Three of us loaded the car for an overnighter. Only two bike racks so two bikes on the roof and split the rear seats to put the third bike in the back of the car. Drove 90 minutes to the ride start and realised we'd left the front wheel of the third bike at home when loading the car. D'oh ,!!! :lol...

Six hour train journey to start of route, a week-long ride. Line closure due to overhead issues, so disassemble bikes and put into the back of a taxi for two hours (thankfully paid for by Virgin). Arrive four hours later than expected, sun is starting to set. Hastily reassemble bikes in car park. Go...

The whole premise of ‘done x, y , z’ really grates on me. Regularly hear it in the office “yeah we done snowdonia last week, ticked it off like”. - a drive to llanberis, hiked up and down the walkers path and that’s the entire snowdonia region , ticked off! Aah well at least the rest of the region ...

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The canal path north of Fort William is a motorway. From KM 240 is a wide forestry road, so maybe slow but not an issue (no brainer against the A82). There is a path parallel with the loch shore at KM 245 which will be a bit less climbing. There's also a small camping area on the lower path (with a ...

I'm not particularly interested in max square size or scores, I like the visual aid for trying to visit new places and following where I have been previously. I only use the Map tab on the activity screen. You could log some walking activities in Strava and import those, for where cycling may not be...

Not sure if it’s something that I’ve missed but is there an option in VV on a mobile to show your current location? I missed a square yesterday by about 20m. TBF I didn’t realise that the route went close to it nor that I was close at the time Should be a 4 pointed compass above the zoom buttons in...

I walked the Cambrian Way from Llandovery to Abergavenny over 5 days at the beginning of January, the ground was frozen so the peaty sections were rock solid. 135km and 6,500m ascent, I think the single biggest height gain is 500m vertical to climb Pen y Fan. It was enjoyable, not as much continuous...

Not to the bike, but my bike trousers. Second or 3rd set of recycled (to me, off ebay) Singletracks. Sadly the belt would always slip and the other day was a little annoying. Just another smidgen to add to the stress of trying to ride outdoors cold (in the). So out comes the McNett and off comes th...

I find shorts pockets very useful for stashing multiple gloves/glove liners (often rides start before sunrise in winter) and means that I don't drop them while trying to put back into full jersey pockets. Or I use a bumbag. :geek: Fleeced bib shorts were the same warmth for me as a regular padded sh...

I also went with Protegear. Turning it on for a single day whenever you want, and preprogramming when it turns on and off through the browser; I find it much more flexible than Garmin's own (paying for a whole month to use it for five days). Make sure you use a different email to your previous Garmi...

Greg's Hut is at the top of the big climb out of Garrigill, would be over half way for the second night. The bridleway descent from the top to Kirkland is indistinct for the first half, I didn't follow the RoW to find easier ground.

Path up from the loch is mostly rideable, a few peaty sections, some planks for quads on the worse sectionss and some large rocks. Over the bealach it is a faint path, I pulled the tyre off of my front wheel sliding on a slab (I saw how much sealant was inside the tyre) but somehow it popped back in...

If you are talking about the housing estate being built on the hill in Inverness, there was some rubble rock put down to make a temporary path around the building area and a small diversion through the estate (up Polvanie View, and immediately turn north at the start of the carpark area). Info corre...

If you're planning to ride the route again, take this iron horse out the first time.

After 10 miles we passed Altnabreac Station. I had wondered what facilities might be at the station? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53827666713_ee9d3a6c60_c.jpg Basic :lol: You get a platform and a shed for a waiting room which is boarded up. There's not even a station name sign to take a pict...

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Contraption stile gate allows dogs to pass through without needing to jump/be lifted.

Pretty sure I've done exactly this from imgur When you click it this appears( [ i m g ].........[ / img ] )* and you just paste the url link where I've put the dots. No 'voile' for me. It's worked in the past URL needs to be the link to the image, not the hosting page. Right click on the image in I...

Bing Maps suggests that the singletrack is part gravel stalker's path, part underwater for 2km. I suppose if I wanted to save wet feet I could go by the road, there won't be heavy traffic there. 40mm tyres I can ride at almost 30km/h on heavy road and nice gravel, 2.8" can barely reach 20km/h o...

Probably do-able on a gravel bike... Is it just Corrieyairack you're uncertain about regarding tyre width? I find the hairpins hard going no matter the width of the tyres. I've never been out West into Ardnamurchan or the peninsulas, I am interested in going. But there is a lot of road (but actuall...

Anyone know where I might be able to get high quality clamps like these? My Oxford clamp (hinged rather than double clamped) has not budged since I attached it three years ago, even shimmed with bar tape to fit my small diameter handlebar. Light/GPS mounted to a single bar extender. https://www.oxf...

Micro-hydro schemes certainly have their place. A lot of disturbance during the installation but nature does hide things quite well given time. It'd be interesting to see the current state of the ground around the scheme being installed in 2017 above Loch Claire in Torridon. There's a micro scheme ...

Eventually, I made it over to view Loch Lomond from above. Now, that descent down is steep. Steep enough to walk down a lot of it. I didn’t want a fall or a mechanical. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHd4nDBLH-PJ8a185-FlPZjO-1SIh48jtAECX0xbCvfjSAOksUYV5jUMppUloo34lXH3oenq1oSeSLR4LTGIkOsAD...

Can you get stung by nettles if your arms and legs are already one continuous nettle rash? Shaf if you were not aware the Refill app shows you where you can get free water from a water fountain/tap or from a catering establishment (though you might need to ask a cafe multiple times to get that much ...