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by summittoppler
Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:09 pm
Forum: Routes
Topic: Traws - Eryri new North Wales route
Replies: 13
Views: 4702

Re: Traws - Eryri new North Wales route

Traws Eryri will only become the route it should be (will be) when long promised reforms in Welsh Government access legislation are delivered. But let’s just say that the secret squirrel version of the route has only been seen by half a dozen people 😄 If WG ever actually carry out the access reform...
by summittoppler
Wed Aug 23, 2023 4:50 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

Verena wrote: Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:53 pm Mussels!!!!

That is taking the competitive gourmet bikepacking cuisine to next level Jeff!!
Nom, nom, nom :-bd
RIP wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:17 am Dunno why you don't just move in and have done with it Jeffer :grin:
My happy place, everyone needs one right? :cool:
by summittoppler
Wed Aug 23, 2023 4:20 pm
Forum: Routes
Topic: Traws - Eryri new North Wales route
Replies: 13
Views: 4702

Re: Traws - Eryri new North Wales route

Looks good for me as I'm only 1 mile from the finish in Conwy. However try not to be 'deceived' from some of the images in the Route Guide, as some photos are not from the route. Again with it being under the banner of CUK, they have to stick to legal ROW. They do say they are working on some issues...
by summittoppler
Mon Aug 21, 2023 11:07 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

Last day of my summer break yesterday so headed up to my usual place. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AIL4fc9ofF6yWtoKx7RKvnMSZFcRw6f02H-BKJlFTMABRst843pxA9CbqnRhhO3U_mE_FkdqASG-wrb-QoUs_FYdp5N86NQ75xgEUYqZocV7GRaeDQ7i14yt=w1500-h750 'fitted' a couple of shelves https://lh3.googleusercontent.co...
by summittoppler
Fri Aug 11, 2023 6:37 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

The lizard looks huge - excellent pic! Doesn't it just! I love lizards. It was tiny tbh but managed to get really close. Here it is on the piece of plane wreckage when I first saw it... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AIL4fc9RMVqIlFCLfd6AVEDMiw-QFbOXBu_XD7ZEdGYcZ0-Bs6wRkEabPmfn9Ayw-vsKMAFsALrN...
by summittoppler
Thu Aug 10, 2023 4:32 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

Aren't I a lucky boy. Managed to get out for another 2 nights at the cottage! Some pics (again!).... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AIL4fc97DM9MHvn0Fn-T0jgHpReRaB8hI7CqROmuSDMtp_aWpf1zt4dR5bu1AKpfuaC8JxDhoIeqP3KKVeYsMpt2RaFUpL7dOyc1DMdyJ-kkLYwQceWQ08FA=w1500-h750 https://lh3.googleusercontent....
by summittoppler
Fri Aug 04, 2023 7:04 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

Soz, me again..... I took the bike out for a good walk today! One of them proper hike a bikes when you walk more than ride (big style), however the views more than made up for it. I ticked off the summit of Moel Penamnen (614m) which is 3km NNE of Blaenau Ffestiniog. https://lh3.googleusercontent.co...
by summittoppler
Fri Aug 04, 2023 6:54 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Long live the Mukluk
Replies: 39
Views: 2152

Re: Long live the Mukluk

So the Mukluk is now the Heyday!, suppose it's the same... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AIL4fc_2GiYu5LFdn8dQQ3BkZKpx7FELTHMNUH8QsU7NYECeR28RK6tPXNaSNqfM_a6aZNPA9oZFDUFbQL2RFOmx2eUOUNSc7VekdhqU_SW6dIqEBxdjF14n=w1500-h750 More info here: https://fat-bike.com/2023/08/2024-salsa-cycles-fat-bike-...
by summittoppler
Wed Aug 02, 2023 7:53 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

Me again sorry! The wife had to go to Llangefni yesterday so why not put the bike in the car and cycle the 30 miles home. Very scenic but I much prefer the mountains... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AIL4fc9U3Mjweh05PcnEFzhc9Ef2Y3hU0PQLV5QRpgzJVNJIMK01rDEUZTrf3YGxJtGD0_hsRBu1LoCy0k_xZ8p6TVyUHK...
by summittoppler
Tue Aug 01, 2023 9:34 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

I’ve only done that BW the once and it was pretty technical from memory. I suppose with it being so close to Capel it was a prime candidate for making accessible and unlike those steep BWs like Jenkins Crag and Garburn Pass in the Lakes that get washed out really quickly it’s likely to get bedded i...
by summittoppler
Tue Aug 01, 2023 7:12 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

Made the most of a wet Monday during my time off work by getting out in the elements. A few months ago this would not have happened due to my mojo lost somewhere, however it was great to be out. I parked up at the Llyn Crafnant car park (free) and headed along the fire road on the northern edge of t...
by summittoppler
Mon Jul 31, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

Well done V, that sounds a tough one!

Verena wrote: Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:19 pm And Jeff, you really do live and play in a stunning part of the world.
It's too bad eh? :-bd
by summittoppler
Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:51 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Long live the Mukluk
Replies: 39
Views: 2152

Re: Long live the Mukluk

Lazarus wrote: Sat Jul 29, 2023 8:37 pm I dont think its what any parent says to their kids when they experience racism, that is a very different chat about bigotry and injustice.
True words, I can't imagine...
by summittoppler
Sat Jul 29, 2023 7:47 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Long live the Mukluk
Replies: 39
Views: 2152

Re: Long live the Mukluk

Yeah, I get it. #sheepshagger That the taffs not the gogs :wink: For others Gogs is from gogledd and means north [ wales]ern Taff being the river Taff or south Walians] - I dont think either term is offensive [ gogs isnt] and is more banter but happy to be corrected if i just did what i have moaned...
by summittoppler
Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Long live the Mukluk
Replies: 39
Views: 2152

Re: Long live the Mukluk

They might have to rename the brand itself in case Salsa dancers or Salsa eaters get offended :roll: That is not going to happen. What about Welsh on a deal you ok with that being ( historically) commonly used ( other derogatory terms exist against your fine people/nation) ? Do you really not see w...
by summittoppler
Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:53 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Moel Siabod cafe talk
Replies: 8
Views: 970

Re: Moel Siabod cafe talk

Verena wrote: Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:49 am Planning on going there for breakfast Monday morning, earlyish as soon as they open, if anyone should happen to be in the area and wanting to check out how thick the slices of toast are etc. with me.
For info, they don't do toast with the small brekkie! Take an extra tenner with yer
by summittoppler
Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:48 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Long live the Mukluk
Replies: 39
Views: 2152

Re: Long live the Mukluk

Shame the names being dropped.
My Mukluk is 3 months from being 10 years old, I bloody love it :-bd
They might have to rename the brand itself in case Salsa dancers or Salsa eaters get offended :roll:
by summittoppler
Sat Jul 29, 2023 1:44 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

After passing the Eigiau cottage last week and speaking to the warden, I was kindly handed a spare key for a few weeks. So on Thursday I headed up there. I've stayed there many times now but this was my first 'summer' visit. Up early on Friday to chat with the local farmer who was just starting to g...
by summittoppler
Tue Jul 11, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Pan Celtic 2023
Replies: 19
Views: 954

Re: Pan Celtic 2023

Just after lunch today I met up with a mate who was riding the long route with just 10 miles till the finish. He was absolutely buzzing at the experience he had. Spoke to another chap from Cork who also rode it for his first time. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AIL4fc-v7r0765kSLi_PSL474RbSDnQh...
by summittoppler
Tue Jul 11, 2023 4:57 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

Verena wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:10 pm Very nice!!

Fancy a beach bivvy now, I've only ever done one and that was a couple of years ago now...
Beach bivvies are great but sand gets everywhere! :o
by summittoppler
Mon Jul 10, 2023 1:56 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

After Karls talk on Friday evening about the Silk Road mountain race and the Iditarod a few of us bivvied down in the sand dunes a few miles down the coast. It was rather pleasant... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AIL4fc900dtO4E1sNddOJSMCqpGGpvPgfV9SRk3XgH78Fqky8uIOuPamBHSIeQoTIRmQeHQ_6ELe1qo4...
by summittoppler
Sat Jul 01, 2023 10:14 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608950

Re: Todays ride

New terrain for me today. Around the Trawsfynydd area. 1st time finishing a ride at a former nuclear power station! https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/drive-viewer/AFGJ81pHAvjk7xH-wli6T0pm__5pcdV7I3pMTfXjsulroyaWDzDbhEopVEayYLLForSXln-hH4mbPPOnkoW2GCkGGe7G9i1g=w1500-h800 https://lh3.googleusercontent...
by summittoppler
Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:47 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Summer Solstice
Replies: 3
Views: 402

Summer Solstice

Anyone else get out for it? I've been off the bike since Easter but I definitely found my mojo up on the hill on this one! I ventured up to the summit of Pen yr Helgi Du from the Ogwen valley in Snowdonia. It started well by riding 3 miles of the Ogwen cycle way, then a 1100ft HAB ascent was a bit t...
by summittoppler
Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:30 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: How to insert pictures
Replies: 249
Views: 143323

Re: How to insert pictures

There's a way you can do it with an intermediate step: https://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5584&p=245949&hilit=Google#p245949 cheers https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AJFCJaUp2dRHhXcBu3WdXwm8yS5Cv_FrLntRN-V5_8P7a70x2q8eAJzgmcgxrZMd_PhrNFpsbzmPmodEB0u3gqE4FaD...
by summittoppler
Sun Jun 25, 2023 10:26 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: How to insert pictures
Replies: 249
Views: 143323

Re: How to insert pictures

OK so I've let Flickr go as 60 notes is a bit much. So any ideas if I can post pics from Google Photos?