@slarge, I did know that, which highlights just how bad planes are.

If I had to do a 3000 mile round trip and could afford the fuel I'd take the SC RR, it would be the best place to be plus I do 3000 miles a year riding my bike to work instead of driving so that counts as offsetting?

Just fly and when you get there tell them you drove there in a supercharged Range Rover, when they kick off about the fuel consumption tell them you flew as it's a lower carbon footprint

Javi would ride there

Alpinum wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:36 am Once fish were introduced the beavers came by themselves and now there's a family.

Aren't beavers vegetarian? Have you got otters?

having previously been here other than they were on the Mainland and 7000 years ago we were connected to the Mainland As you were connected to the mainland for 6000 years after the ice sheets retreated it may be a fair assumption that at the time of separation beavers were on the island, how long t...

That puts in my mind a vision of someone pointing sternly at a Beaver gnawing a tree down - "NO!" If they are introduced* here I'll have to say NO in a stren voice when I pass :lol: * I say 'introduced' as it appears there's no evidence for them having previously been here other than they...

There were objections to the introduction



Sadly this sign is gone now as always made me smile when I rode past

Still not seen any beaver on my comutte, but given the weather and the state of the area it may be too wet for them

I'll have to see what happened to the proposal to introduce them here.

Ouch!

JimmyG wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:05 pm to be met by Mrs G shaking her head and rolling her eyes.

Apart from the ride there and back, biving is basically resting... which is the best thing to do when injured for recovery

RIP wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:36 am

sean_iow wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:23 am Does he have 2 a year like the Queen used to?

Two what?

Baths? Haircuts? We can eliminate cups of tea, that's 2 and hour minimum?

Does he have 2 a year like the Queen used to? It only seems like 5 minutes since the last one! But thanks anyway - to him not you Reg.

What has happened to our weather when someone who lives on an island off the south coast (practically the Med) is mentioned in dispatches for the coldest bivi

I wish it was still -4 as it would be dry.

And on the Crane cousins Journey to the Centre of the Earth they used panniers, and were incredibly minimal. There's TLS, then there's take even less than that and then there's what the Cranes packed for that journey. On the front cover the panniers look to be about 10 litres max. Great book, I've ...

I don't see how anyone can legitimately claim one usage is in some way the correct usage. Of course we can, you do know this is the intent and that's how it works :wink: I think if you travel by bike from place to place carrying all the stuff you need for that journey then it's bikepacking. It's no...

I left home near Halifax at 1am Saturday, caught the sunrise in the Forest of Bowland and arrived in Morecambe at 7am. I'm beginning to suspect that you may have something wrong with you :wink: Who leaves home at 1am :???: Another cracking ride John :-bd It's making me feel rather lazy reading that...

Howwwww much??? You mean you don't want to curate your kit down to the last detail...? 🤔 Was just about to post that quote too :smile: . Utterly hilarious. If you're only "sipping" from it what's the point of the "innovative high flow design"? (its got a bigger spout?) Stop it R...

I made one for mine, so nice to be able to hose the cover off and chuck it in the washing machine and have a clean bag underneath.

So has anyone studied what looks like an inverse correlation between the time remaining in the month to get in a bivvy, and the likelihood of it being raining? I think it's more that it rains every day (since October) but as the end of the month approaches and the time remaining for that month's BA...

Just had a quick play and it routes you along footpaths and the wrong way down one-way streets, so might need a bit of refining yet

Lazarus wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:29 pm I wonder who 4x4 hate? Tracked vehicles?

There was a guy in our 4x4 club who had a thing for tracked vehicles, it did make him the object of much banter. He used to bring his to trials, you could say what you wanted as a fast walking pace would outrun it

I used to be the Chairman of the IOW4x4 Club (many years ago) and we had a code of conduct for green lane use that 'should' prevent damage. When they closed the longest lane on the Island the idiots still drove it and damaged it, there's not the resources to police it. Also from my 4x4 days, we were...

An 11 speed cassette, not in itself of much interest but, this will be my last ever parcel from Wiggle/CRC

Since I got back into cycling in 2007 they've always been there when I needed them. There wasn't even a last packet of Haribo, end of an erea.

£100 an hour for skilled labour We live in very different worlds if you think £100 an hour is a reasonable hourly wage for any human beimg to earn. ( shaf is a nurse and is nowhere near that for example nor is a teacher etc or indeed almost anyone working. £100 an hour isn't what they earn it's wha...

Going home for dinner and a shower is stretching it, but I guess as long as you don't sleep there... I'll leave it up to your conscience :wink: Even with my lack of conscience I'd say going home is outright cheating :lol: It's a great idea though (as is classic BAM) and I'm now looking at the weath...

Good idea :-bd So to clarify, can we use paid for accommodation during the trip? Rules as per BAM, except any accommodation is acceptable for part of the trip to allow for the unpredictability of longer trips. However, at least half of the nights must be BAM-compliant. For example, on Mike's Canals ...

There's a Prong on STW, was still there this morning.