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by whitestone
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:46 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

I have to admit to being somewhat ambivalent, on the fence, about wind farms. On the one hand they certainly aren't aesthetic in any way and by their nature have to be in areas with (reasonably) reliable wind which does mean our more upland areas or a reasonable distance out to sea. However, just wh...
by whitestone
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19413

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

My latest Deschutes pitching experiments have led me to do it like the flat tarp in an A config - peg out the two rear corners, in with the pole and peg out the pole guy, peg the rest out - works every time! That's pretty much how I do the Gatewood which is essentially the same design. I've found u...
by whitestone
Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:26 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19413

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Apparently it was "International thingymijg" or something at the weekend so in a mad moment of joining in we headed south picking up the Pennine Bridleway. If you weren't on rocky tracks then the going was very soft and slow. We were aiming for a bivy spot that Cath had been told about clo...
by whitestone
Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: OT: Cheapest way to (entering) a trail half marathon!?
Replies: 26
Views: 762

Re: OT: Cheapest way to (entering) a trail half marathon!?

Have done both half and full Yorkshireman, can't remember the years but should be in the results from about 12yrs ago. Even though it's an FRA event it's closer to trail running terrain. Edit Scratch that! Did the full in 2004 (4:57 finishing time) and the half in 2005 (1:54) and 2006 (2:04) /Edit E...
by whitestone
Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:42 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Flttingford bothy
Replies: 16
Views: 606

Re: Flttingford bothy

Depending on how turbid (cloudy/dirty) the water is, then filter to remove the particulates and bigger Protozoa. Then bring to boil. No need to have a rolling boil as is often recommended, you just need to get it above 70C (or thereabouts) to kill off any remaining bacteria and viruses. I did post a...
by whitestone
Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:18 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: An interesting bikerafting route up in the Highlands
Replies: 11
Views: 297

Re: An interesting bikerafting route up in the Highlands

I might be wrong but I struggle to believe folks genuinely think in KM in the UK.... "oh the speed limit on a UK motorway is 112km" it's not, it's 70mph. But like I say I might be wrong. I'm 64 and while, like you, I mix and match much of the time (I'm 1.80m tall with a 42" chest :??...
by whitestone
Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:10 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: An interesting bikerafting route up in the Highlands
Replies: 11
Views: 297

Re: An interesting bikerafting route up in the Highlands

I had noticed the route being posted. A good way to make use of some of those frustrating "tracks" that just stop in the middle of nowhere, most will be stalking paths so just lead to close to the edge of that particular estate - there's two tracks on the north side of Loch Mullardoch for ...
by whitestone
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:17 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Winter JennRide
Replies: 2
Views: 178

Re: Winter JennRide

A mixture. I just put on the damp leggings but had an Alpkit mid-layer top that I used instead of the thermal top I'd been wearing on Saturday. I'd taken a spare pair of socks but they were almost as wet by the time we got riding.
by whitestone
Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:06 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Winter JennRide
Replies: 2
Views: 178

Winter JennRide

Well that were a ride of two halves John. Saturday was almost a horrid day as you could hope for in February in the Lakes. Perhaps its only redeeming quality was that it wasn't cold, it would have been really serious if it had been. Meanwhile Sunday was just about the exact opposite, more like an Ap...
by whitestone
Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:10 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19413

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

When we did/attempted the French Divide we were each given a cycling cap with our name on the underside of the peak. Might be an idea. The BB jerseys (in whatever colour) are quite distinctive so even without names they are something of an ice breaker: "So who are you on the forums then?" ...
by whitestone
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:39 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19413

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

We need BB username badges! I hope I spoke to all of you doing the JennRide—Whitestone, we spoke on Walna Scar Road today—but I wish I'd been able to put names to faces at the time. But where to put them? On the back of the bike/seat pack so that riders know who they are passing/being overtaken by,...
by whitestone
Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19413

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Just back from the winter JennRide - 150km of winter wonderfulness :???: Come to the Lakes they said. It'll be picturesque they said... There'll be wonderful views they said... It'll be lovely they said... They lied! Got to the ODG at about 1830 and decided to have tea there. About 2030 we headed ou...
by whitestone
Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:38 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
Replies: 65
Views: 1757

Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?

Ultimately we all (try to) justify our own actions. Of course that means airlines also try to portray themselves as "green" by saying "flying is only X kg of CO2 per mile" and is thus comparable to, for example, train journeys. This somewhat sidesteps the fact that a typical flig...
by whitestone
Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
Replies: 88
Views: 5502

Re: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE

Cheery Thursday :YMPARTY: :YMPARTY: :YMPARTY: :YMPARTY:
by whitestone
Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:12 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
Replies: 33
Views: 806

Re: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?

Surely the answer is to get one's butler to do it :???:
by whitestone
Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:42 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays walk
Replies: 49
Views: 13065

Re: Todays walk

Unfortunately the cafe we were heading to in Slaidburn had shut down, but a coffee and sandwich from the nearby post office was a reasonable substitute. Sad to hear about the café, there's a lot that's shut down in the last couple of years so things are getting a bit thin. Dunno what your route was...
by whitestone
Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:48 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19413

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Happy birthday youngster.

Someone else's birthday tomorrow :wink:
by whitestone
Sat Feb 10, 2024 3:39 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays walk
Replies: 49
Views: 13065

Re: Todays walk

More Veloviewer tile grabbing... This time at the top of Waddington/Easington Fell I'd three squares in a row to visit. On the way up the long road climb I passed three cyclists. I was just getting ready to set off and one of them pulled up - John Allen of this parish! So a bit of a chat before I he...
by whitestone
Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lowest useable gear
Replies: 38
Views: 1012

Re: Lowest useable gear

26/46 on the fatty here as well though TBH fatties are a bit different and their traction/stiction create their own effects. At the top end the angular momentum of the tyres lets you keep a higher speed than you'd otherwise imagine.
by whitestone
Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:03 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: 2.5kg too heavy for bar harness ?
Replies: 5
Views: 258

Re: 2.5kg too heavy for bar harness ?

I'd say 2kg would be around the maximum for a bar mounted bag but everyone's different, some might baulk at 1kg up front. If you are happy with it and it doesn't affect *your* handling/enjoyment then I wouldn't worry about it.
by whitestone
Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lowest useable gear
Replies: 38
Views: 1012

Re: Lowest useable gear

godivatrailrider wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:43 am
And 30/11 is acceptable for the flatter/slightly downhill sections still?
Yes. By the time I'm spinning out I'm going fast enough that it's not a problem. It doesn't happen that often anyway, makes more sense to have something usable at the lower end.
by whitestone
Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lowest useable gear
Replies: 38
Views: 1012

Re: Lowest useable gear

My lowest gear is 30/50 so 1.66 ratio.

I could go lower but I find I need a bit of resistance especially if the ground is rough and sometimes will actually be in a higher gear to give me momentum through rougher sections.

Everyone is different though and a lot depends on what you are used to.
by whitestone
Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:28 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Wildlife
Replies: 670
Views: 129535

Re: Wildlife

A couple of red kites whilst walling over at my brother's. Not seen them in the Lakes before.

Apparently the curlews are back from the coast already. Not heard any yet but if they are here then it won't be too long.
by whitestone
Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays walk
Replies: 49
Views: 13065

Re: Todays walk

It was last a working farm forty or fifty years ago. By 2000, possibly earlier, it was derelict and was renovated in 2006. The walls of the in-bye fields are in a very poor state indicating a long time since they were worked. These would be the most likely to be kept in good condition. I Need to do ...
by whitestone
Fri Feb 02, 2024 2:39 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: DD Superlight solo tarp - damaged but free! (Claimed)
Replies: 4
Views: 282

Re: DD Superlight solo tarp - damaged but free!

Phil, you could glue reinforcing patches onto it. Just need to determine if it's silnylon or silpoly. It's what I've done when I've made tarps but the tension is more across the material than at right angles to it though I have done ridgeline tie-outs that have held. Glue the patch (I used Sil-net o...