:lol: seems to be alot of bloody grumpy farmers in this part of Wales so maybe we best get back up north next yr stu, as iv never had a farmer moan up your way... maybe its coz its closer to the borders and they are trying to keep us out :lol: Feel like I want to defend the Radnor farmers just a li...

Well that's my window of opportunity somewhere between shrunk right down to completely ducked. Need to self isolate for 14 days, just come back from taking hubby for his covid test as he has developed mild symptoms

shutuplegs wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 7:18 pm Thanks Verena, redefined_cycles and Richard G.
This was my first BB200 and I feel somewhat ruined now!
Chapeau to everyone who gets out there at all.

Brilliant. It will be my first one too...

thank you

In Reverse wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 6:25 pm Just to give a counterpoint - I had no issues with farmers. The only one I saw was all smiles.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 4:43 pm I shall email out a detour that bypasses the BW that runs through Dreavour Farm. Obviously, you are quite within your rights to be there but doing this helps keep the peace.

Thank you

vaguely exciting, congratulations!! Ermm, so basically I'm going to be crapping myself all the way round East Radnor then until I'm safely on the Begwns ?! Do you think they'll be a bit kinder on me, being female?? Especially if I start crying as son as they challenge me (which I probably will anyw...

vaguely exciting, congratulations!! Ermm, so basically I'm going to be crapping myself all the way round East Radnor then until I'm safely on the Begwns ?! Do you think they'll be a bit kinder on me, being female?? Especially if I start crying as son as they challenge me (which I probably will anyw...

vaguely exciting, congratulations!! Ermm, so basically I'm going to be crapping myself all the way round East Radnor then until I'm safely on the Begwns ?! Do you think they'll be a bit kinder on me, being female?? Especially if I start crying as son as they challenge me (which I probably will anywa...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54069466 Thoughts on implications for an attempt this weekend? I'd be travelling from Oxfordshire, starting from Kington, England, then crossing into Wales via that much discussed Cussop Dingle ford / mythical footpath bridge. Planning to carry a lot of food, but...

sean_iow wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:51 pm

That would be good, it saves the getting cold and wet for 30 hours just to get to eat a whole soren loaf

Only one ??

flyingpig wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 6:54 am
Pretty spectacular army playing war up there above Sennybridge, flares, machine gun fire with tracers and vehicles flying around!

O yes, it's quite an experience on the Eppynt at night, bit spooky

Dropped mine once too many times, so it stopped working back in the summer (now have a new one, learned my lesson and use a lanyard..). If any of you clever people can do anything useful with the old one, give me a shout, I wouldn't know where to start.... Sorry, perhaps didn't make that very clear...

Dropped mine once too many times, so it stopped working back in the summer (now have a new one, learned my lesson and use a lanyard..).
If any of you clever people can do anything useful with the old one, give me a shout, I wouldn't know where to start....

So I have a plan of sorts. Start from Brecon, that's a no brainer for me as I can ride to the track in twenty minutes or so. I've done some maths and to finish in 36 hours, if I ride from 7am till 11pm and then 7 to 7 the next, I would need to average 7km/h... I'd get to Hay just as everything is cl...

If I have enough dry weather to finish the job I am doing at the moment I hope to set off towards the end of next week from Builth Wells early morning in the wildly optimistic hope that I might get to Crickhowell for late food . I know most of the route after the much discussed track/river to beyon...

Wow, good effort!! Safe journey home and hope you warm up soon!!

Richard G wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:58 pm Unrelated, is there anything open in Builth late? I think that'll probably be my last chance of anything based on my start point (and that's being optimistic).

There's a kebab shop, also Burger King, and the petrol station/coop, but not sure what time they close.

JohnClimber wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:38 pm

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 10:26 pm

Rather than being in the field isn't the Bridleway down to the side of these fences, just in sight in the photos?

And shown here
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/571691

I bloody hope so. These pictures were nearly enough to put me off...

Some of the comments below the video made me smile - quite obviously a few were written by people who've never ridden (a) in Wales (b) off-road (c) a BB200 :wink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v22jgUflcXU&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1jKFSURKuR2oeHzbEMsq6KU-JhdIZJ0loh-YREDE52ieQGVrFQi0dv-Y...

JohnClimber wrote: ↑Sun Sep 27, 2020 4:46 pm Bought some several years ago and had to take them back
I can't beli2how itchy they were.
I've no idea is the new ones are as bad.
Anyone tried them on as yet?

I've got some, they are nice, not at all itchy, or scratchy

Hi, I'm planning on attempting this on 22nd/23rd or thereabouts, hoping for reasonable weather and a bit of a moon maybe... Starting from Brecon, as the route practically passes my doorstep-ish....which of course means the gap right at the end, but somehow I doubt I'll make it that far.... John, I u...

Fecks sake, have just written a nice little something, then tried to attach a photo and lost the whole thing. Sorry not writing all that again. Just wondering how many of us there are? And wanted to say hope you're all having a great time.

[/quote] Mike and I will be doing the same on a Fat Bike beach route ride, popping in at BB towers on the Bank Holiday Monday morning Nice short chilled out days at around 35 miles, 40 miles and 11 miles to finish For once we'll be passing by 3 grid refs too [/quote] That sounds quite similar to my ...

Called into the Star last night and the good news is that you'll all be very welcome over the Bank holiday weekend, there will be food and drink and you don't have to book. They'll be open all day, each day. :-bd Sounds good, I'm thinking of trying to go there for breakfast on Monday, before headin...

Fargoist wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:48 am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxGEVIv ... eY&index=1