Been there! Done that! 50 years ago! We didn't waste any as fuel. :lol: Ours was made with sugar and water and fermented with bread yeast in a 9 gallon carboy (like people make a bottle garden in). After two weeks it went into our still made from a converted fire extinguisher and a copper coil in a ...

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:24 am

whitestone wrote: ↑Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:10 am I don't do the whole social media tripe

And yet, here you are

Nah! This ain't social media - this is a common interest forum. Social media is an information-gathering-for-marketing-to separate-you-from-your-money engine.

No pictures 'coz it was only a quick nip into town to get some bits, but the sun was shining and not too much wind, so I thought I'd take a longer road home to make the most of it. :grin: My route took me through a local(-ish) park. This reminded me of the last time I'd ridden through there, around ...

I like Viewranger too. Use it on everything I need to plot. I can buy OS maps for the areas I need. they're not too dear - well the 1:50k aren't anyway - and they're available off line.

'T works for me

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 9:25 pm What have they ever done to you?

There's good eatin' in one of them. It'd take a fair bit of meths though...

Llyn Tegid, Bala. My first attempt at cycle camping. Never done it before. It was a shake-down ride for the C2C from Whitehaven to Tynemouth in 2014 https://live.staticflickr.com/7897/46148826804_c15d3c29de.jpg Before the mist had cleared... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49479406952_732938c54e...

Dunnit!

Y' see, I'd love to try something like this, but I know I never will. That's why I'll always be like a frog at the farriers; holding my foot up for a shoe but can't have one 'coz I'm not a horse - even though I think I am :sad: Why not try it? 'Coz there's too much going on at home - I don't want t...

Y' see, I'd love to try something like this, but I know I never will. That's why I'll always be like a frog at the farriers; holding my foot up for a shoe but can't have one 'coz I'm not a horse - even though I think I am

Here's my film from last weekend in Snowdonia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7O-qVBH8M Enjoy! That's a lovely video, and no mistake. I'm full of admiration for anyone who has the patience to set up the shots and then combine/edit them to make something that tells a story in just a few minutes. ...

And brought ... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49394849987_a721a714fd.jpg ... my new Ding-Dong bell :lol: It's a big 'un (as the actress said to the bishop). To give you an idea of how big it actually is, here it is on my handlebar next to the etrex.. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/4939468...

It remains only to thank FrogATF for surviving our company Au contraire mon cher Reg, (Rich, Steve) zee plaisir eet was all mine :-bd My weekend would have been a much poorer affair if I hadn't met up with you chaps. One more thing... My daughter and I go for a weekly ride along the canal tow path ...

And so it all starts again.... Yay! BAM 1/12 at the (never to be forgotten) Dambusters. I've been in these parts several times in the last few years and wanted to, but never visited the Vaughan Thomas memorial. Dunnit. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49381067882_9090c7670c_z.jpg The view was won...

I claim Next-to-Oldest BAMmer. I'm sixty-eleven, but one of our number is 3 years older.
Current BAM run is 60.

Halva has got to be worth a try. I love it. Get it at your local Polish shop, though it'll be written in Polish - chalwa. Chalwa Krolewska (Royal) has the fancier packaging but I go for the budget wersion(see what I did there? - "W"s are pronounced "V" in Polish) instead. It's lo...

I set myself a target to cycle at least 50 miles per week. Dunnit! Ha! Some weeks I've done more and a few weeks I've doubled it. I also wanted to use the bike for more trips where in the past I'd have used the car, eg to the shop or to visit my mum in the care home. I've done quite well at that too...

Ive just gone through the annual "I want to cancel my subscription " charade. We went through the "We can offer you a discount" thing again. New price is £102 inc tax. It's still a lot, but for 12 BAMs it's less than a fiver per day. My Lady says it's worth it and who am I to arg...

By prior arrangement the big bloke in the red get-up didn't visit the Towers Same here. Me and Her decided a few years ago not to buy presents for each other. Instead, we give a donation to the Sally Army. Let's face it, we can get any thing we want at any time (within reason), so no need to wait f...

RIP wrote: ↑Thu Dec 19, 2019 12:24 pm Did the ghost of Owain Glyndwr wake you up in the night on his way to the fateful Battle of Hyddgen?

Nah - not a hoof-beat or bugle was heard. Unusually, neither was an owl-hoot or pheasant or pigeon crashing about in the treetops which is what I usually get bivvying in the woods.

Ta Daaaa... another year of BAM done :-bd Ride to station (does this count for From your door?), train to Caersws, lanes to Staylittle... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49241937422_54f4f52fcf_z.jpg ...then start Stus' alternative end to TCW. Passed Glaslyn, over Tarren Bwlch-gwyn, Siambr Trawsf...

Checked fluid in fat bike tyres ready for December Bivvy next week. Just as well I did - both wheels dry. Topped up. Now hoping they'll still be up tomorrow.

Meet Stan. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49143237586_4f9eb4951c_z.jpg Sorry R-D-C, but I can't call him anything else. He was my father-in-laws' bike and became mine around 35 years ago when Dad ( his name was Stan)had to downsize and move to a pensioners bungalow. Stan is a New Hudson and has...

RIP wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:38 am Interesting outing for Frog there - the next level of gigpacking must surely be morris dancing

What a good idea! First thoughts:- Clun, Green Man in May. Cardiff, Gwyl Ifan in June. Abbotts Bromley Horn Dance in September......

Hmmm.

BAM 11/12 Mortimer Forest, Ludlow A (sort-of) gig-packing bivvy this, at the Medieval Christmas Fayre in Ludlow castle. So - ride to station, train to Ludlow, arriving just before 10 o'clock. Ride to Mortimer forest https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49117780177_710aa167b1_z.jpg to scope out a good...

Now you have another excuse to go back... Nah! Don't need an excuse. There's no chance of finding them anyway. I didn't know they were lost until I was waiting for the train home. They were only cheapo readers from a supermarket anyway. If I was looking for a good excuse, it would be for the mushro...