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by ChrisE
Mon Jan 02, 2023 11:52 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Dales Divide 2023 entries are OPEN!
Replies: 14
Views: 1598

Dales Divide 2023 entries are OPEN!

Entry for the Dales Divide is now OPEN! You can sign up by the form below, hopefully everything on there is self-explanatory. You can also forward this to others as the link works for everyone. Good luck, best wishes and look forward to seeing you on Good Friday at Arnside. The link to sign up is ht...
by ChrisE
Thu Oct 13, 2022 6:44 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Spot Tracker Wanted thread.
Replies: 98
Views: 70741

Re: Spot Tracker Wanted thread.

Drop me an email Chris@highbark.co.uk

There's only a months activation to pay (about £15 I think?) And postage. Can't remember if there are batteries in it.

Chris
by ChrisE
Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:30 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Pleasant Valley Sunday.
Replies: 95
Views: 7397

Re: Pleasant Valley Sunday.

Boab wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:32 am
ChrisE wrote: Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:01 am mmmmmmmmmm

I made up my route at the weekend. I might have been a little optimistic...!!
Oh I don't know, my first route was 167.2km...
Exactly. 216km!

C
by ChrisE
Wed Jan 05, 2022 10:01 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Pleasant Valley Sunday.
Replies: 95
Views: 7397

Re: Pleasant Valley Sunday.

mmmmmmmmmm

I made up my route at the weekend. I might have been a little optimistic...!!
by ChrisE
Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:19 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT
Replies: 9
Views: 767

Re: WRT

Bearbonesnorm wrote: Thu Dec 30, 2021 5:15 pm Just dawned on me - are we not a bit early for a WRT thread. Even I don't know where we're going yet. :wink:
Not WRT then, the 8/9 Jan thing whatever that’s called……..

You can tell I’m planning, when I don’t even remember the name!!
by ChrisE
Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:01 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: WRT
Replies: 9
Views: 767

WRT

I know this will probbaly result in a torrent of screams, but has anyone ever crossed with a bike the Dovey at the rail bridge at Dovey Junction? There may or may-not be a walkway along it.

......asking for a friend.... :lol: :lol: :wink: :wink:
by ChrisE
Tue Dec 28, 2021 7:23 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Pleasant Valley Sunday.
Replies: 95
Views: 7397

Re: Pleasant Valley Sunday.

Is there anything to ‘find’ at these checkpoints? Maybe a clip, a sign, a code, or maybe just a huge pile of fresh sausage-rolls, a hot bath and a massage?
by ChrisE
Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:16 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: A cold night out
Replies: 6
Views: 1256

Re: A cold night out

It was genuinely bloody freezing

https://www.strava.com/activities/6347410017
by ChrisE
Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Some thoughts on gloves...
Replies: 32
Views: 2635

Re: Some thoughts on gloves...

I carry a pair of these. They make a huge difference and at 26grams, they are always in my bags https://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/equipment-c3/socks-gloves-mitts-hats-c151/mitts-c153/kamleika-overmitt-p14672 I also have these that are identical but much cheaper https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/ad...
by ChrisE
Fri Nov 05, 2021 5:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: BB200 route.
Replies: 286
Views: 61497

Re: BB200 route.

I’ve been watching the forecast and have convinced myself it’s going to be lovely and warm :o ....and not at all windy :roll: :roll: My first BB ride so not sure what to expect.....what could possibly go wrong??? The route is very similar (well it covers quite a bit of the same general area) as my ...
by ChrisE
Fri Nov 05, 2021 9:09 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: BB200 route.
Replies: 286
Views: 61497

Re: BB200 route.

Charliecres wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:42 pm I’ve been watching the forecast and have convinced myself it’s going to be lovely and warm :o
....and not at all windy :roll: :roll:

My first BB ride so not sure what to expect.....what could possibly go wrong???
by ChrisE
Wed Nov 03, 2021 7:50 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: BB200 route.
Replies: 286
Views: 61497

Re: BB200 route.

The www says the Welshpool tesco is open til midnight on Saturday (reopens 10am sunday)

Have no idea how realistic getting there for sat night is?
by ChrisE
Tue Nov 02, 2021 7:48 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Italy divide
Replies: 22
Views: 5645

Re: Italy divide

I fear I'll lose my entry fee as I've got other things in my sights for 2022. I might just use that entry though then if it gets covid-cancelled I'll have a free entry for 2023!

drop me an email as I did some map-work for 2021 which might help you

Chris
by ChrisE
Sun Oct 31, 2021 1:56 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Which tapered dry bag?
Replies: 17
Views: 1593

Re: Which tapered dry bag?

Steve, I have just checked my old emails from 3 years ago. I think the taper bags are made from 210D dyneema which might mean a lot more to you than it does to me! I was charged £40 and happy to pay that. I've not had any water getting in there and normally have clothes, down jacket and a stove in t...
by ChrisE
Sun Oct 31, 2021 8:54 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Which tapered dry bag?
Replies: 17
Views: 1593

Re: Which tapered dry bag?

Joey (Mr Wild-Skye) did offer several thicknesses of DCFfabric. I went for the thickest one for that bag, black material (we chose a thinner one for feed bags etc). I got him to make two identical bags in case it didnt wear very well but two and a half years on (probbaly 30 trips) there is no damage...
by ChrisE
Sat Oct 30, 2021 5:23 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Which tapered dry bag?
Replies: 17
Views: 1593

Re: Which tapered dry bag?

I got this guy to make me one. I sent him some dimensions and he made it from superlight DCF. It's absolutly brilliant https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/wildskygear He's made virtually all my bags over the years (frame bag, taper bag, front roll, feed bags, peg bag, pole and tent bag). I weighed the old an...
by ChrisE
Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:37 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Stellar Entry List at Badlands 2021
Replies: 10
Views: 1221

Re: Stellar Entry List at Badlands 2021

Al Brownlee was interested in the Dales Divide 2021 being v Yorkshire and all that. I think it was far too near to Olympics time. Fair play to him having a go and especially because he didn't splash it all over the press.
by ChrisE
Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:48 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Breaking News ... BB200 Reserve list.
Replies: 18
Views: 1901

Re: Breaking News ... BB200 Reserve list.

whitestone wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 12:19 pm <Kenneth Williams >Ooooh!</kenneth Williams >
Maybe you might see another Dales rider there..... :grin: :grin:
by ChrisE
Wed Mar 10, 2021 11:37 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Dales Divide. anyone having a go ?
Replies: 52
Views: 7698

Re: Dales Divide. anyone having a go ?

I'll be there :grin: British Cycling had issued their guidance today after long consultation with Sport England and in turn with Government lawyers. Although bikepacking events are not mentioned (unsurprisingly) I think it is fair to assimilate the Dales Divide as a "sportive".  If so by 1...
by ChrisE
Wed Feb 03, 2021 8:04 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Mapping SD cards.
Replies: 7
Views: 903

Re: Mapping SD cards.

Bing maps is pretty good. You can switch overlays including 50k and 25k OS as well as satellite image making it pretty good to scroll around UK routes and fathom what they might look like.
by ChrisE
Mon Nov 30, 2020 5:03 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Overnight stays still banned?
Replies: 56
Views: 5156

Re: Overnight stays still banned?

Bearbonesnorm wrote: Mon Nov 30, 2020 1:09 pm How long were you going for Chris?

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I usually carry the full setup, part of the training!

besides that it pi$$ed it down so good to have a full change of clothes....mmmmmmmmmmm
by ChrisE
Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:44 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Overnight stays still banned?
Replies: 56
Views: 5156

Re: Overnight stays still banned?

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by ChrisE
Sun Nov 29, 2020 8:25 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Overnight stays still banned?
Replies: 56
Views: 5156

Re: Overnight stays still banned?

Just climbing out of my sleeping bag in the high moors of the Yorkshire Dales. That's my answer to the subject. 2 days out alone. I just fell asleep ....officer...
by ChrisE
Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:04 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bothies and covid
Replies: 20
Views: 2281

Re: Bothies and covid

woodsmith wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:53 pm Looks very similar to the old mine shops that the grouse shooting Gentry would use for lunch while we poor beaters crammed into the back of a land rover with a few wet labradors for our lunch.
Yes they are shooting huts but they make fantastic places to stay
by ChrisE
Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:03 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bothies and covid
Replies: 20
Views: 2281

Re: Bothies and covid

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