A bumper crop yesterday:

- a Kask Mojito from Tredz (I’ve been looking out for a medium-sized bargain for ages).

- a 27.2 Brand-X dropper for the Stooge. This will hopefully play nicely with a Rockgeist Gondola I’ve just ordered from the States.

- some Uberbike disc pads.

Looks bloody great that. Sorry I missed it , as always

Well done all!

Sounds fab. Thanks for sharing!

May’s bivy was great, involving beer, fish and chips, a hammock, the sun, cuckoos, deer, multiple picturesque bridges, hilltop churches and, less pleasantly, thousands of abseiling stowaway caterpillars and multiple failed attempts to find a bridleway that actually crossed the A3, as opposed to just...

Yes, I know Dorking to just beyond Guildford stretch really well. It’s home turf for me. Bluebells are spectacular this year.

Yes, looks like you had fun. I’ve also done a lot of that but not all of it.

I’m planning to head west on an overnighter tomorrow evening and I may reverse some of your day one on the way back. I usually stick further south, so it’ll be new to me.

Dibs on the Minion/Chronicle if you sell the frame/fork.

I use a Neoair X lite year round. Been down to about -8ish without a problem.

That looks great

There’s also the DD Hammock under quilt to consider. Looks better as a hammock quilt and rated to -5 comfort. I’ve no experience of it myself mind.

I thought that when I saw it on their site. Looks like a serious failing for an under quilt.

I’ve got a UK Hammocks ‘summer’ quilt that I’ve used, with a down jacket and base layers, well below freezing without suffering. No experience of the autumn/summer combo, though.

In the OP’s position I’d go for the Cumulus 350 or equivalent.

Yup, a bouncing dot! Well done Liam.

I have a Carnac string vest thing from Planet X. It works well but is *very* snaggy and has torn quite quickly. It is also obscene when snugged around my ageing blubber.

At the end of one of the local cheeky MTB trails this morning, something long, slender and fast-moving caught my eye. I stopped still and spent the next ten minutes watching a weasel terrorise a family of voles. It all happened within six feet of me and the weasel seemed completely unaware that I wa...

Also interested in the Afterburner if Raggedstone decides against it

Thanks all. I’m going to go with the shim Suggested by Wotsits. (Thanks very much for the kind offer to post one, Wotsits, but I might as well get a spare or two so I’ll go with eBay.)

I want to try mounting my Edge Explore on the front loop of my loop bars and also on one of those extender bar thingummies. I can find mounts for TT bars but obviously they all mount the Garmin at 90 degrees to where I’d need it. I suppose I could try packing out a 31.8 mount but I’d prefer somethin...

This place was absolutely alive and I was just enjoying listening to it all.

I’ve made my own harness with four attachment points. It also has a strap that runs from the bottom edge of the harness up to and around the front loop of the bar and back down for extra rock-solidity.

I always use a bivy bag - either a splash-proof one with a midge net or a Hunka XL, depending on the conditions. I don’t use a tarp if the forecast is settled and dry. I will sometimes use a space blanket, or tyvek, as a groundsheet if it’s really wet or muddy.

Just to be mischievous...

Tent = glamping folly

Gravel = aggregate

In the spirit of fostering adventure I’d vote for a rule that’s toggled on and off randomly and swaps East for West and North for South.

Highly dangerous? Possibly ...

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing