and challenging route.

mountainbaker · Post by **mountainbaker** » Sun Mar 27, 2016 4:17 am

Damn, if my knee had held out, I would have been coming in around 25 hours! Ah well, better to look after the knee.

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