Evening teamsters. I'm looking for a 6-person tent, preferably with three bedrooms but two will do at a pinch. I've been over the big camping store websites and have a few thoughts, and also found a Vaude Badawi Long on evilBay which would be perfect, but I suspect will go for circa £400, and I have...

I've ridden with you lot enough to know that every moment on the bike in that particular group would have been like an enduro event. The top of that hill may be reached in 5 minutes if you like breathing through your ears, but it will also still be there next week. MAM has it right: release your inn...

Oooh ... nice thread. Can I play? What works for me: Stormin Normin windshield/stand for any pot you might have. Sea to Summit hammock - so big, so comfy, it's like being hugged all over DD Hammocks Superlight 3x3 tarp. It's light, cheap and strong and you don't say that a lot in this game. What I w...

If you’re looking for something very light and packable DD offer their Superlight version. I’ve got one but it’s a bit too small for me at 6’2” so my kids use it. It’s sold with their whoppie slings and hardware. Weighs under 400g and packs down to the size of a tennis ball. https://www.ddhammocks.c...

A 13L Exped drybag - the sort with three side compression straps and an air value, which means you can really squish things down small and tight. I've used one for a few years for my sleeping stuff and this new one is for my tent. And a Sea To Summit Alphalight long-handled spork to get to the very ...

That's a lovely pair of cranks (Reg ... if you're watching, that is NOT a euphemism)

But as you say fella, it's not kit, so it doesn't count. Move along ... move along

Late in again. I think about lots, but the one thing I dont think about is work. Mostly its: - why are there so many gates in the Chilterns - I dont care if this is a footpath, silly silly people telling me how to live my life. Sillies. - dog sh1t dog sh1t dog sh1t !!!! - avocado on toast - why dont...

I have a lot of birds in my garden this year - robins, swallows, blue and great tits, a couple of nuthatch and even a woodpecker (seriously, we need to stop letting blokes name birds ...) but the best of all is the swarm of starlings that bomb in every morning to eat the meal worms I've left for the...

And not to forget the infamous 2019 Three Lions Tour, which we must look at again this year. But maybe with horses.

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I just saved you £20 if a large fit now be a good chap and post up a review for me quick sharp before they sell out :-bd Done. I’m an XXL which I found for mere £39 ... 😬 Using my daughters logic, I’ve saved £11 or so by spending £39. Seriously, she once found a pair of trainers I’d agreed to get h...

And another thing ... someone to sew me a bit of silnylon to somehow connect the doors of my Lanshan 1 to create a sort of awning/porch that I can prop up with a stick to sit under in the rain and brew up and watch the go down and/or up. That’d be nice. Actually, thinking about it, I could probably ...

I really like the look of those Skinners thingies ... looks like they'd be good to sleep in as well, thus negating the tussle and calf cramps as I try to get my shoes back on for a 2am pee. Or indeed the morning squat (sorry ... very sorry) But £50

Still, very tempted ...

The Old Firm is back!! A very social[ly distanced] ride with the Chiltern Boners (Chiltoners?), albeit with a few last minute apologies-for-absences including Tim BrownDog who apparently has a 'vag' which needs regular attention; :lol: ... but just for the sake of clarity, I'd like to point out tha...

I think I'm just looking for ideas to spend money I don't have on things I don't need. But what the heck: I'm wondering what's on folk's wish lists. This is not about bikes. It's about stuff. Me? Its: MLD Duomid with a single inner Explorer UL Classic Hennessey hommock set Vargo Bot ... the one with...

June done and my first night in a hammock. Very impressed with how comfy it was. I’ll be doing it again. Welcome to the fold, sir. Or should that be, welcome to the hang. Details ... we need details. Well I bought a DD Camping Hammock last year as a cheap way to test the waters. I’d tried it in the...

Will look in the box this evening. Must be half a dozen front shifters in there.

Double post again ...

I used a 120cm pole on my first night in mine but the inner mesh was annoyingly close to my face. A 10cm pole extender (thanks again Stu) raised it up nicely. So 130cm for me.

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Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:50 am

June done and my first night in a hammock. Very impressed with how comfy it was. I’ll be doing it again.

Welcome to the fold, sir. Or should that be, welcome to the hang. Details ... we need details.

I really like the Alpkit Woodsmoke shirts, though I wouldnt wear one to the board meeting

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Thu Jun 18, 2020 8:50 pm

I don't think blackface is really appropriate in this day and age...

I don't think missing the point is really appropriate in this day and age ...

Ive one of the Micro Tarps from backpackinglight. I've only used it camping twice as it didn't take me long to realise bivvy bags and tiny tarps are not for me. But if they work for you this thing is just 1.45m x 1.2m, 160g and packs down to the size of a deck of cards. Or close. https://www.backpac...

I just imagined you repelling the Feds by setting up all of your meths stove museum in a circle around you, and at the last minute igniting them all. That'd soon see 'em off. Anyroa,d looks like you had a good time :-bd . Lol ... they make very nice tea lights, I have to say. I think if I hadn't ta...

It’s a Helinox Chair Zero which I’ve had for two years. About 500g and quite bulky but if like me your back and knees don’t deal well with sitting on the ground it’s well worth it. It goes in one of the fork leg bags or is strapped under the top tube if I’m on my other bike. https://www.ultralightou...

True Reg, I did have a little fire, but not in a ring ... sorry not sure where that is going. Normal service resumed. I had intended to be out for two nights, and the first day and night were great, but after breakfasting this morning, packing up and setting off, my left knee decided it wanted to go...