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by frogatthefarriers
Fri Sep 29, 2023 6:44 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3948
Views: 484080

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 ...
by frogatthefarriers
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...
by frogatthefarriers
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
by frogatthefarriers
Sat Sep 23, 2023 6:41 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183807

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

RIP wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:47 pm And I thought I'd weigh everything before departure. Yes.... we've not had one for a while... it's...... gratuitous kit list time :-

Total: 82945
83kg :o i weigh more than that in my birthday suit, never mind the kit...
by frogatthefarriers
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...
by frogatthefarriers
Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:27 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3948
Views: 484080

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

pistonbroke wrote: Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:10 pm So it's the Via del Plata then?
Yup. Got it in one. :-bd 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!
by frogatthefarriers
Fri Sep 15, 2023 6:51 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3948
Views: 484080

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...
by frogatthefarriers
Tue Sep 12, 2023 7:01 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 to bits and put it into a box...Image

And incidentally, I’ve managed to post a photo without going through Flickr.
by frogatthefarriers
Sat Sep 09, 2023 10:49 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 609938

Re: Todays ride

PaulB2 wrote: Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:11 pm A few miles later we needed another break from the heat so spent an hour wandering around the gardens of the Sledmere estate. I now need to find out what plant looks like a 30’ tall rubarb
Sounds like a Gunnera, but I don’t know about 30ft tall…
by frogatthefarriers
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 ...
by frogatthefarriers
Sun Sep 03, 2023 10:38 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bum Butter Question.
Replies: 14
Views: 986

Re: Bum Butter Question.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:56 am Should do it and not too heavy / bulky.

Image
Aaahh Ha Ha Ha! Thanks for that - it’s given me a right good laugh. Thanks for that…
by frogatthefarriers
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, ...
by frogatthefarriers
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...
by frogatthefarriers
Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:43 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183807

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

RIP wrote: Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:02 pm
Did you carry the traffic cone all the way on the train?
Nah! I was surprised to find how heavy they are though. Heavy enough to hold the side out without falling over. Respect to the road guys who seem to be able to throw them around like matchsticks.
by frogatthefarriers
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...
by frogatthefarriers
Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:19 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Replies: 952
Views: 115793

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. ...
by frogatthefarriers
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 am
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. :roll:
Why are you sleeping with an ultrasonic cat repeller? :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
yourguitarhero wrote: Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:24 am

A person's sexual preferences are their own business!
Umm… :roll:
by frogatthefarriers
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 ...
by frogatthefarriers
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...
by frogatthefarriers
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.
by frogatthefarriers
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...
by frogatthefarriers
Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:50 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Cloth patches
Replies: 14
Views: 948

Re: Cloth patches

sean_iow wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:43 am How about sewing velcro on the bags and and the back of the patches like they are on military uniforms these days? You can then swap the patches to match the event you're at :grin:
How about just sticking the Velcro on?

I know, I know, but I just couldn’t resist it.

I’ll get me coat.
by frogatthefarriers
Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:37 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183807

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

RIP wrote: Tue Jul 18, 2023 7:32 pm Fab! Alfresco woodfired pancakes;
I too am impressed by the pancakes and pleased to know that I’m not alone in taking a full-sized frying pan on a bivvy trip.

Thanks for a lovely write-up that made me smile…
by frogatthefarriers
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...
by frogatthefarriers
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...