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by RIP
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

thenorthwind wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:04 pm
fatbikephil wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:26 pm slightly iffy bivvy
Biffa
Ah well - happily - that would be a Whiffy Iffy Bivvy :grin:

Any more for any more? In fact I'm pretty sure I know what's coming next, but go on....
by RIP
Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:32 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

:lol: We need a special triplicate form to fill in. Pink copy sent to BB Towers for approval, blue copy to Phil for the files, yellow copy retained by the prospective BaMee and to be made available for perusal upon request by the BaM Inspectors during said iffy bivvy. Some of the more remote spots w...
by RIP
Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Hyppy wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:33 pm
RIP wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:46 am
Hyppy wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:34 am Have there ever been Bear Bones stickers?
Uh-oh. Yeah, loads. How many do you want? :grin: .
If Stu is reading, any chance of a reprint and being added to the shop?
I can send you some of those "I've been brave" panda stickers if that helps :smile: .
by RIP
Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

To be honest I don't think you even need to bother with the rollers. Just riding from your door to the paddock would count. During lockdown I rode 50 feet down our garden and pitched next to the pond and that counted. Admittedly that was governed by Emergency Rules with gardens allowed. I even rode ...
by RIP
Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:29 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Well that's certainly an interesting one. Considering some past insane endeavours on these threads it may even be deemed completely reasonable. Ooh, I can hear some teeth-sucking on the compliance and ethics committee (think the Verderer's court for ditch sleeping https://www.verderers.org.uk/verder...
by RIP
Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel
Replies: 11
Views: 311

Re: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel

Ooh yes you did didn't you Kev :smile: . Definitely true then.
by RIP
Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Hyppy wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:34 am Have there ever been Bear Bones stickers?
Uh-oh. Yeah, loads. How many do you want? :grin: .

Just a few of the many plastered over my iron horse:

Image
by RIP
Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel
Replies: 11
Views: 311

Re: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel

Arthur was a fable (I never actually knew that 😆) Eh??? 'Course it was all true! Just ask Glastonbury! Or, er, obviously Tintagel. Or Winchester. Oh, and Caerleon because obviously Arthur was, er, Welsh. And Camelford/Camelot. Or even Eamont Bridge in Cumbria. Or Monty Python. Of course it was true...
by RIP
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:42 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

We need BB username badges! [EDIT: oh sorry, Bob, just retrospectively seen your post above so I've inadvertently repeated the front/back problems you pointed out :wink: ] I sometimes think that too. Of course some of the older versions of BBB jerseys had the option of putting names on the back. Th...
by RIP
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel
Replies: 11
Views: 311

Re: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel

Thanks for that. Mmm, people tend to think 'North Wales' when it comes to slate, but of course it's mined/quarried in other, er, countries, too. Even if they don't count :wink: . Talking of Tintagel, I'm pretty sure Arthur's round table was hewn from a single block of slate, but admittedly I wasn't ...
by RIP
Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:21 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

fatbikephil wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:55 pm February done (and NOT at the last minute!)
About 8 out of 33 done so far in February then, so maybe there will be a nice crop of 'Last Minuters' :smile: .
by RIP
Fri Feb 16, 2024 1:51 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

I'd've been tempted to cook up a nice BB breakfast with that propane cylinder!

Good work gents.
by RIP
Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:01 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
Replies: 65
Views: 1757

Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?

Cycling in the Netherlands is a joyous experience. Helen and I used to go gigpacking to see the Toy Dolls every year in the Netherlands. Must get back on it I'm planning the same thing. Pick an appealing gig in Amsterdam, head to Harwich, cycle to Amsterdam, have a couple of days cycling around the...
by RIP
Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:33 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
Replies: 65
Views: 1757

Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?

5 of us are now getting the ferry to Amsterdam, on bikes, and doing a leisurely 250Km loop using eco rated hostels and BnB's. We'll buy local etc :-bd If I was a kid (still am) I know which adventure I'd prefer. Not the flying one :wink: . Generally kids love it if they're active, totally involved ...
by RIP
Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Saturwedthursday I think?
by RIP
Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
Replies: 88
Views: 5502

Re: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE

Very pleased for you Stu. A weight off the mind. Onwards and upwards!
by RIP
Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
Replies: 65
Views: 1757

Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?

It's on all of us. We can make a case for blame-shifting like this but until we vote and spend with these considerations as a priority you can be 100% sure nothing will change. Politics and capitalism would love us all to do nothing or wait for top-down influence, it suits them fine. Agree entirely...
by RIP
Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

The rain Gods may often be against you but the other deities seem to be on your side, like the God of being offered dry places to sleep and the God of unexpected breakfasts. After all this time I've got a finely honed way of saying my prayers. Oh, and the sacrificial offerings probably help as well...
by RIP
Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:23 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

I had originally decided to travel to Ruabon (the nearest station to Llangollen, to meet Lu/FrogAtTheFarriers) via Birmingham because I could take a “local” train ("for local people") from here to Birmingham International then one more direct to Ruabon via Shrewsbury, making it just one ch...
by RIP
Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:09 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Heeelp. Live (half dead?) BaM In Progress with Frog. Turned up 24 hours too soon (long story). Pub. Beer. Stagger out. Pontcysyllte aqueduct again! Wind. Rain. Tarp. Rubbish photo below. Tomorrow? Who knows. Heeelllpp. Don't mention Sarah's panda slippers. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5352605...
by RIP
Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
Replies: 65
Views: 1757

Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?

Dave Barter wrote: Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:56 pm I think selective eradication is what is needed not total annihilation
I've got a list ready here if you need a starting point :wink:
by RIP
Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:43 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
Replies: 65
Views: 1757

Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?

All over the place that was :smile: . Is he for or against? For or against the flying bit or the whole concept of far-away mega-events? Personally I'll just hang on to his final phrase: "Will taking all the time and the expense and the environmental concerns into consideration encourage more pe...
by RIP
Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

I like the slate plate. Quite the trendy bistro :smile: .
by RIP
Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:19 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

fatbikephil wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:11 pm Reginald always uses peoples Sunday names...
aaand another one. 53!
by RIP
Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:30 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19418

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

fatbikephil wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:11 pm Reginald always uses peoples Sunday names...
Yeah and only my mum calls me Reginald :smile: . And only when I've been naughty. Which is most of the time.