Mr R says I have to go to bed as my weekend is finally over. :roll: Thankfully, I wrote up June, just in time. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4wkv_wsl3GU/YNoqDq4HuOI/AAAAAAAAFA8/RIulRm16zVMS_Qj3WmC-eG3XB3KFtyjqACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSCF2842.JPG I had a rather lovely night out with Mr R and Landslide for Sols...

Jimmy G, Thank you for renewing my resolve to go and ride down Glen Etive, it somewhat ran out when I was on the HT but the rose tinted glasses are full-on again so I shall definitely return - probably in late September when the midges have all gone back to bed. My May BAM is an HT claim. I'm gonna ...

Hi Alasdair. Thanks. A big relief to get round this year. Will be interesting to see how I get on if I combine a decent bike and extra knowledge with the training I'd put in for 2019. Karl and I kind of hoped we'd see you this year - on the off chance you fancied running a taxi service again! Do you...

Damn,

thanks guys

Andrea - was the weird bird noise the winnowing of a Snipe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dam0sDp6Xig I think that's it, thanks. @Lars I was both relieved and disappointed to find those lads weren't still there when I got back the next day. They were replaced by a bloke that refused to believe th...

I'm also coming along. I think the legs are starting to work. Not sure about me 'ead but I'm sure she'll be reet by the time I get there. Just looking at the route a) it's yeeeeers since I've been to the lakes and can't remember anywhere. b) it'll be nice to be somewhere that has some food and fairl...

Well, that was a pleasant read. Thanks Landslide for filling in (some of) the dots. I accidentally had my tracker set to ping in my Check Ins only. Then after I'd started the event, Trackleaders wouldn't update the settings. I tried to check in as often as possible but it didn't always transmit in t...

Landslide wrote: ↑Wed May 26, 2021 4:11 pm Trep is enjoying the Ledmore traverse so much that she sent no fewer than 4 messages saying "this path is a bitch".

Oops did I? Probably because I had to stand up and wave my arm in the air to send a text!

Hi everyone. Having a faff break. Just thought I'd share experience of late September "in between lockdowns" trip to the Northern Loop. I didn't bother with OBH as I wasn't in the mood for a short shrift. Timed Invercassley for a late lunch instead. Kylesku was serving but PACKED. Lads in ...

The world felt surprisingly closed still, too. I was expecting Avebury to be back to full tourist honeypot status but the pub was shut up and the place was all but deserted. That would have been perfect if we’d had time to nose around but as it was we were hoping for a resupply before going up on t...

Enjoyed that photo stream a lot. Like going out for a ride with some who actually knows where they are instead of just following a pink line on the Garmin.

*This was my March BAM. April comin' up* Took my boys out for a ride to the woods. Had a lie down in the trees after a dram of whisky https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IdpEzt9mSwU/YGUsjb_wgmI/AAAAAAAAEzA/fhwyMGjQGg4OFDVv-CozKpUIZ5hEmCUugCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210401_031359.jpg before looping out to a new caf f...

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. I sat for an hour or two afterwards feeding sticks into the stove and partaking of a li...

This makes my heart ache. Looks lush.

Ew, it did... I know this and I was indoors. Where did you go?

https://trepidexplorer.blogspot.com/2021/01/january-bivi-2021.html https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B2T6yyNdKOI/YBV7dhWVqkI/AAAAAAAAEuU/fAr5AC38Q6gieNIc-anr7zjwOjQNwMdRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DSCF2622.JPG https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ysx2aBbWdTg/YBV8vK2ngSI/AAAAAAAAEug/KvcmSeuhuskCP8-55CTaLmKDnLlWSo5-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s...

Not so worried about transmitting the virus with our already moderately socially distanced events but getting access to resupply with pubs and cafes still closed is the main issue. I'm often exceptionally self-sufficient as I love a good camp-brew but man, I'm getting tired of hulking all this nutri...

For the last couple of years I have been doing this exercise. It may seem a bit hippy and 'out there', but if you are reviewing the year and looking forward to next year, it can be helpful. Reflection doesn't come easy to some people, certainly not for me, but I have to do it for my job, when I do ...

Solstice called for a longer ride, though I faffed too much and eventually left home at 2pm. Got the most colourful part of the day before the sun started to make its way down behind the hill. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-afoJiIFIA-8/X-JidTa4I1I/AAAAAAAAEhw/50P4YLezlU8ZrRtsdcUUYL-a7dAf_yO3QCLcBGAsYHQ/...

December FAIL - DO NOT COUNT And so December is upon us. Well done Kev, Borderer, Froggy and Jimmy for your Outs. Puts our tunnel art to shame that one! I enjoyed last week so much I thought I'd go out again this week, hoping desperately the cloud would stay cloudy and not get soggy. Sadly, it wasn...

Oh I do hope you get out there. Practice* makes perfect.

* Results may not be immediate

Just to fan the shaped-quilt fire, I bought a Thermarest Vespa last year to complement the nano mat. Pricey because I'm a gear tart but I find it wonderfully comfy and don't miss a hood except on the coldest of nights (like the Novembivi to follow). I also got a Thermarest inflatable pillow after re...

Well, October came and went. This is about as close as I got to my bivi for October. Still, all packed, 35 minutes in a bus stop and an open air sleep on a grit bin in broad daylight count right? :-bd Full report. https: //trepidexplorer.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-bb200-2020-dodging.html The closest t...

33hrs 15. Took 1hr 45 mins off last years' time but with the unfortunate issue of 5 hours less sleep. :roll: Was hoping for a sub-30 but those hopes were dashed in the first 8 hours. Thanks to Steve, Andy and my Lockdown buddy Landslide for the company over the weekend. Loved it all (well almost all...

Can I ride the Flintshire 200 instead and still qualify for a badge If this sh1t-show continues leaving us all confused and bewildered, then the window for riding will be extended. I was going to say that things can't go on like this forever but on reflection, it appears they probably can. What is ...