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- Fri Sep 29, 2023 6:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
PS> There's hardly anybody in the BBB Pub this evening. I'm sat here in the corner with my flat cap on and a pint of mild talking to the pub dog. Is there some sporting event going on or summat? I'm here, though in foreign parts. Day 14 of my Camino, found a lovely spot albeit a bit noisy from the ...
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 7:44 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Washing.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1033
Re: Washing.
The Plaça Major is Salamanca is a must see, one of the finest in Spain. You're telling me! I stood in the middle, absolutely gobsmacked. I'm staying in Salamanca today, for a rest and to do some sightseeing. Fair play, Spain has some beautiful places to see. It seems to have suddenly gone chilly in...
- Sat Sep 23, 2023 6:47 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Washing.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1033
Washing.
A new one for me - I've just had to learn how to use an automatic launderette in Salamanca. hope my T-shirt doesn't end up like the merino one Mrs Frog shrunk down to kiddy size
- Sat Sep 23, 2023 6:41 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
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- Mon Sep 18, 2023 8:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3948
- Views: 484080
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
the intention to start tomorrow. Thinkin' about ya Lu. That's quite a project you've taken on there. Hope you've had a satisfactory start. Reckon you'll end up with some good stories. So now I've done day three , and got as far as Merida.ive done in three days what I'd meant to do on four. Here's w...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3948
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Yup. Got it in one. I hope my Arris hold out for the three weeks I've allowed. I bought some bum cream, but airport security bagged it. I had to get some "anti friction" cream from Decathlon. Haven't needed to try it yet. Tomorrow!
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 6:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3948
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Now it's cheery but the week since Wednesday has been a bit sub-optimal. It started on the plane to Seville when I couldn't buy a G n T 'cause I'd left my cash card at home. The next day was spent trying to get my banks to let me get some cash out. They both kept blocking me and then I'd have to go...
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 7:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
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Re: What you done t' your bike today
Took it to bits and put it into a box...
And incidentally, I’ve managed to post a photo without going through Flickr.
And incidentally, I’ve managed to post a photo without going through Flickr.
- Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:49 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
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- Thu Sep 07, 2023 7:55 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 183807
Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
This is a placeholder for September's BaM in case I don't manage to find out how to post pictures from my phone. So, a BaM not far from home, and at a place I've been to several times now, but still... I'd kicked around doing jobs around the house all day, with no intention to bivvy until I started ...
- Sun Sep 03, 2023 10:38 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bum Butter Question.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 986
Re: Bum Butter Question.
Aaahh Ha Ha Ha! Thanks for that - it’s given me a right good laugh. Thanks for that…
- Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:30 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bum Butter Question.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 986
Bum Butter Question.
I’m off for a three week bike ride in Spain in a couple of weeks. I’m confident I can ride the 35 miles a day I need to average, but not sure how my botty will hold out. To this end, (see what I did there :grin: ) I’ve bought some bum cream. I have a question:- I’m hoping to bivvy some of the time, ...
- Fri Sep 01, 2023 8:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3948
- Views: 484080
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Ha, I had a CT scan 7 weeks ago, I finally find out the results on the 4th. Not sure if that’s an oblique way of telling me that it’s nothing serious. 5 months in and no concrete diagnosis. Double Ha! When I’d had my heart attack back in May 2020, they sent me to Bangor hospital for an MRI scan, (e...
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:43 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 183807
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 8:54 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 183807
Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
August BaM - Done! A two nighter from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Machynlleth. So 12:09 train from Wrexham to Blaenau then pedal south as far as comfortable, bivvy, pedal more, bivvy then finish at Mach to catch a train home. That was the plan, but the train was cancelled.Options were to get the next trai...
- Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 952
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Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
I dunno - since going singlespeed it has crossed my mind that having some kind of 2 speed high and low range (concealed cunningly in the BB so people don't realise you are a wuss) would actually be very good - will still have a low maintenance drivetrain, no dangly thing and a nice light back end. ...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Contemplating a change of air mattress...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1004
Re: Contemplating a change of air mattress...
Ben98 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:11 amWhy are you sleeping with an ultrasonic cat repeller?frogatthefarriers wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:03 pm I can’t hear the ultrasonic cat repellers either. ‘S a shame for anyone that has to sleep nearby though.
Umm…yourguitarhero wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:24 am
A person's sexual preferences are their own business!
- Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Contemplating a change of air mattress...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1004
Re: Contemplating a change of air mattress...
My old neoair (now called xlite?) is still going strong. I don't notice the noise but then I'm asleep. They always sound louder to the user as your ear is right next to the mat :grin: I don’t hear it either. My (unintentional) solution to the crisp packet noise was to get older and deafer. My ears ...
- Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1521
- Views: 247478
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Took it apart into large lumps. I’m off to Spain in September for an “adventure before dementia” ride from Seville to Santiago de Compostela. I agonised for a few weeks about renting a bike there (easy but expensive) or taking my own bike and having to find out how to get it there and back again. We...
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 7:54 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bikepacking Northumberland
- Replies: 2
- Views: 293
Re: Bikepacking Northumberland
Looks like a nice ride with spectacularly good weather. Nice video too. Thanks for sharing.
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 9:23 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 183807
Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
July BaM done, so 7/12 for this year, with a nice bit of three generational male bonding. Pedal to Chester, to train to Anglesey to hammock-in-the-woods with my son and grandson. De-trained at Bodorgan and started pedalling. When I got to Malltraeth I realised I'd not had lunch yet. Then a chippy pr...
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Cloth patches
- Replies: 14
- Views: 948
Re: Cloth patches
How about just sticking the Velcro on?
I know, I know, but I just couldn’t resist it.
I’ll get me coat.
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:37 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 183807
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Kayak Oar/Long Pole Carrying on a bike
- Replies: 5
- Views: 241
Re: Kayak Oar/Long Pole Carrying on a bike
Whenever I've had to transport something long I've just strapped it to the top tube in two places. Done this with garden tools….. We used to see lots of this back in the days when people didn’t have cars, but did have allotments. Fork/rake/hoe etc on the top tube and a basket on the front or back t...
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Thunderstorms
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1383
Re: Thunderstorms
Yikes! I got caught in a storm while crossing the flanks of Cadair Idris a few weeks back. It was close enough at one point that I dumped the bike and adopted the position. Hmm! That’s got me thinking, that given that metal or carbon are good conductors, a bike frame could act as a lightning rod an...