Three Tuns in Bishops Castle

Cheers Stu. That's a three hour drive from my place ... blimey .... nope ... gonna have to find another option. Hope everyone has a proper night out.

Ok, late in here. There's no takers for the Chilterns Winter Bivvy, probably because, despite the fact that the sleeping accommodation is stellar, the ride is dull as a dull thing. So maybe I can come along on this one? I'm still fat and slow and not particularly good company, plus I will moan endle...

Better book a pub for dinner. Last year Dr Nick and I went here: https://thethreecrownsaskett.co.uk/index.php/stable-bar/ Food was plentiful and good value, but there is also a classic Chilterns pub restaurant on site, where it is expensive and paltry ... no brainer then eh? I'm thinking we take the...

It was remarkably dull. Kit in a backpack. A desultory 15 minute ride up to the spot I picked out last weekend. It was 11pm by the time I got my head down and I had a fitful sleep with traffic whizzing past. Woke at 4am needing a pee and decided that once up I may as well go home. So I did. The cat ...

Live Bivvy in progress ... in an hour or two. Heading out later. Sat in my car outside my daughter’s tutor’s place till 8pm. Home by 830, quick bite then up to a bit of a wood in Gerrards Cross I’ve been passed a million times and always wondered: “Will I get away with it?” GX is the quintessential ...

I've been doing the maths and it's going to have to be mid-week and uber-local yet again for me this month. Next week in fact. Probably Wednesday night. And it might even be a Brompton experience to save on the washing up. Where the hell did I put my tent?

I reckon I might have some too. Will check the shed on the weekend.

15 Dec is a Sunday night, Tim. Are you intending a late pub meet, followed by a quick-and-dirty bivi and a bleary-eyed pedal into work :-bd? If so, there's a vague possibility. There's many balls to be juggled that weekend. Or have you just typed the wrong date? :roll: :lol: Oops. That was me not p...

Dunno how to edit the title: Sat 14 December ... i think Soz if someone has already asked this question, but who’s in for a third instalment of the fabulous CWB? I’d like to kip at Sams field again (near Little Kimble) if he’ll have us but will bow to pressure if others would prefer something differ...

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Tue Nov 05, 2019 9:45 am

By the way, is the are Xmas get together of the Chiltern Bonners

Not yet as far as I know. I better start a thread as it’ll be on us before we know it and all the proper pubs will be booked solid.

Argh. The stars are not aligning on this at all. Short story - kids are with me and I need to leave em solo Friday night and can’t really do that two nights in a row. Will have to check in with them later in the week and see how things are going. Let ya know ASAP EDIT: and in new developments it app...

Some bits for my Brompton: new rear mudguard and all the gubbins to attach it, replacing the very heavy, unused and a bit twisted rear rack.

October ticked off with yet another quiet night in my hammock in a local wood. With the kids here and my GF making an unexpected appearance on her way back from the Forest of Dean I didn't get out of the house till 9pm. It was a very muddy and cold half hour ride to a regular bivvy spot and I was pi...

I'll go with that Rich. Reg's suggested route sounds minted, but the logistics of getting there on a weekend where Ive for the bairns at mine aint feasible.

I can do the 9th Nov but will have the kids at home again that weekend, so will have to just join for dinner and the bivvy. Unless they tell me it's ok, they really don't mind being left to their own devices on a Saturday night .....

Nice idea ... I can see myself slinging 40 mirrors off the handlebars. Might make the fold a bit challenging of course.

Oooooh, I'm up for this matey. I will probably have to join at the pub for dinner as I've got the kids this weekend and they will need to be fed and locked in their stalls for the evening. Name the place and time and I'll be there.

I'm riding my Brompton which has nice mudguards. Just need something to keep the stuff from above away. Gonna look at capes. This might be interesting ... will provide photos Oh where are you working, still in the entertainment biz? I'm joining a big manfucturing company - they tell me they're a wor...

The less kind among you may point out that my arse is the size of Tasmania, and no jacket has a snow ball's of keeping the elements of it. But I shall still ask. Got me a new job up in London and it means a 20 minute ride to the station followed by a 20 minute ride to the office. I shall wear my off...

I pack my bags, then unpack them, remove stuff I know I won't use but just might need, then pack them again and put back the things I know I won't use but just might need. Happens every time.

Crikey Stu. Looks like a murder scene. Proper tramps night out then.

Doesn't matter if you get wet in the morning, you can dry off at home after. Home and dry (ish) Somehow managed to dodge the showers. Pretty much. I always sleep well in a hammock in the woods, despite the wildlife rustling the hedges. Woke up once at 3am and remembered I'd forgotten to take a phot...

Right. Here I go again. This time I'm not making the mistake of eating at the pub and allowing a pint soften me up. Ive had me tea, got my daughter to her tutor and am back here to pack and leave around 8pm, 30 min ride up to a spot I saw last weekend, I'll be swinging happily in my hammock by 9pm. ...

:lol: Did he or didn’t he? No. No he did not. I think it’s one thing to keep going once out and it starts to rain. And another to just ride home and go to bed. Rather glad I did. Rained heavily all night. Raining heavily now. Gonna rain heavily all day. I’ll harden the f@ck up tomorrow and try again.

Live bivvy in progress ... I have no idea how to post pix from my phone but if I could you would see the bowl of mussels that has just been delivered to the table I am sitting at in the pub at the top of my village. All my kit is in my backpack because It is raining nasty sideways rain and I dont wa...