Thanks chaps.

September done: Trans-Cambrian.
12/12: think I'll treat myself to another BaM patch .
https://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpB ... hp?t=24949

https://bikepacking.com/routes/trans-cambrian-way/ Nope, there's far more rain. :lol: Day 0.5 Train to Knighton, arriving at lunchtime. Café stop to fill the tea flask, then up into the sunny, rolling hills. Not especially steep, but a fair slog over the grassy farmland. Anyone fancy a Range Rover ...

This one from Decathlon is pretty good.
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/rechargea ... R-p-307266

Small but powerful enough. At £17 you could buy two: remove the elastic then cable-tie one to your helmet, then keep the second for other stuff. .

I continued to the end of the bridleway which finished at a hedge. Just as I was about to take a photo, a tractor noise got louder in the next field and he approached a gate nearby. Arg! We beat a hasty retreat down the field edge, nipped into the barn and hid in a corner. Fingers crossed. Waited f...

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:25 pm In fact only the other night I was in the Black Lion with my BBB jersey on and sandals and waterproof socks and all the rest of the clobber, and this scantily clad young lady came up and winked at me . Decorum precludes me from relating what happened next.

You woke up .

RIP wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2024 8:13 pm

Up before the arrival of the 'Blue-Tits' (hordes of local swimming ladies)

What do they call themselves in the Summer when the water's warmer?

Red breasts?

Added to diary .

bike lock :sad: Er, glasses? :grin: You know me too well. The glasses are still at the cafe. :roll: 'S a good job I buy 'em 3 pairs at a time… The bike lock? Before leaving to catch the train I turned the house over looking for the keys. Found 'em exactly where Mrs Frog said they’d be. I’ve still g...

Good news stories are not just for Fridays .

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ar ... uise-haigh

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3g98lgyj38o

On the past two bivis when I've changed my headtorch from white light to red "stealth" mode when setting-up, I've noticed less midge hassle than usual.
Anyone else tried or noticed this?

August 2024 BaM: Beer & Blackberries. https://www.instagram.com/p/C-UeK3ZIpoe/?igsh=MnVrYTVjeTlmNGxt Train to Tring; lovely flowing and undulating bridleway to Aldbury; beer at The Greyhound, then up hill to a random discrete bivi spot. Woken at 02.50 by the sound of deer barking at each other, ...

Blimey! Best wishes for a relaxed and full recovery, James.

Thanks for letting us know: one to store away, just in case.

Do you mean when you had to push your bike on your commute Shaff? Oh yes.... https://i.ibb.co/9Tr7ZbM/DSCF3580.jpg March 2018, what a fab winter I had a similar commute into Milton Keynes around that time (via Woburn golf course and lots of local, snowy MTB trails in between :smile: . It took me 2....

...an unplanned bivouac in Lancaster bus station & ..a horrified middle aged woman who was sat on the toilet with her knickers around her ankles... Yup: been there (impromptu Preston station platform 4 bivi on a Sunday night whilst waiting to gatecrash the sleeper to Euston in time for work on ...

faustus wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:47 am Fear not, BR is about to be GBR, as the word 'Great' will undoubtedly make it so!

Another reason to celebrate a Cheery Friday!

Sometimes BR could give BL a run for their money .

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 7:00 pm ...(in classic British fashion) and we now reap the rewards with the Pendolino tin cans, effectively buying our own technological breakthroughs back off the Italians.

...and paying the Italian government to run them (Avanti/Trenitalia/1stgroup).

That's capitalism!

:geek: ...and while we're on the subject of the technological powerhouse that was British Rail in the 1970's, it's worth remembering they pioneered commercial hovercraft travel between England and France (it's the future :wink: ), with one of their SRN4's appearing in the 1971 James Bond film "...

The only disappointment on this trip was the train on Thursday was supposed to be one of the Inter7City HST's brought up from the Western Region a couple of years ago, which her grandad helped develop and was responsible for maintaining for many years. Don't worry: they've found new leases of life ...

Bedfordshire: it's rather nice, if you avoid the nasty bits :smile: . https://www.instagram.com/p/C-CWgeWIpA-/?igsh=MTJydXdkOHl3end4dQ== Just beyond my comfort zone (again): train 45 minutes to Lidlington (again), but then ride various bridleways to Woburn and popped into the Black Horse. Friendly y...

They look like toy trains .

Educate, inform and entertain .

And all for the price of a bicycle .

Excellent stuff chaps, sign me up for "Slate 3".

"...a female rambler arrived who told us in a very stroppy manner that “bikes are not allowed to be ridden here”."

It's amazing how many ramblers have forgotten about the 1932 Kinder Scout mass trespass. Divide and rule

Motonormativity - Time to think outside the (metal) box...

Good report: has anyone stuck it on Pistonheads?