Genesis Altitude hardtail mountain bike. Size large. (I would call it med to large). Reynolds 520 chrome-moly frame. :-bd I have deliberately covered this frame in stickers and tape to make it look messy, to reduce theft. It has been used for touring. Turkey. Morocco. France. Spain. Greece. Lots of ...

Spent 5 days paddling down that river. Stunning area. Loads of kingfishers, otters, buzzards, water.

Are you doing the Routes des Grandes Alpes? I'm doing that too in a week or two. Chamonix tomorrow is showing 24°C. But 3°C next Monday. I hope that is wrong. :???: Chamonix yesterday was +/-36°c - I mostly melted! I wonder if you're looking at a ski forecast site as they often use higher altitudes...

Are you doing the Routes des Grandes Alpes? I'm doing that too in a week or two. Chamonix tomorrow is showing 24°C. But 3°C next Monday. I hope that is wrong.

Pirahna wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2023 6:43 pmGet a camera.

Ideas for remembering not recording.
And on a bike.

I often pass my time on the motorway by trying to remember number plates as cars pass by. Sometimes I will catch back up which gives me a chance to test myself. I've since found out that you are not allowed to cycle on motorways! :sad: This is great for passing some time, but also for trying to reme...

Sasquach often gets confused with Bigfoot, Yeti doesn't complain.

[/quote] Wowsers. Were you soaked to the bone when it struck? Any recollections or were you unconscious? [/quote] I don't think being wet plays much of a part. When Thor or Zeus has you lined up, you're f#%^ed. It was a nice spring afternoon. A small dark front approached from the west. No lightning...

Borrowdale Valley, Lakes, ticks all those boxes. x5 sites. x4 take vans. (More further up towards Derwent Water). Derwent Water for paddling, swimming. The site next to the river allows fires and supplies wood. Pub 5 mins walk. I don't use this one though as it is a bit of a 'free for all' = a bit n...

I've been hit.

Standing next to the hut on Mt Whitney. I was doing part of the John Muir Trail.
There was a sign on the door saying 'do not enter during lightning storms as a group of people had been killed whilst sheltering inside'.
So I stayed outside and got zapped.

PeterC :-bd Brilliant! It was driving me crazy trying to work it out. According to my birdy book, not a call, but made by vibrating the tail feathers. There were sandpipers around, a bit similar, so I wasn't really thinking of other long beakers. A very beautiful sound. So much for my ability to hea...

This is going to be hard to explain. There are a few places in Scotland where I have heard this. Maybe once in the Lakes. In the evening, just after it gets dark, I hear something that sounds like a boomerang whizzing around in loops. The only things I know that seems to move in these loops are bats...

Well, there was me moaning about riding through bogs and now the sun won't stop shining. Drying it all out. Went over to Loch Nevis via Glendessary. Camped on the beach/grass, by the river. Beautiful trip. Stunning valley. Had a swim in the sea, then pushed/rode back up again. Stopping for a swim in...

She has mental issues. So, yes, she isn't quite right. BBC news website shows the actual incident on video.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-c ... e-65645364

Okay. Cheers. Will have another search. I don't want to hijack this post - too much.

On the BBC today. A woman gets 3 years for the death of a cyclist. Watching the video clip, I really can't see why. Although obviously, if she wasn't there, it wouldn't have happened. And the council still can't confirm if it is a shared ped/cycle path. Very clear that it isn't. Something dodgy ther...

Thanks. But that it is for a different country. Alaska.

Is there a write up of his winter Scandie ride anywhere?
Didn't see it on his web page.
I'm planning something similar. Cheers.

boxelder wrote: ↑Sun May 14, 2023 8:22 am Altura Vortex luggage v cheap. It's good quality stuff, and waterproof.
https://www.altura.co.uk/sale/luggage-c4

Thanks. Seat pack ordered.

Thanks. I will have a look.

Thanks for the input. I think I will pass on the Morar route then. I was up to my knees in bog. I've often camped on Morar, but by canoe. There is a bothy there but it has always been locked. An 'emergency' shed next to it though. Oban. The Nevis route I will give another try, maybe in a week or two...

"The crescent bite out of each is so that I can use a finger to lift them out of the bottom of the pan more easily"


I think there is a YouTube video on how to do this by turning the pot upside down.

I have just tried both these routes but only as day rides and only got half way as both ran out of excellent trail and seemed to turn to bog. Anyone gone all the way? Worth continuing or will it be 5km of dragging the bike along with camping gear. 2 nice bothies but too close to the start of the tra...

Nice.
What castle wall camp was that? I love camping in spots like that.
Goes to EasyJet site!

Thanks for the comments.

EasyJet flights are £45 (+ £45 for the bike) at the moment. Get out there.
Turkey next for me. I did a month of riding there in Nov/Dec. Amazing.