Great stuff Jose and the youngster. I've got a lot of BAM reading to catch up on too. Love looking through everyone's pics. BEST BOTHY IN THE WORLD. Not too much of a secret on here but didn't want it to be obvious on the blog. I think it's the fishing hut HTRider mentioned. Off my route but on the ...

September bagged the top loop of the HT as a reccie. That's all but one or two bits seen now. The most amazing weather window. I think I've used a few years weather-luck with this one. https://trepidexplorer.blogspot.com/2020/09/random-screams-highland-trail-and-how.html https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1...

September bagged the top loop of the HT as a reccie. That's all but one or two bits seen now. The most amazing weather window. I think I've used a few years weather-luck with this one. https://trepidexplorer.blogspot.com/2020/09/random-screams-highland-trail-and-how.html https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1...

Full thing for those that like lots of reading and mediocre pics.

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... a bunch of fashionista, mug and camera dangling gravel bikers that I had assumed were in the WRT. It was only after a tuna sweetcorn I came to my senses and realised that with all that Crikey, how much and sculpted facial hair I was much mistaken. The were doing the Welsh section of the GB endu...

Things that don't spring to mind (pun intended) in panic mode. Thanks I'll have a look and a think.

Bought these to go on either of my bikes. Colour: Orange. Steerer: 1.1/8" - 1.5" Tapered. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xJfh-zFKxE0/X0F0txrL-BI/AAAAAAAAEN0/MsEiedcmslUeRxDXaG5hD8j8RDnLK7uSACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20200819_095428.jpg Cut them too short for the Cotic (Doh! :oops: ) but they looked lov...

Just in case the rest of August went to poo, Landslide and I thought we'd make the most of a glorious weekend to get bivi in. Bad planning saw us leave my place at 8pm and headed towards Cut gate. We craved a little breeze so bypassed the woods but instead ended up in a gale (for August) so we carri...

Trep route "Northern Myth" - still a work in progress. Last year I rode it from work on Friday night back to home. This year I left on Saturday lunchtime and was home again in time for dinner on Sunday. Absolutely stunning day(s) out avoiding the worst of the tourist trade. https://1.bp.bl...

I would have liked to but I think you clashed with the revised WRT in August if it happens - or at least too close for 'comfort'.

I already paid for Wales, otherwise I'd be in, midges 'n' all.

For some reason I missed all the good weather in June then made Mr Landslide go out on the worst weather night of the weekend to get our June BAM ticked. What an evil woman I am. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4XmeILz4vEY/Xvw0PEqLo7I/AAAAAAAAEFs/fRTVl0qpPawOPtt681pzyb8wSjA5a1ZkACK4BGAsYHg/s320/DSCF2224....

The best thing anyone said to me when I was ill was,

You don't have one life you have two - the one before and the one that comes after you realise that there's only one.

@Froggat Speedy recovery. Months of blood-thinners ahead? I had a clot in 2014. 6 weeks off the bike (longest everrrrr) but eventually, I sat in a chair with a heart rate monitor on and very carefully lifted light weights a few times a week. When I got back to riding I felt better than ever. A certa...

Thanks for sharing Karl. I wanted to post an update on the Strathcarron Hotel. I stopped in there on my reccy in June at about 8am. There was already one bike parked outside. The landlady was inside (looking exhausted) but made me Haggis in a bun and a coffee. Her and her husband came and sat outsid...

Starting out feeling quite healthy about this but let's see where I end up. From 1982 Raleigh Raleigh* at my mum's house Neil Orrell Graeme Weigh My dad's mate's mum's old track bike on insurance Neil Orrell* Giant Specialized rockhopper Trek tourer. Damn I loved that bike. RIP. feck EasyJet Mercian...

Sean, you just made my stomach turn.

Easter's gonna be gorgeous they said. It's gonna rain on Sunday they said. I panicked. I packed my bike up on Thursday evening after work... a work day that meant to finish early but lasted out till 5pm. I've got tired of battering myself on the tough stuff near home and developed a knee injury that...

So, who's hunting in the garden for the Easter bunny bivi, then?

Substantial length of time indoors led to a massive outpouring of https://trepidexplorer.blogspot.com/2020/03/march-bivi-2020-on-solitude.html] bloggles this month for a relativley short legal bivi bimble. Backyard bivi, I decided to remain as close as possible to usual BAM experience - leave on Sat...

Yessss. Legally allocated potter up the valley and back followed by a garden bivi. Perfect.

Time to get out the crappiest sleeping bag and leakiest bivi to finally be laid to rest by the claws of a thousand urban kitties.

What a rush of "last weekend in February" posts. I wonder why?

If I'd actually realised it was a leap year I might've delayed last weekend.

After weeks of putting it off and being put off, I headed for the Peak late on Sunday for a sneaky school night bothy bivi. Sheffield's favourite indoor venue wasn't too toasty with some of that Easterly blowing snow squalls in the doorway but I stayed dry, if not warm for a very nappy 6 hours which...

Many years cyclo-cross rider here. Genuinely considering buying my first full-susser ever for this event... or something steely at least. Perhaps fully supported without all the baggings on a 'cross bike?

Thanks Reg. I use it to cover up my lack of speed.

Another JanBaM on the BB Winter ride. Part of the George posse but then rode off into the mizzle of the night to stop at a picnic bench near Devil's bridge. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2dUBykZlTzU/XiDRJRnblJI/AAAAAAAADvk/5JfpXIGjF3EMTHq-etQQbk4kJ-hV8IhjgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20200112_032504.jpg I had a new...