Lazarus wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:25 am 1. Are you mad?

I usually get a less questioning statement: "You are mad". To which the obvious response is "Thanks for the compliment, accepted!".

Certainly, unless something's gone horribly wrong with the calendar . Bit of fun going out on a leap year too.

What's your state of mind this morming Bear?

Just discovered that there's a Cranked "RTMMFBWTFAYD" T-shirt

Can't keep wishing everyone Happy Birthday or it'll be like the endless kids parties treadmill where each child in a school class invites all the others to their party and parents end up buying a present every week - I'm sure other parents will identify with that. Anyroad, reckon we have to make an ...

Just ridden up to Stwlan dam. Just WOW :o And sunny too :-bd I'm sure I read somewhere they'd filmed bits of The Italian Job 'cliffhanger' sequence up there but I could be wrong. What're you doing next V? "Hang on a minute lads, I've got a great idea...." Cwmorthin round the corner is dea...

Oh, and Zoe still enjoying her slate obsession so much that she's trying to get her unsuspecting pal involved too

sleety slate grey Blaenau Ffestiniog. Three adjectives which are rather superfluous when trying to add anything to the basic Blaenauness :smile: . One of my favourite places for a pleasant weekend away, have a nice time :-bd Aren't bikes brilliant. Yep! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/535479366...

gecko76 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:17 am

* A bike must be involved - it's bikepacking, the clue's in the name ... 'Involved'? You really don't need me to spell it out do you?

Do we need to see the bike on rollers fully loaded though?

Ohhh yes, we most certainly do (hee hee!)

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

Any more for any more? In fact I'm pretty sure I know what's coming next, but go on....

: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...

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? .

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 .

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 ...

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...

Ooh yes you did didn't you Kev . Definitely true then.

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? .

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

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...

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...

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 ...

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' .

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

Good work gents.

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...

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 ...

Saturwedthursday I think?

Very pleased for you Stu. A weight off the mind. Onwards and upwards!

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...