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by sean_iow
Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:50 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: HT550 - 2024
Replies: 30
Views: 9392

Re: HT550 - 2024

Escape Goat is in :grin:
by sean_iow
Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:12 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Let's have a photo comp. VOTE NOW
Replies: 43
Views: 26610

Re: Let's have a photo comp;.

3/ Ideally it'll be a picture taken during 2023 ... but I'll not be going checking. This was taken last year but after the closing date for last years comp so that must be ok? otherwise there's a period when any photos taken can't ever be in the comp? South Wales Winter Bivi 22 https://live.staticf...
by sean_iow
Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:39 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Winter Hammocking
Replies: 13
Views: 7630

Re: Winter Hammocking

The first thing I'd look at would be the cinched ends of the UQ: not an easy thing to get right especially if you are on your own. They want to be just snug enough to pull the material up against the hammock but not too snug. If there's a gap then it feels like there's a draught and you get Cold Bu...
by sean_iow
Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Winter Hammocking
Replies: 13
Views: 7630

Re: Winter Hammocking

Ended up carting it all in to the disabled loo (which had underfloor heating) and sleeping in there Back in the 80s when I was in the Scouts we had a camp in October at a local campsite, for the East Wight area. As the wind increased during the night more and more of the tents either fell over or w...
by sean_iow
Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:09 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Winter Hammocking
Replies: 13
Views: 7630

Re: Winter Hammocking

I did consider making one but the minimum order from Extremtextile is only a few pounds less than the cost of the Thunderfly I'd not save any money.

Plus I've made 3 tarps and 2 tarp-tents before so I like the idea that it just arrives finished :grin:
by sean_iow
Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Winter Hammocking
Replies: 13
Views: 7630

Re: Winter Hammocking

Cheers both, it's watching Shug in lockdown that got me started on this :grin: I've just had a small windfall from British Gas (they'd made my monthly payment too high and I ended up quite a bit in credit - phoned them up to suggest they didn't need me to loan them any money - got a refund) so I did...
by sean_iow
Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:00 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183830

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

Back off topic, if the ducks cant swim fast enough to go against the current cant they just get out and walk on the tow-path? :grin: Having ridden several hundred miles of tow path this summer I did spot that they are being topped up by flow in at places and at others there are overflows. In some se...
by sean_iow
Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:48 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Winter Hammocking
Replies: 13
Views: 7630

Winter Hammocking

So as not to go off-topic in the Bivi a Month thread I'll start one here to share advice for winter BAM hammocking. My original curiosity with the use of a hammock was the possibility to use sites too sloped for laying on the ground, which applies to a lot of the more out of the way places on the Is...
by sean_iow
Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:30 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183830

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

whitestone wrote: Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:31 am *Where* did you get cold? On top? From underneath? Head end, feet?
I'll start a new thread in General to avoid bogging this down with hammock talk, I know how we like to stay on-topic around these parts :lol:
by sean_iow
Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:49 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183830

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

We have an actual wind turbine blade manufacturer on The Island so I might be able to get some cheap factory seconds, they're quite, umm, big :lol: Stu, how many sections will a 150m tall carbon pole be? PS, this isn't actually a BAM, that was Thursday during the weather warning for rain. I'm trying...
by sean_iow
Thu Nov 16, 2023 11:41 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183830

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

Decided not to leave it until the last minute this month. The forecast was a yellow warning for rain but that wasn't until 06:00 Thursday so if I went Wednesday night I would be able to get out and set-up in the dry. There was only light winds forecast so that was the important part. Left home earli...
by sean_iow
Thu Nov 02, 2023 3:08 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Dealing with the damp
Replies: 14
Views: 1925

Re: Dealing with the damp

I think the trick with gaiters is to have short-ish ones and put your waterproof trousers over the top. The water running down the trousers runs over the gaiters and over the boots. If you put them on the outside of your trousers, like the ramblers, then the water running down your leg will tend to ...
by sean_iow
Tue Oct 31, 2023 2:02 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183830

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

Just checked and my closest was 1.4km each way so 2.8km total.

Edit, mine was 800 metres away as the crow flies :grin:
by sean_iow
Mon Oct 30, 2023 2:04 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183830

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

Last minute and super local on Saturday, felt like box ticking but does keep my streak going. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53297090364_8bef6ca3b7_c.jpg Took a proper shelter given the forecast. Left home in the dark and rain after dinner and luckily got set up before the real rain started. I'...
by sean_iow
Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:23 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you drinking now?
Replies: 704
Views: 69758

Re: What are you drinking now?

A can of Glowing Embers red IPA, which I'm drinking sat on a log with my fire in front of me and the hammock behind me in Mum's garden* :grin: I like to try appropriately named beers when I'm here :grin: * Mum's garden is an acre of woodland not a lawn, it would be weird to sit on the lawn drinking ...
by sean_iow
Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:15 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
Replies: 37
Views: 9010

Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)

DAY 7 CROFT CASTE BACK TO BROMSGROVE The bivi spot was as good as predicted, quiet, sheltered and the trees kept any damp away. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53212681505_96dbeb0127_c.jpg Coffee consumed we knew exactly where we would be having breakfast and even knew what we would be having. I...
by sean_iow
Wed Oct 18, 2023 7:39 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
Replies: 37
Views: 9010

Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)

I'd like to say I'd been building the suspense but the reality is it's been flat out at work since I got back and that's where I have the laptop. However, I'm WFH this morning....
by sean_iow
Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:44 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Today's Run
Replies: 886
Views: 103043

Re: Today's Run

There's something good about running in terrible conditions with an overly cheerful persona :grin:

I've rested my achilles for a few weeks now and my knee seems to be better after last week's road accident so I'm going to try an easy run next week.
by sean_iow
Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:57 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
Replies: 37
Views: 9010

Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)

Ace that. Nice report and pix. One more thrilling installment to go? Spoiler alert, we could have stayed out for another night but we did make it back to Mike's the next day. Aptly, I think that's a monkey puzzle tree. We have one in the park on our estate that's a left over from the Victorian era ...
by sean_iow
Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:47 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
Replies: 37
Views: 9010

Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)

DAY 6 HAY BLUF TO CROFT WOOD – BACK INTO ENGLAND This bivi was 1700 feet higher than the previous night and the weather and temperature had been markedly different to the night before. The thermometer showed it had dropped to 8 degrees overnight and Mike complained of having been cold. I’d put my do...
by sean_iow
Sat Oct 07, 2023 2:47 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Gravel forks , anything mounts or not
Replies: 7
Views: 886

Re: Gravel forks , anything mounts or not

I'd assume the forks are identical and the question is whether having holes in them for the mounts has weakened them?

Are there any weights for the forks to see if extra material has been added to the ones with the mounts?
by sean_iow
Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:13 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183830

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

...I was knocked off by a car on the way home... Gah. No significant harm done I hope? The bike looks ok so that's the important thing :grin: I've ripped open my knee, the one that had just healed from my crash on the trip with Mike, a graze and bruises but I was lucky. She pulled out as I was cros...
by sean_iow
Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:43 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183830

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

... so as not to break the steak That'll be the gourmet camp food bivvy, yes? :lol: should have gone to Specsavers In my defense I was knocked off by a car on the way home so I'll say it was that which has affected my vision, or was it the driver with the bad eyesight? Apparently they didn't see me...
by sean_iow
Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:27 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183830

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

Hello and welcome to the lunacy :grin:

You can start any month you want so if you start now you'll have done a year by next September's bivi :-bd

By then you'll have 12 months in a row and will want to keep going so as not to break the steak :lol: Good luck.
by sean_iow
Wed Oct 04, 2023 9:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: The post man's been ...
Replies: 11421
Views: 1907341

Re: The post man's been ...

GXP BB cup bearings and tool to suit. Was hoping the BB would come with a wavy washer that the setup requires but got short changed by Sram :roll: (was a boxed part too!). Oh well, got a wavy washer on its way now, hopefully it will arrive at the weekend… I've found the wavy washer usually comes wi...