I spoptted this in the Gaurdian too. Website seems to be a 'one stop shop' for links to external sites with (uneven) inf on walks from various GB railway stations, I was hoping for something a bit more interactive, with mapping and routes plotted, perhaps that's a next step. 'Railwalks', not to be c...

I'm really impressed with the Fray Bentos on a Trangia!

I was always rather partial to a FB as a student, back in the day

good to get out in the sunshine...

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:22 pm Thanks Kieth. That's how I found that alternate path above the A5.

good stuff, tbh I normally just get out the OS 1:50k maps and look for 'yellow' and 'white' roads!

on avoiding busy / main roads have you tried route-planning using this:

https://cycle.travel/map?lat=54.3742&lon=-7.0313&zoom=8

and setting to 'gravel', so see what comes up as alternatives?

cheers,

Keith

there was a similar CyclingUK mag feature done a couple of years ago, about a father and son 'bikepacking' in Scotland, "We opted for B&Bs over camping so we could travel light – and enjoy a bit of comfort." https://www.cyclinguk.org/cycle-magazine/great-rides-cairngorm-trails CyclingU...

summittoppler wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:10 pm
And as per normal, they'll be a film coming soon

and what a top film it is too

Mountain Warehouse backpacker tent https://www.mountainwarehouse.com/backpacker-lightweight-1-man-tent-p28463.aspx/green/ use FUN20 to get a further reduction, brings the price down to around forty five quid, has anyone tried one of these? weight seems good but not sure about the way it seems to ope...

great to see that list there's a certain poetry to this

28. Because the bicycle runs on but one narrow track, so that it can travel the moorland paths, and even cross the Larig Ghru Pass and High Cup Nick, as it has done.

my teenage son is horrified, I have stuck a rack on the back of the bike :shock: but as I said to him, this is bikepacking on the cheap :cool: so a bike off Gumtree, £65, goes pretty well, I like the gearing but the old 3x is a tad old skool :lol: then a half price Topeak Explorer rack from Halford'...

That looks brilliant, thanks for posting the pics and words

No real plans. Need to work on fitness, so try to get out more. +1 my bike fitness has dipped in the last six months due to an annoying soft tissue injury picked up trying to keep up with my teenage son on his bike! my plans for 2024 include a sort of 'build-up prog' over the next 6 months or so: 1...

couldn't get my son's new bike on the Passat this afternoon without some roof bar adjustment so we went for a walk instead in the Belfast Hills, gorgeous weather if a bit blowy

https://alpkit.com/products/brukit

BruKit All-in-one cooking system

now £44.99

ex army goretex bivvy, BF discount, from GoArmy, looks basically unused right, all set for an overnighter...

lovely pics @fatbikephil, curious what it was about, 'in the dark it all looked a bit iffy', that put you off the spot? An all too common scenario for me - you scope out a spot on the map, check out the aerials, add some nous and think "that looks like it will be OK" Then you get there, i...

lovely pics @fatbikephil, curious what it was about, 'in the dark it all looked a bit iffy', that put you off the spot?

lovely write up and pictures, especially Cwmystwyth, I've been there a few times to see the old mines, looks very atmospheric.

cheers,

Keith

some adjustments, saddle and seat post, plus more air in the tyres:

well if I lived anywhere near Worthing I'd be splashing the cash

I think if this same grid square was seen using the 1:25000 series instead of the 1:50000 it would be more interesting!

The 25k series shows field boundaries etc so there would be less 'white space'.

FYI (and support if you agree): https://www.cyclinguk.org/blog/object-proposed-cycling-ban-lake-district-road worth looking too at the Cumbria Cycling Strategy document, on page 11, the map includes the Thirlmere route: https://councilportal.cumbria.gov.uk/documents/s66323/App%201%20Cumbria%20Cycli...

Never received mine, so cancelled the order. Didn’t need it anyway, was just an impulse buy to have a nose mine took a long time to arrive in the post. I got a despatch notice by email on Aug 19 with inf saying 'UK deliveries should arrive in 1-2 working days'. it finally came last week while I was...

I ordered from the publisher, bit of a discount, I like Cicerone guides, this looks good, lots of maps and useful inf, first impressions :-bd just one improvement would be to have had larger scale maps but this would have taken up more space, so the guide on its own wouldn't be sufficient for naviga...

I love this part of the forum, it matters not whether it's a local bivvy or a major trek, it cheers me up reading everyone's antics, long may they continue