Aye Joe's shop or ziplocks etc. Having said that I ordered a couple of S2S xxs after last week's deluge, the xxs are hard to find.

I'm the last Boner not to get one I reckon :wink: . 20% off here at £121: https://www.hardloop.co.uk/product/16215-columbia-outdry-ex-reign-jacket-hardshell-jacket-mens?id_product_attribute=184051&gclid=CjwKCAjw7--KBhAMEiwAxfpkWA8UOqXsGJoe865tdNhRoQcGhG0qSef0IVQFA-Mzp2VWA17JJE3sBxoC6hIQAvD_BwE L...

Nice one there 'Legs. We seem to have gone overboard in the other direction from ultralight shelters . Glad we don't have to carry our marquees with us. Yours looked a lot more homely than ours - is that a vase of flowers I spot on the bedside barrel?!

Mildly surprised nobody's read anything for 2 months :wink: . Such is the modern world I guess. I'm a reading a few pages at a time of "The Gentle Art Of Tramping" again by Graham Stephen Graham. Very relaxing. Plenty of bon mots to idly contemplate. Let us enquire if the larks have any be...

I've often thought that the ledges under motorway bridges would make nice dry spots, albeit noisy ones :wink: Nick Crane tried that on the A50 dual-carriageway in 2 Degrees West. He lasted about ten minutes before bailing and being taken in by a kindly old lady for whisky and sandwiches by the fire!

DESPAR Only one vowel missing from that to describe the state I often arrive in, desperate (or possibly DESPARate) for sustenance and supplies. Verena, I think your BaM there was magic, Zebedee would be proud! On the A40 as well, your earplugs must have been industrial strength. To top it one would...

JimmyG wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 6:46 pm Ye pay yer money and ye take yer chances eh!

A good motto. Compliments on handling that rain on the third night.

To be fair they did say ""In this review we've aimed at the middle ground, asking manufacturers to submit lightweight (not ultralight) three-season shelters, which arguably represent the most versatile tents for all-round use".

Always interesting to read about shelters though.

It's also fascinating to see the different way that people interact with us depending on whether we're flying solo or in a group. I don't mean from the point of view of our own preferences for solo/group riding, but from that of how those people approach us or allow themselves to be approached. As a...

Anyway, so yes there's something about BP that strips away any sense of propriety and reservedness, and one's social fearlessness seems to get cranked to the max somehow. Added to the very heightened senses caused by continuously thinking on one's feet on a semi/completely unplanned trip, and the e...

More accurately it is Penisa'r Waun isn't it. Does that translate as something like Lower End On The Moorland? Bit of a mouthful in itself .

When we lived in North Wales a friend would have trouble getting items delivered (this was pre-internet) especially with English producers/delivery offices. Her address was... Coch Hir Penisarwaun I think you may be able to see the problem :lol: :lol: I'm sure you won't be in the least bit surprise...

You must have have.... a) a filthiest mind or b) a filthier vocabulary.. than most! :-bd :lol: Not as such, I just take great delight in words in all their forms; their textures and timbres as Mr Fry would have it :smile: . Or, alternatively, "bollocks!" as Mr Mellie would have it :grin: ...

Interestingly nobody's claimed the prize for spotting all the RPNs yet

Cheers Tim. I think if we made any videos it wouldn't take a jiffy before they all featured on one of those Harry Hill embarrassing moments type of telly show. Still, that'd be a lot of £250's between us wouldn't it :smile: . You'd really enhance the proceedings with your journalist's skills, a lot ...

I laughed out loud at some of your quotes and caption comments Kev, excellent write-up! Maybe the humour of the situation is more accessible now that we're home and, er, dry .

The thing with booking tickets to do a train-based BaM (ie most of mine) is that you then have to carry it through no matter what the weather. In the past this has resulted in some highly entertaining adventures. The accompanying photos below are rather washed out but that might have something to do...

Bearlegged wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 12:43 pmNormal?

It's all relative...

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:13 am

Bearlegged wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 8:18 am I shouldn't worry too much, Phil's one of the culprits!

I actually forgot and nearly put my old name up....

Come on Reg et al we are eagerly awaiting your tale!

Aye, sorry peeps, domestic hoo-hahs currently taking precedence. Normal service resumed asap etc etc.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:57 am for a valid finish it's 'only' 5.5kph

Not much over 3mph. So one could push the bike the whole way and still have a valid finish .

TheBrownDog wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 8:26 pm I'm pretty sure deities get a mulligan Verena. Or you can take one of Reg's as he has two spare for September. I'd stay away from the dunny in the graveyard though.

Yep neat idea, happy to donate to a good cause

It was brill to see you Verena if only fleetingly. Reckon it'd have been a whole lot less stressful just buying the courgettes instead? You could have got some rescued ones from the skip behind Spar . Nice to see Hermione though of course.

3 nighter so take your pick: - in a toilet block in a graveyard due to the deluge. So that's a double score with two of my favourite locations. - on the floor of a pub bar due to the deluge (actually, reject this one because a small contribution was requested) - in a marquee outside a pub, with seve...

Reg is perhaps your man for this but whenever I've travelled ont' train, I've always gone to the 'local' manned station with a ticket office (Newtown in my case) told them what I'd like to do and they've sorted it out. In fact, you get the impression that they view it as an enjoyable challenge of s...

Just checking in.

Aaaaaaaaaaarg.

That's all we have to say about the matter at the moment.