The key, for me, came when I realised I needed to be just selfish enough to put myself first (to the extent that there wasn't a build up of resentment, anger and desperation) without being too much of a selfish prick to my family. :-bd Not an easy balance point to find but definitely, in my opinion...

Breakfast with a view :lol: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50574955253_4065c34452.jpg IMG_20201107_075557 by Verena Zimmer , on Flickr well I picked a fine morning for it! Still, who doesn't like a view of sheep in the fog? Inspired by the comment on the BAM thread about making breakfasts more ...

Great idea, I was thinking much the same before reading this, look forward to seeing the pictures and stories.

Fair enough, agree, just wondered whether people were doing stuff in their gardens...guess that novelty might have worn off after the spring...

So are we still doing this? Tonight? Saturday? Both? Not at all?

Was going to go out tonight, what with last night being a beautifully crisp clear night with a full moon, first snow on the Brecon Beacons this morning, and another dry night forecast, but now it's not happening... raining that cold probably 5 degrees rain which is horrible. Aiming for Thursday nigh...

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:30 am given how important cake is to the proceedings maybe paired riders could bake a cake or make some biccies and post them to each other?

Love this idea!!! Count me in

A set of clip on mud guards...

Powys tops list of "lost" public footpaths in Wales
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54783696

Much of what's already been said. After a long very hot day finding a bivvy spot with a perfectly shaped tree to first put my feet up against, then sit leaning against as it gets fully dark. Then being surrounded by hundreds of glow worms, like a scene from Avatar. The same night, the relief after s...

Brilliant, I'm in Brecon, Powys, mid Wales

During yesterday's train ride, at the Bernina pass https://fstatic1.mtb-news.de/v3/25/2520/2520817-gq9pmr2j6g2r-20201028_164336-medium.jpg The rest from today https://fstatic1.mtb-news.de/v3/25/2520/2520823-jc1pduty1oy4-20201029_122123-medium.jpg https://fstatic1.mtb-news.de/v3/25/2520/2520822-nulp...

Ah great I think this is going to be the right thread for me

Ermm, asking for a friend :oops: , what would the group's take be, hypothetically, on someone breaking the covid rules slightly to do a BAM, keeping it very local and definitely not meeting a soul?? Best to test your eyesight first Thanks all, so my friend took your advice and tested her eyesight f...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50540222406_eda2ce80ce.jpg IMG_20201027_211911 by Verena Zimmer , on Flickr Jemima's Pitchfork. Not literally now, last night. Is it very wrong of me to use beer as a way of motivating myself to spend a night outside?? I hardly drink these days, and it's kind of ...

Ermm, asking for a friend , what would the group's take be, hypothetically, on someone breaking the covid rules slightly to do a BAM, keeping it very local and definitely not meeting a soul??

Would love to but I think I'm washing my hair

With our usual innovative spirit we'll have to come up with summat similar to the V-WRT. I shall relish sending you off to bivvy on Formby beach JC :smile: . I think I've exhausted pretty much every bivvy spot in my garden short of kipping on the compost heap though. At least that'd be nice and war...

JoseMcTavish wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 5:29 pm Enjoyed that, I could feel the late summer warmth emanating from the page...

So the 2021 WRT will be all the sweeter for it....

Very nice. Unusual surname, you're not related to a Jess by any chance??

:-bd Looks like a good route that, always fancied hitting Germany for some bike touring. Mebbes next year.... Definitely recommend it, keep an eye out on the website for 2021 dates, will be in June. Just be careful not to get waylaid by all the beer gardens and wine towns, happened to a few Brits l...

Cheers

One thing I didn't note... the fitness required to ride all the hills on this one isn't that far off competitive athlete level. The difference that makes to being able to get through in any sort of reasonable time is HUGE. Because of just how much steep stuff is in this one, no-one should feel bad ...

Love the picture Charlie