Verena wrote: ↑Wed May 12, 2021 8:54 pm A wooden gravel bike ??

Adds another dimension to “carbon framed”...

I’m close to persuading a couple of MTB mates (new to bikepacking but reasonably fit and technically adept) to join me on a relaxed ride of the TCW. I’d be very keen to include a better ending and any other improvements along the way. I can recommend Stu’s alternative TCW end. I did it in December ...

..... while it appears on the map as Meall a' Bhuachaille. The trouble for me, is that unless I actually hear someone say the name, reading it just doesn’t help. It’s even worse with Irish names with the different character set. I can happily manage Welsh names (I've lived here all my life, after a...

summittoppler wrote: ↑Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:28 pm I'm in. My first WRT so be gentle!

I look forward to the video.

RIP wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 11:55 am Nettle soup for breakfast maybe?

BTDT. Not for breakfast though. Anyway, there weren’t enough nice new tips.

Aside from that, I’ve now bivvied in primroses, violets and now bluebells. Also in nettles and more brambles than I like to think about. A bad idea wearing shorts, and no mistake.

Bonus BaM Last year, on the WRT-at-Home, I spotted a small corner of a wood that had a bluebell patch. They'd all flowered by then, but I promised myself a bivvy-in-bluebells next time they were in flower. This was it... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51129801900_18e1cd7538_z.jpg I did'nt notic...

Mariner wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:26 pm My ear is a ‘cut and shut’ job with a wedge taken out then the two bits stitched together.

Ooh ‘eck! I hope you’ve got enough ear left to hang your face mask on

Seriously though, heal soon...

Yesss! I’m in. Again. One question, will it be the “traditional” WRT starting from BB Towers, or the mk II like last year?

One of the only birds that can recognise themselves in a mirror, too. Mrs Perrin is one of the other sorts that is able to do that. Spends ages preening. And she frequently takes my things away and hides them in her own nest. Especially shiny things like chocolate wrappers. Usually with the chocola...

Reg, what a great adventure and write-up. I wish I had the bottle to just wing it like you do.

And, the Berwyn are still waiting..... Hm.

But they can be utter arseholes as well, like many other birds in the animal kingdom including Robins. They are opportunists and will think nothing of destroying a smaller birds nest/brood. Cheers Dave They can indeed. I’ve had them taking the swallow chicks out of the nests in one of my outbuildin...

Verena wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 11:50 am
Ooooo, bivvy-in-the-bluebells, is that a thing? I like it

I dunno about it being a “thing”, but it sure smells better than bivvy-in-the-wild-garlic.

I got back from my March/April bivvy to find an email saying I've got a place as crew on a five-week voyage in a tall ship. That's one tick off the bucket list.

With Wales being open for unlimited travel (in Wales) I plumped for a March 31st/April 1st double in the Berwyns. Bivvy 1. March 31st. On the way there.... Wood anemonies https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51090022672_0b289e4746.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51089940941_bd4381fc6b.jpg The...

Landslide wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:33 pm Flobalobadobble.

Bluddybuggabum.

Hurray! New easing of Welsh lockdown means I can holiday in Wales again - as long as it’s in “self contained” accommodation. It doesn’t come more self-contained than bivvying on my own in some remote shed/ditch/forest somewhere. I’m thinking of a double, 30th/1st two nighter, in case the rules chang...

Oh ‘eck, poor old Sam. Get well soon - and when you do, learn the best way to land on your face...

BigdummySteve wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:31 pm Bit of a shock really, I’d assumed I was fairly healthy.

I can relate to this, ‘cos so did I up until May last year and my BP was typically 135/85 at the time. Now I’m thinking it might be time to draw up a bucket list.

Can we have some new flavours now you're back please Frog? Bored with all the usual ones. Some time ago somebody did a 'Special Edition' choc and vanilla flavoured one which was superb. I’ll see what I can do for you, Reg, though at my level of status/influence I wouldn’t expect any more than more,...

Cheery for me 'coz I got a call today from my boss telling me I can go back to work. They told me to stay away just after Christmas to protect me from COVID and I’ve been hanging around at home on full pay since then. Yay! I’m a breadwinner again

From speaking with various people it does seem that the AZ one gives you a bit of a whack. Had mine at 11am last Fri, fine all day, hands seized up a bit at 10pm so went to bed. Shivered like mad for 4 hours despite 3 quilts and hot water bottle, and sweated at same time. Next morning headache and ...

Me? I’d go for a more-defined Zombie-bear one like last years WRT if it were available. Dead Kool that’d be..

:lol: Hah! I'll give him a run for his [enormous fortune of] money :grin: Had the AZ version. The Moderna/Pfizer versions use an mRNA platform but AZ is chimpanzee adenovirus vectored. I always thought I had a chi[m]p on my shoulder and now it's guaranteed! While you're at it, you'd better get a ti...

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 9:04 pm Got the slippers and everything.

Ah! But are they tartan ones with roll tops and zips up the front? Don’t count if not.

I’m getting fed up of these garden bivvies, but hey-ho, needs must, when the Devil drives. For this month, I packed as for a normal bivvy and set out in the late afternoon for a twenty mile loop, ending at home. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50983345231_ef6a72b147.jpg By the time I’d set up ca...