Yes - maybe even two.Will there be a lonely hearts group again?
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- Sat Feb 03, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT entries CLOSE SATURDAY
- Replies: 20
- Views: 828
Re: WRT entries open
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT entries CLOSE SATURDAY
- Replies: 20
- Views: 828
Re: WRT entries open
It is.Is it always over the early May Bank Holiday?
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:55 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What is the ultimate shelter
- Replies: 10
- Views: 509
Re: What is the ultimate shelter
I imagine that the answer is as numerous as the people who use them and the attitudes they have. As Rich says, the Lunar Solo is very popular and ticks most of the boxes people have. For me however, the SMD Gatewood Cape probably wins as it's considerably lighter, packs smaller and as it's only a ca...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:11 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT entries CLOSE SATURDAY
- Replies: 20
- Views: 828
WRT entries CLOSE SATURDAY
Well, here e go again for what I think is the 16th time (could be wrong though). Anyway, WRT entries are now open.
https://www.bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/ ... wrt-event/
https://www.bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/ ... wrt-event/
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11421
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Re: The post man's been ...
With a new helmet* but probably not quite what you're thinking. Very impressed with the True-Colour screen, you can actually see though it :wink: *I think it's possibly a crocodile but it was cheaper than an all black one. :wink: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEVk2nP8uU...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bivvy curious
- Replies: 20
- Views: 876
Re: Bivvy curious
How is a bivvy bag more comfortable?Much more comfortable than the Alpkit bag (only downside is the rab bag is missing a midge net)
You may find the RAB is somewhat more 'snug' than the Hunka XL, not much chance of getting a mat inside in my experience - or at least not an air mat.
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:47 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bivvy curious
- Replies: 20
- Views: 876
Re: Bivvy curious
Not much to gain unless you spend considerably more. Do remember that some bivvy bags (especially lighter ones) aren't waterproof and only act as a bag cover, so will require a tarp.is it worth spending a bit more?
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Liner, Quilt, or Better Bag?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 489
Re: Liner, Quilt, or Better Bag?
You might find a new mat is all that's required. We lose more heat to the ground than we do to the heavens.
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bivvy curious
- Replies: 20
- Views: 876
Re: Bivvy curious
If there's budget to consider then it's hard to see beyond an XL Alpkit Hunka. I say XL as they offer quite a bit more room than a standard version which allows you to place your mat inside should you wish. Do you need a tarp? In truth that depends whether it's raining. If it is and you don't have o...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Have tarps lost their popularity?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1715
Re: Have tarps lost their popularity?
Not sure it quite works like that - footprint implies resting on the ground whereas a tarp doesn't, so a tarp can be set-up in dense forest etc when you might not be able to with a tent even if it were smaller.the footprimt size of my trekker stealth will be smaller than most tarps
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3946
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
The one that doesn't look like he's still alive purely out of spite.Which one’s the owl?
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3946
- Views: 483492
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
I've dabbled for years but only with owls (it's a long boring story). I think I've had Teapot for around 25 years and he's probably approaching 30 now.Have you taken up falconry Stu?
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3946
- Views: 483492
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Here is is Bob https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAMmVs2rrfJzsAY7wUSiYwWETmfYs9Iyqm0gppkKMX3FLIwzn_YzCaqyCn2pq7KmY_ymHeK7gotYfeFPVxYtowuqTBWB69meYj3NV8Pq2MqJ1HDdoY3f6Mo9hMO-7diRouTX-w8KGH1gWEn0QqNMpqRrhHwl1L8NOkvsp25uH4Ql6NWH8UhJNeLRqk4cUX/s3475/Joolze_Dymond_Stuart_Wright_B...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3946
- Views: 483492
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
He's residing all des' res' in the barn currently but once he's back home I'll take some Bob.
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3946
- Views: 483492
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Cheery because after some time, the sun has finally hit the yard. That might not sound like much but having the sun return to the Towers is something of a special moment each year
Also, I'm building Teapot the owl a new house and it's coming on nicely
Also, I'm building Teapot the owl a new house and it's coming on nicely
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winter Event entries now open.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 14201
Re: Winter Event entries now open.
It's a usb light Richard, just plug it into the battery be be amazed
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Coed y brenin and Nant yr Arian to close?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 450
Re: Coed y brenin and Nant yr Arian to close?
A brief message from my contact ...
NRW have done some ‘restructuring’ effectively putting the trails under recreation and the centre under commercial so it could be that they’re going to get a private investor in to run the cafe and centre - that way NRW have no outlay for wages etc
NRW have done some ‘restructuring’ effectively putting the trails under recreation and the centre under commercial so it could be that they’re going to get a private investor in to run the cafe and centre - that way NRW have no outlay for wages etc
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Coed y brenin and Nant yr Arian to close?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 450
Re: Coed y brenin and Nant yr Arian to close?
I suppose the trails themselves could remain open but I worry the secondhand bike market will be flooded with lightly used 170mm travel ebikes
I know the bloke who manages the shop at cyb, I'll see if he knows any more.
I know the bloke who manages the shop at cyb, I'll see if he knows any more.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Have tarps lost their popularity?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1715
Re: Have tarps lost their popularity?
It's probably the perceived "faff factor" I generally consider myself too lazy to use a tent as I see them as involving faff. Not just the actual pitching / striking but packing and drying out, etc. I can have a tarp up in under a minute, down in less and then simply stuff it in my pocket...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Have tarps lost their popularity?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1715
Have tarps lost their popularity?
I may be wrong but I can't help thinking that generally (elsewhere perhaps rather than here), I see less and less reference to the use of tarps and generally more focus on tents - albeit often lightweight models. At one point, tarps were almost universal issue but are they disappearing and becoming ...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Exposure Joystuck
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1365
Re: Exposure Joystuck
You're really not wrong JohnIts why we go directly to Dee
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 5:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Exposure Joystuck
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1365
Re: Exposure Joystuck
Always nice when you can speak directly to someone with the authority to actually make a decision rather than a monkey who simply wants to pass the buck.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:54 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What's your single best item you own for camping?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1980
Re: What's your single best item you own for camping?
I've carried a small knife on the odd occasion but don't recall ever really using it as I found that I can carry out most of the tasks I might use it for, with the handle of my spoon
I would also like to add .... 'the people you go with'
I would also like to add .... 'the people you go with'
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 6:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What's your single best item you own for camping?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1980
Re: What's your single best item you own for camping?
Gatewood Cape I imagine.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Winter Event 2024: Power Seekers - Watt did you do?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2336
Re: Winter Event 2024: Power Seekers - Watt did you do?
Nice work Allen, did you by chance slip a few BB200 clips in there too