i HAVE BRAIN INJURIES AND HAVE LOST THE MAJORITY OF SKILLS I HAD BEFORE THE SMASH. At school, I did occasionally deign to attend, a few of us didn't want P.E. No interest in cheese rolling and the like. A couple of good teachers took a group, 8 of us, out and about to do "Orienteering" wit...

Yeah, I know... Heavy and ungainly. I love it! Surly ECR with 29'er wheels. Arrived on Friday and I've been sitting, watching it, in my living room, and "Mindplanning" a few trips in the, hopefully not too distant, future.

Thanks for the responses. Even with the mat outside I'm just too fat for the Hunka XL. The Akto is great but I'm going "Stir Crazy" so newtoy gunting is going round my head.

Keep 'em coming.

Couldn't get my "Personal Diameter" into a Hunka XL so have to look for alternatives. It's not urgent, I'm on the "High Risk, do not pass Go..... Etc" list but, for future plans. What tent, without spending shedloads, should I look for? Waterproof and Sturdy are important, PACK S...

Don't have much to spare but a couple of quid a month buys a packet of biscuits.
Thanks for the forum.

Nice. Just hit the required "Add to Basket" formulae.

pm re the bridge street bag, iff'n it's still up for grabs I'll take it.

pm me payment details etc.

Henry Moores, "Any piece of sub standard lying around in a public place".

I'm in Lancaster so I'd head out the door on the bike. Over to Kirkby Stephen and up towards County Durham. Explore in a North and West direction and then back down to the Lake district for the pleasure of being there. I'd try not to plan distances, rather have the time to stay in one bit as long as...

Evans are selling an On Guard gold secure cable lock half price at £24.08. My insurance specifies a gold secure lock incase of theft so this is a cheap extra. Not for travelling but fine at home or around vehicles. I use these. Locked a bike to a ring embedded in the wall of my house. Scrotes still...

Times are hard!, we're in a right hole now aren't we.

might be able to scramble around the back of the sofa cushions. is it still with you?

I'll do my "weigh in" on a Wednesdidydidooday evening and post on a Thursday. No point in me recording in the first 3 days so it'll be the 11th when I post. I do have a feeling that I'm shedding a tiny gram, or two, already so I'm hoping for a kg lost at least from the start on New Year's ...

Heaviest I've ever been and the Diabetes is going to start taking my legs and my eyes iff'n I don't Fettle a Fat Dog!

As of 1st January 2017

Current start point.
Height :1.730 mtrs
Weight : 127.1 kg

Target
90.00 kg Realistically
80.00 kg Would be as good as it could get.

I've not done a Solo Wild camp/Bivvy since I was 15 years old, 1977, and only just starting to get some courage to try things myself. I might be doing it on a really basic level but I am going to try for this challenge. Living in Lancaster I'm close to the Trough of Bowland and not too far South of ...

'Only the one tube of Pringles' :lol: . Once you pop you just can't stop. The paprika ones are the worst for that. Enormous fat content of course, it's a wonder they don't just drip off the plate. They're 2-4-1 round the corner at the moment.. arg.. I was going to go without but the local "Wil...

Well,I made a positive start today. Only the one tube of Pringles after the Belly pork and roast veg' dinner.

I know the perfect dietary, not a fad but a life time, method, "Eat less, Move around more". I've been off the bike and all but housebound this past five weeks, so..!

I'm the Lardiest I've ever been at 5' 8" tall and 22.4 stones! Exercise is limited with disabilities being variable, I'll do it from 1st January and aim for a slow, but steady, weight drop. My eventual target is 12.5 stone so it's a BIG challenge. When I had the Brain Injury accident I weighed ...

Cheers y'all!
I'll take a look next Payday. I got a new Tarp' and want to give that a try but the sleeping bag needs to be right.

Slightly off topic here... I am Wider than I am High, 5' 8" high so you can figure that 120kg means a struggle in most sleeping bags!
Any recommendations for a, not Mummy style, sleeping bag that is 3 or 4 seasons and not too vast to load on my bike?

I just saw the first couple of minutes and I'll watch the Full Pig later on, thanks for the link.

ctznsmith wrote:

Ray Young wrote:I use a bottle in a stem cell now. Easy to reach and out of the way of muck.

This is definitely my favorite solution for bikepacking.

Not understanding this "Stem Cell" stuff. Anybody care to edgykayt a new guy?