And brought ... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49394849987_a721a714fd.jpg ... my new Ding-Dong bell :lol: It's a big 'un (as the actress said to the bishop). To give you an idea of how big it actually is, here it is on my handlebar next to the etrex.. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/4939468...

It remains only to thank FrogATF for surviving our company Au contraire mon cher Reg, (Rich, Steve) zee plaisir eet was all mine :-bd My weekend would have been a much poorer affair if I hadn't met up with you chaps. One more thing... My daughter and I go for a weekly ride along the canal tow path ...

And so it all starts again.... Yay! BAM 1/12 at the (never to be forgotten) Dambusters. I've been in these parts several times in the last few years and wanted to, but never visited the Vaughan Thomas memorial. Dunnit. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49381067882_9090c7670c_z.jpg The view was won...

I claim Next-to-Oldest BAMmer. I'm sixty-eleven, but one of our number is 3 years older.
Current BAM run is 60.

Halva has got to be worth a try. I love it. Get it at your local Polish shop, though it'll be written in Polish - chalwa. Chalwa Krolewska (Royal) has the fancier packaging but I go for the budget wersion(see what I did there? - "W"s are pronounced "V" in Polish) instead. It's loaded with glucose an...

I set myself a target to cycle at least 50 miles per week. Dunnit! Ha! Some weeks I've done more and a few weeks I've doubled it. I also wanted to use the bike for more trips where in the past I'd have used the car, eg to the shop or to visit my mum in the care home. I've done quite well at that too...

Ive just gone through the annual "I want to cancel my subscription " charade. We went through the "We can offer you a discount" thing again. New price is £102 inc tax. It's still a lot, but for 12 BAMs it's less than a fiver per day. My Lady says it's worth it and who am I to argue? On a slightly di...

By prior arrangement the big bloke in the red get-up didn't visit the Towers Same here. Me and Her decided a few years ago not to buy presents for each other. Instead, we give a donation to the Sally Army. Let's face it, we can get any thing we want at any time (within reason), so no need to wait f...

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Thu Dec 19, 2019 12:24 pm

Did the ghost of Owain Glyndwr wake you up in the night on his way to the fateful Battle of Hyddgen?

Nah - not a hoof-beat or bugle was heard. Unusually, neither was an owl-hoot or pheasant or pigeon crashing about in the treetops which is what I usually get bivvying in the woods.

Ta Daaaa... another year of BAM done :-bd Ride to station (does this count for From your door?), train to Caersws, lanes to Staylittle... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49241937422_54f4f52fcf_z.jpg ...then start Stus' alternative end to TCW. Passed Glaslyn, over Tarren Bwlch-gwyn, Siambr Trawsf...

Checked fluid in fat bike tyres ready for December Bivvy next week. Just as well I did - both wheels dry. Topped up. Now hoping they'll still be up tomorrow.

Meet Stan. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49143237586_4f9eb4951c_z.jpg Sorry R-D-C, but I can't call him anything else. He was my father-in-laws' bike and became mine around 35 years ago when Dad ( his name was Stan)had to downsize and move to a pensioners bungalow. Stan is a New Hudson and has...

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Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:38 am

Interesting outing for Frog there - the next level of gigpacking must surely be morris dancing

What a good idea! First thoughts:- Clun, Green Man in May. Cardiff, Gwyl Ifan in June. Abbotts Bromley Horn Dance in September......

Hmmm.

BAM 11/12 Mortimer Forest, Ludlow A (sort-of) gig-packing bivvy this, at the Medieval Christmas Fayre in Ludlow castle. So - ride to station, train to Ludlow, arriving just before 10 o'clock. Ride to Mortimer forest https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49117780177_710aa167b1_z.jpg to scope out a good...

Now you have another excuse to go back... Nah! Don't need an excuse. There's no chance of finding them anyway. I didn't know they were lost until I was waiting for the train home. They were only cheapo readers from a supermarket anyway. If I was looking for a good excuse, it would be for the mushro...

Now you have another excuse to go back... Nah! Don't need an excuse to go back there. No chance of finding the glasses though - didn't know they were gone until I was waiting for the train - no great loss, they were only cheap on readers from a supermarket. One very good excuse would be to return a...

BAM 10/12 Stiperstones Shropshire Train to Church Stretton (it's as cheap as going by car and a whole heap less hassle). Rode up through Priors Holt woods to find my bivvy spot from last June and see if the titanium spork that I left last time was still there. Guess what - it was :-bd https://live.s...

When there're no new BAM or Todays Ride posts

Fly Agaric

For my September BAM, with a weather forecast of clear night skies, I thought I'd try sleeping under the stars to see if it's all it's cracked up to be. Cycle to Wrexham station, train to Llandudno Junction then ride a part of the Sarn Helen trail (that I'd found on 't web) to Blaenau festiniog , wi...

September BAM in progress. Trying a bivvy bag. No tarp. Hoping to see all these stars people keep talking about

I like to keep all the stuff that I don't want to get wet (quilt, clothes and sleeping stuff) separate from the rest, so it goes double-bagged on my handlebars. Shelter, cooking stuff and food spread between frame bag and seat pack. Water in camelback.

The Vikings believed that from the moment of your birth, your death was already mapped out and nothing you did could alter when it would be ... probably makes it easier to cope when you've got a dangerous occupation like those lads had :wink: My mum had a saying "Kto ma wisieć to się nie utopi" or ...

Fitted the replacement L/H shifter kindly supplied by Gallowayboy of this parish. Ta very much Murray

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Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:44 pm

I've got one here that is surplus to requirements - SL-M670 model slx front shifter, two or three speed. If you want it for postage PM me...

Wow! That's a good offer PM sent