I'm sure something's coming and I could live with a five-mile limit for a couple of weeks, but I really hope we don't go back to the no staying out overnight thing.ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 2:22 pm Nice photos and a reminder that I'd best get an October bivvy in very soon before the Circuit Breaker is announced.
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- Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:48 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Night of the roaring stags
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Re: Night of the roaring stags
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 2:16 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Night of the roaring stags
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- Views: 903
Re: Night of the roaring stags
Mmmm cheese and fruit cake!Cheeky Monkey wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 1:10 pm They're some lovely sunset shots
You must have been gutted when you realised you'd forgotten the cheese to go with the cake and booze / tea
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 12:43 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Night of the roaring stags
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Night of the roaring stags
This trip was supposed to be a much bigger weekend loop with a couple of friends, but new Covid regulations in Scotland, a terrible forecast and last minute calendar clashes put paid to that. I still had an overnight pass though, so I decided to head out on my own after dinner on Friday evening and ...
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 7:58 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Lomond Trossachs Loop
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Re: Lomond Trossachs Loop
Great write-up Sean, it's strange but quite satisfying to read someone else's account of a route you put together. Glad that it seemed to hang together as a coherent route. Still impressed at your motivation to take this on after completing the CL so quickly in sub-optimal conditions!
- Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:12 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Cairngorms loop 2020
- Replies: 27
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Re: Cairngorms loop 2020
Great write-up, enjoyed that!
- Mon Sep 14, 2020 7:04 am
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Cairngorms Loop 300 - September Group Start?
- Replies: 253
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Re: Cairngorms Loop 300 - September Group Start?
Brilliant effort Sean, especially in the conditions. Are you following it up with the Lomond Trossachs Loop or have you had enough? :smile: Apart from my chafed and grazed groin, brused toes, blistered ankles, maybe a slight achilles tweak, the start of trench foot (pale and stating to shrivel) and...
- Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:16 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Cairngorms Loop 300 - September Group Start?
- Replies: 253
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Re: Cairngorms Loop 300 - September Group Start?
I finished at 16:37 missed out on my 30 hour target. Mind you, when I was looking across at the good track from the Fealar climb little did I know the headwind would be so vicious that I'd look back on the climb as the easy bit :lol: Brilliant effort Sean, especially in the conditions. Are you foll...
- Fri Aug 21, 2020 12:27 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
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Re: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
Now you're going to collate times I'm going to have to resist the urge to race it... I'll might take the gopro and make a film of it as an excuse for the time it takes me :wink: I can always create a Cairngorms Loop/LT Loop back-to-back category :grin: Whether you race it or not, it'll be really in...
- Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:22 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5635
Re: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
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- Fri Aug 21, 2020 9:25 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5635
Re: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
Thanks for all the comments! Hopefully everyone who asked for a GPX file has received one. There seemed enough interest to set up a simple website: https://lomondtrossachsloop.tumblr.com/. You can download the GPX from there as well
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:20 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5635
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:19 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5635
Re: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
Thanks @thenorthwind!
@stevewaters @dyffers - email incoming.
@stevewaters @dyffers - email incoming.
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 2:16 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5635
Re: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
Sounds great and a nice write up. Where can I find the gpx for the route? Lastly there are still places for the Borders 350/220 stating Sat 29 Aug if you want something else to do. The big bikehike section has now been taken out. Hi Ray, PM me with an email address and I'll send it to you. Would lo...
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:46 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5635
Re: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
Thanks :)In Reverse wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:25 am Nice. A very pleasing read.
Have you put the route online anywhere?
The ride's on Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/3848845741
Just let me know if you want a GPX file and I can email it to you.
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:36 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5635
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:35 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5635
- Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:47 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5635
It’s my party and I’ll race if I want to
Prelude This year was supposed to be all about the Highland Trail for me. I’d managed to get a place on the group start in May and had been training hard through a miserable winter to prepare for it. But, like everything else, it was cancelled. For a while I was too worried about the looming horror...
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: riding lots of miles short or long ?
- Replies: 4
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Re: riding lots of miles short or long ?
For me, shorter rides of higher intensity - combined with the odd longer one - seem to be the best training strategy. Last year I did lots of long rides to prepare for a Cairngorms Loop ITT attempt. I got round the loop but felt thoroughly beaten up afterwards and it took me a long time to recover. ...
- Thu Jul 30, 2020 3:47 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tool Rolls: whats your selection of choice?
- Replies: 35
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Re: Tool Rolls: whats your selection of choice?
If you're open to other options, I use one of these kegs and it's brilliant (and cheap)... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07ZR1QKV1/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item It goes in a bottle cage or gets chucked in a frame bag. The small one contains everything I need apart from a multitool and pump. 100% w...
- Thu Jul 30, 2020 3:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleeping bag or quilt with tiny pack size
- Replies: 41
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Re: Sleeping bag or quilt with tiny pack size
I got some of these for when I'm in delicate company. Uhm, an additional 30% off too. https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/CLOOSBP/on-one-seamless-base-pant Tempted to ask for photographic proof as they look very "fetching" but we've seen some of your pics Stu and, well, y'know :wink: what has h...
- Thu Jul 30, 2020 9:02 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleeping bag or quilt with tiny pack size
- Replies: 41
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Re: Sleeping bag or quilt with tiny pack size
I do tend to have at least a gilet with me or a hooded synthetic jacket for cooler trips. I like a down bag but prefer synthetic for jackets as it means you can wear it when riding when it's cold and wet. Doing that has saved me a couple of times so I don't mind the bigger packs size. I've had an Ar...
- Tue Jul 28, 2020 8:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleeping bag or quilt with tiny pack size
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4670
Re: Sleeping bag or quilt with tiny pack size
One point to note - keeping all of your bivy gear in the same bag isn't necessarily a good idea - what happens when your tarp and bivy are wet? You can get round this by using a dual compartment dry bag but most on here will use one dry bag for stuff that has to stay dry and one for the potentially...
- Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Free bike service
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3482
Re: Free bike service
Also seems to only apply to England from what I’ve read.Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:05 pm I assume there'll be a budget and once that's gone, that'll be it?
- Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleeping bag or quilt with tiny pack size
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4670
Re: Sleeping bag or quilt with tiny pack size
My Cumulus 250 quilt easily fits in a 4L Sea to Summit drybag. I've been tempted by a 150 as I'm a warm sleeper but Highland Scotland rules out all but a handful of suitable nights each year. As all of my bikepacking is in Scotland, the 250 is looking like a good choice, if I could find it in stock...
- Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleeping bag or quilt with tiny pack size
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4670
Re: Sleeping bag or quilt with tiny pack size
Cumulus 150 would be the choice du forum but if you are a cold sleeper then the 250 might be better. ^ Take note of this. I'm obviously a cold sleeper as I find my 150 only just about warm enough even in mid-summer and most of the time I end up wearing a lightweight synthetic jacket as well. The 15...