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by Borderer
Tue Jun 29, 2021 11:05 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

Cheers guys
by Borderer
Mon Jun 28, 2021 12:18 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

I suspect this might have had something to do with being forced to hang the bike up by the back wheel on the train to Tyndrum. Good read and an example of just go with the flow. I met that guard going the other way FW to Tyndrum. Definitely a rule 1 violator. He was such an arse. A lot of them are ...
by Borderer
Sat Jun 26, 2021 1:27 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

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Nice one guys, - broken bikes, bogs, tussocks, boat rides and drunk people - a proper adventure. Well done for getting through in one piece. :-bd Re the north side of Loch Etive trail - the track starts at 10316 44081 just above the shore line about 1.5k from the road end about 100m above the loch ...
by Borderer
Sat Jun 26, 2021 12:05 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

I dont know how i missed this when it was posted, but you two are granite! I only posted it yesterday so you are pretty quick off the mark :lol: Not sure I feel like granite, when we bailed, hid from the rain and needed quite a lot of help, but it came good in the end. It was actually me that was g...
by Borderer
Sat Jun 26, 2021 12:02 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

As ever, that's an excellent write-up Bridget. Good on both of you for persevering and finally managing to complete a memorable journey, regardless of all the slings and arrows that came your way. Fingers crossed for a less incident-packed trip next time out eh! :wink: PS: It is indeed a small worl...
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 9:00 pm
Forum: Routes
Topic: Saint Malo-Hondarribia on EV1
Replies: 11
Views: 2625

Re: Saint Malo-Hondarribia on EV1

Thanks for the extra info, I wasn't aware of any gates or lifts. Either way, I have to take the trailer as I can't put panniers on my bikes as they have no rack bosses and are already close to the recommended weight limit just with me on them. The alternative would be to buy another bike and fit it...
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:20 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

Dave Barter wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:15 pm Great report. You two like your trials and tribulations don’t you? I prescribe Butlins for next year 😀
:lol: Joe would probably love that :lol: I know, I keep trying to put him off and he keeps coming back for more :wink:
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:05 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

jam bo wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:44 pm Sep 2017. It was pretty grim after that but we knew how far from the road we were so knew it was worth pushing on.
Yeah - it was an unknown quantity in the other direction so it was difficult to make the call.
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:37 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

Just after this it went to sub standard.. https://i.postimg.cc/3xL6MX6s/5-BCEAA46-223-D-4082-9-A92-E2-AF4948613-A.jpg It's not easy to tell from the photo, but I think you are pretty much directly across from where we got dropped off (and camped). What year did you take this photo out of interest?
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:25 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

The weegies.... six days To be fair to them as well, that's a good effort too - sat there in exactly the same place for a week doing nowt but drink themselves into a stupor. Goodness knows how they navigated out. One of them was a lot more pissed than the other. I was hugely relieved when he turned...
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:19 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

trogladytes wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:49 pm Wow, what a holiday, i'm impressed you stuck with it, and it's really nice to read how many people helped.
There are a lot of good people out there.
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 7:03 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

Great adventure and kudos for pushing on! The trains really are a joke up here, and the conductors seem a law into themselves! Scotrail are on strike on a sunday on a lot of the line just now meaning that Corrour is closed on a Sunday now, Not sure about Rannoch station Cafe on a sunday as there is...
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:59 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

That track on the north side gets better. I’ve done it from the other way and the bit at the top of the loch is by far the worst. Edit. About 3-4km from the end of the road it turns back to double track. That's really interesting right enough. So we were probably half way to something rideable in t...
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:55 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

^ :lol: :lol: I'm re-reading it all because the 'happenings' were coming so thick and fast and piling on top of each other that I couldn't take it all in! I'll bet there were several times when you just went 'oh for crying out loud now what??" ... When we got over to Barra one of Joe's chain r...
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 4:21 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

Wow, B, if anything qualifies as 'epic' that is it. So many knock-backs, so many bits of luck, some dicey situations but some greatly humourous ones too. One salutes you guys. Again. Cheers Reg. I want a sleeping mat that turns into a packraft :lol: It needs to weigh 200g (+/- 50g) and cost around ...
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:21 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Re: Not the HT550

Landslide wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:14 pm Oh blimey.
Glad you survived, and well done all the strangers.
Some lovely pics there too. :-bd
Cheers
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:10 pm
Forum: Routes
Topic: Saint Malo-Hondarribia on EV1
Replies: 11
Views: 2625

Re: Saint Malo-Hondarribia on EV1

You'll do much better without the trailer if you can manage it. There were quite a few gates and also some lifts to access bridges that made it a real pain to travel with. If it's all you have then it can be done though. It was Joe's first big trip - we started off very slowly and only had a target ...
by Borderer
Fri Jun 25, 2021 12:57 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Not the HT550
Replies: 45
Views: 5667

Not the HT550

A write-up of a trip that didn't go to plan - if you have ever wondered what it would be like to be rescued by the marine equivalent of Dr Nefario's mobility scooter then have a read. Sweary Dave and JimmyG of this parish also get a mention. https://www.weirdosonbikes.com/2021/06/25/not-the-ht550-bu...
by Borderer
Mon May 31, 2021 6:09 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Urgent - 11 sp Shimano derailleur needed
Replies: 8
Views: 636

Re: Urgent - 11 sp Shimano derailleur needed

Dave Barter wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 5:57 pm
Borderer wrote: Mon May 31, 2021 5:55 pm Great thanks so much guys. I actually think yours sounds better Dave as I have the old one here with both jockeys in it.
OK PM me the address
Done. Sent by email.
Thanks again and Phil too.
by Borderer
Mon May 31, 2021 5:55 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Urgent - 11 sp Shimano derailleur needed
Replies: 8
Views: 636

Re: Urgent - 11 sp Shimano derailleur needed

Great thanks so much guys. I actually think yours sounds better Dave as I have the old one here with both jockeys in it.
by Borderer
Mon May 31, 2021 4:56 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Urgent - 11 sp Shimano derailleur needed
Replies: 8
Views: 636

Urgent - 11 sp Shimano derailleur needed

Hi, we are away cycling and my derailleur has suffered metal fatigue fracture and needs replaced. I'm looking for any Shimano MTB 11 or 10 sp derailleur that someone could take to the post office tomorrow (1st June) and send by next day delivery. Obviously I would pay extra for that. It needs to be ...
by Borderer
Sun May 23, 2021 10:16 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: HT550 2021
Replies: 637
Views: 65259

Re: HT550 2021

boxelder wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 9:57 pm Looks like the rain hasn't quite arrived yet.
It's biblical here in the south of Scotland. I really hope they don't get this weather later on.
by Borderer
Sun May 23, 2021 10:15 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: HT550 2021
Replies: 637
Views: 65259

Re: HT550 2021

Looks like Martin is camping in the same woods Joe and I slept in at Contin. He would have been better up the road at the forestry MTB centre car park as there's fancy toilets there.
by Borderer
Sun May 23, 2021 6:25 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: HT550 2021
Replies: 637
Views: 65259

Re: HT550 2021

jay91 wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 4:47 pm
Borderer wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 4:10 pm We're rooting for Mart here.
Keep going! :-bd
Yeah going well isn't he :-bd
He is doing great. It must get disheartening being towards the back of the pack, but I couldn't do what he has done in the past day and a half. Impressive stuff :-bd