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by Verena
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:08 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge
Replies: 15
Views: 410

Re: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge

Great idea! I agree two nights out feel completely different from just one. Not sure at all that I'd manage it this year (as foolishly aiming for super Randonneur this year) (keep saying that bit again of how 600 is "easy"?!?!), having already "failed" at Randonneur around the ye...
by Verena
Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:41 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Monks trod - wtf
Replies: 30
Views: 881

Re: Monks trod - wtf

Ah you've beaten me to it, have just logged on to post link to the article...late to the party I see! Will have a read later on over a tea break...
And also see what else has been occurring, especially on the BAM thread, as I'd better get my furry socks into gear for this month...
by Verena
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:02 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

gecko76 wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:48 pm 'an oil bicycle' - that caught me out too recently :lol:
WTF?!?! spell checker??
by Verena
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

For my February BAM, I made my way to a google map pin drop sent to me, at the appointed hour, which turned out to be in the middle of some random suburban street, as the sun was setting... Whereupon I was soon met by around 8 men, some strangers, some just strange :wink: , who beckoned me to follow...
by Verena
Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:28 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Another one
Replies: 5
Views: 332

Re: Another one

Happy birthday Mike, Mike from Bromsgrove :cool:

And Sean too for the other day :cool:
by Verena
Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:25 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 609318

Re: Todays ride

What did I do next? Rolled back down the hill, had a cappuccino bought for me at the cafe at the lake there, then was driven up to Liverpool. Got dumped there by young Miss Z, and managed to put bike back together, pack and attach my bags, whilst being desperate for a wee, which I consider quite an ...
by Verena
Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:12 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

JudithG wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:44 pm Glad that I have someone willing to look after my kids and that I have the kit to travel, so I can appreciate the great outdoors in this way :-)

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That looks great :-bd
by Verena
Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:12 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Lazarus wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:53 pm
I then dismounted my bike in the usual style of flinging my leg over the back, forgetting I had kit back there and ended up landing on the ground.
We have all done it. :oops:... Haven't we?
Yep :lol:
by Verena
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:34 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 609318

Re: Todays ride

Just ridden up to Stwlan dam.

Just WOW :o

And sunny too :-bd

ImageIMG_20240224_103124 by Verena Zimmer, on Flickr
by Verena
Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3946
Views: 483232

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

RIP wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:09 pm Oh, and Zoe still enjoying her slate obsession so much that she's trying to get her unsuspecting pal involved too :-bd
Yep, and in February too... probably one of the best times to visit, along with maybe, ermm, November??
by Verena
Fri Feb 23, 2024 7:03 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: So this is who lights fires ...
Replies: 150
Views: 14460

Re: So this is who lights fires ...

Good film, but I did thought of this thread when watching him light fires all the way across beautiful French countryside...

https://youtu.be/nPLOSNIKEc0?si=cJOAxeBpoNiEYW2w
by Verena
Fri Feb 23, 2024 6:51 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3946
Views: 483232

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Actually sitting down. Doing absolutely nothing. Apart from finally visiting this here place, which has been sorely missing from my life recently. That's cheery Friday enough in itself. Added bonus is that I am sitting doing nothing on a comfy bed in a guest house in sleety slate grey Blaenau Ffesti...
by Verena
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:08 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

:cool:
by Verena
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:05 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

...and have felt spaced out all day. I won't be making a habit of School night BaMs but glad I'm in again for 2024 :-bd Same here: by 3pm I'm usually I-) when I bivi Thursday nights. Fortunately we have a flexible working policy so most of management don't work Fridays, which co-incides with one of...
by Verena
Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:01 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Emergency BAM, I like it!

Dare I ask what the nature of the emergency is???
by Verena
Mon Feb 05, 2024 10:44 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Hi, I've somehow slipped out of the forum again recently, and surprisingly even during the five days I've just been travelling and spending a few days with my parents, who only seem to be vertical for a very few hours in between like ins, naptimes, and early nights, I'm only now managing to pick up ...
by Verena
Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:03 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

:-bd Liking the...blanket? scarf? A good night to be out because it's about to get colder! Glad you like it. It's a massive thick fluffy scarf which I bought on holidays in Bagneres de Luchon in the Pyrenees last February, for an impromptu snowy mountain wild camp, which was wonderful, so it carrie...
by Verena
Sun Jan 14, 2024 2:07 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

:-bd Liking the...blanket? scarf? A good night to be out because it's about to get colder! Glad you like it. It's a massive thick fluffy scarf which I bought on holidays in Bagneres de Luchon in the Pyrenees last February, for an impromptu snowy mountain wild camp, which was wonderful, so it carrie...
by Verena
Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:59 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Here goes, lowering the bar as promised. Went out last night, expecting it to be absolutely bitterly cold, but it actually seemed to have warmed up a bit. No real frost on the ground, though a bit of ice on some cars as I arrived back home. Obviously went out to enjoy it, but also as I had failed to...
by Verena
Sun Jan 14, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183170

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

I now can't go anywhere without scoping potential bivvy spots and hopefully that will lead me into being more daring for 2024 :-bd Same here Martin :lol: , I always have a mental list way longer than there are months.... Challenge is to think carefully about who you're with at the time, before sayi...
by Verena
Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

A fogou for the first, a damp affair Then by the bypass, awoken by the moon In March the Duke of Buccleuch slept unaware Come April, close to home, a dry lagoon And Spring once sprung, the woods! (with coffee set) A skinny-tyred dash for the sun in June A trip across to Fife, the longest yet A cabi...
by Verena
Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:55 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

gecko76 wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2024 2:54 pm Something like that ;)

Also, bumped into a chap walking his dog who mentioned another potential spot; an abandoned hospital, complete with children's toys last time he was there.
Errr, no thank you 😱
by Verena
Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Bearlegged wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:53 pm
RIP wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:34 pm ...you've set the bar pretty high already there.
Don't worry Reg, I'll soon lower it.
Not if I lower it first :wink:
by Verena
Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Bearlegged wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:22 pm Blimey, that's a fair old tour. Some lovely photos. 👍
Wow, I second that.
by Verena
Sun Jan 14, 2024 10:45 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 407
Views: 19462

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Annnnnnd off we go.... A most luxurious night toasty warm at a visitors centre on the Winter Event. Nooo-o-o-o of course not! -3c on an open-air but roofed wooden platform at a visitors centre. As mentioned elsewhere, lots of ice everywhere and frozen socks. Perfect! 1/1, 1/12, 98/98 What an ace sp...