Had this Zpacks Hexamid about 2 years and a few weeks ago discovered this : https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48591573597_1dc7939329_c.jpg Zpacks Hexamid hole by Eric Robinson , on Flickr The hole/flaw is up at the top. Contacted Zpacks (with difficulty, they said they hadn't received my email... ...

August 20th - just ! Severe attack of CBA lately probably some of it being brought on by my idea of 2 months ago of building a wildlife pond ! Severely affected my bike riding. i had tussocks 2 feet tall, and with just a shovel I cleared everything and produced a deepish pond (3 feet at deepest, the...

Mike I have a Zpacks Hexamid, had it for two years.... Very light... and a doddle to pitch. The bathtub could do with being deeper (on the Plexamid it is a lot deeper). And the storm doors are difficult to get right (I use tent pegs to peg them down). The fastener for when you want to fold the doors...

Lancaster Canal Preston to Carnworth

What’s it like ?

Rideable ?

Any problems ?

If you want a proper off-road Route (we are off roaders aren’t we ?): Formby to canal at Burscough ( John Climber Moore’s Winter Bivvy Route) Follow canal to Wigan then to Adlington (Bridge 64) Bit of road to get through Adlington (but you can avoid most of it by leaving main road, and going via qui...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48413693226_2064dea737_c.jpg BAM July2019 by Eric Robinson , on Flickr July BAM should have been somewhere up on Cross Fell with a mate, but the weather changed all that... so this is my local clough, a lovely spot.. My new Klymit Inertia decided to leak and go f...

Too many rats in a basket and they start biting one another.... ? Like Spike (Milligan) once said about walking down Oxford Street in London, nobody looks at anybody else... if you do catch eyes with someone they might bite you... Everybody needs a CERTAIN amount of personal space, and if that’s com...

Garmin Dakota with 2 batteries in weighs 163 grams

Took the Edge 530 on a bit of a ride this afternoon, primarily to get to know its navigation features a bit better. I rode on a course from a gpx, which I copied into the ‘Newfiles’ folder on the device (plug it into your PC via USB, and view it via Windows Explorer) All fine whilst on the course- h...

Decided to buy an Edge 530 about 4 weeks ago, despite all the many glitches and bugs as via DC Rainmaker’s forum. I got 10% off via DC Rainmaker from Clever Training UK (£234) Have relied on Dakota 20 for multi-day, with several batteries... it’s quite a bit of weight. The Edge 530 does have an exce...

Wednesday evening set off on a full stomach (not good considering what's coming :mrgreen: ) to ascend Winter Hill (at least a mile of technical uphill), just as HR was getting uncomfortable a text came in !! :-bd good reason to stop ! Had a great spot a mile west of the top, had my eye on it for a w...

I could go on (and on and on) about my close encounters with snakes in Australia, Blue Mountains, when I had 5 days alone with a map, no compass, a very small plastic tent... and limited water Nearly stood on a red-bellied black snake 2 days from civilisation... scared the sh1t out of me, turned rou...

I wondered what had happened to you Composite, so many interesting posts you made...

Good to see you back, but anybody can be knocked down and flattened, but 5 stars when you can bounce back again... that is real strength, and proves your strength... an inspiration to others...

No not as far as the gate (over which is road)... and besides no need if you’re going into Tockholes to hit the tarmac. 20 feet before the tarmac there’s a gate.... go that way Back to the theme: About 200 metres before all that (the gate and the road) there is a track leading up right, it’s that wa...

Been using Mudhuggers for 2 to 3 years..

Can recommend them - the back one especially does a great job....

And in this climate it’s a no brainer....

Johnny Lazarus Across Darwen Moor: (Use OS Map ) Taking Wilton Weavers Way NW ish, past Pasture Ho. Farm, just before Tockholes, turn right, up the hill, over the gate, and when you get to the top there’s a signpost. Take the track on the left. It is GOOD, very good, thanks to ‘Nigel from Darwen’ wh...

Hi Andy, thx for the info. Did a ride last year (a big circular..... “investigating” like I do, included some great bits of RW (Rossendale Way) above Cliviger, no people, just curlews and ST (single track) and eventually via Rising Bridge got above the Grane Road looking down on Ogden Res. It was go...

Hiya Andy In-Reverse You mentioned getting to Mary Townely Loop via Darwin, Haslingden, Grane, Crawshawbooth Probably a lot easier than my ‘past Strawbury Duck, over Maggot Farm bog Moor, Irwell Vale, Gincroft Lane (Edenfield).’ Is that mainly off-road ? Give me a clue if it is.... ? (Any idea what ...

Don’t know where you’re starting from, but if west of Parbold, canal to Wigan, and continue canal to Adlington (Bridge 64 I think), then a bit of road to Rivington (but there are options to reduce that a bit :-bd From Rivington many possibilities but as Andy says link up with MTL I can get you there...

Thanks for the tip RDC I researched TT. Looks good. Researched a bit more... then decided to get a subscription for British Isles & Ireland, including updates. That was £33 for a year (without updates £13) My local area looks good, and I imported in one of my local rides... still good, AND you c...

Better than hanging is hung, drawn, and quartered

Reserved for destroyers of the langwidge who use 'of' instead of 'have'...

Holy crap !

Great write up there Sean, the humanity of it all... good that everything is looking ok. I had (still have if anybody wants it and thinks they can repair it :lol: ) a Klymit X-Lite (6ozs is appealing) but it went down on my 2018 BAM and that was January, February, and March, not pleasant and not muc...

Got my Edge 530 this morning. Anybody know how to get decent maps onto it (with contours and FPs and BWs etc) Been using Edge 800 (and Dakota) and I can’t remember how I got the maps on. They are GB Discoverer 1:50k Garmin suggest buying BirdsEye Select (whatever that is), it’s £100 for whole of U.K.

Thursday finally got my act together, and went to a favourite spot just 2.2 miles away. Decided I would try out this no tent business and just lay out my sleeping mat (Klymit X-Lite, so not much there) on a permavent sheet, with sleeping bag on top, with my Z-Packs tarp-tent laid on top. https://liv...

Just paypal’ed you Stuart, so hopefully..