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- Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:17 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
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Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
Love that sheltered spot improvisation Jimmy - could be one hell of a wake up call if you really slept in! Still playing catch up here - April was my first non-garden bivvy of the year, but I didn't stray too far from home, heading out on the last moody night of the month to follow the Elsick Mounth...
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 2:15 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Tell me bout NC500
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4178
Re: Tell me bout NC500
That's very true! I'd imagine busy single track roads with impatient people ignoring the passing places would probably get old pretty quickly. Why not just commit to getting the train up to Thurso and then ride down through Scotland to return home from a station further south? You can see a wide ran...
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:49 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 114979
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
That's the one, thought it may have looked more like this when you went across
- Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:59 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 114979
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
Great spot for a night out and glad to hear someone is looking after the bridge! Hope the home news isn't as bad as it sounds.
- Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:52 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 114979
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
I've really enjoyed catching up with all the posts in this thread, whilst fully aware I haven't done any yet this year! I am still going however so please bear with me whilst I catch up... The lockdown period really got me down to be honest, but I managed to force myself to squeeze some time in amon...
- Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:59 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 114979
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
Enjoyable read that and glad the starling story had a happy ending!
- Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:23 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Better Slate Than Never
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4783
Re: Better Slate Than Never
Loved all of that, thanks for taking the time to share!
- Thu Jun 17, 2021 12:37 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2021
- Replies: 637
- Views: 70133
Re: HT550 2021
I think Rich used the bothy at Carnmore rather than risk being out in the bad weather on one of the nights, not sure about Josh though?
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 5:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Plus or Fat
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3600
Re: Plus or Fat
I bought a fat bike frame and then got sidetracked and built up some 29+ wheels for it because It was probably more what I was after. I never got round to building the proper fatbike ones as I'm so happy with it the way it is. Has seen a fair bit of snow and sand too: https://i.postimg.cc/TP92M1ZH/I...
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 11:42 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2021
- Replies: 637
- Views: 70133
Re: HT550 2021
Well done on getting your write-up done so quickly, Trep - think it took me months! Really enjoyed it, especially as a culmination of your blog posts building up to it over the last couple of years. It was great to see your dot get all the way round - in a few weeks you will start thinking about all...
- Mon May 24, 2021 10:07 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2021
- Replies: 637
- Views: 70133
Re: HT550 2021
Liam at the Fisherfield river crossing - hopefully hasn't got too bad yet!
- Mon May 17, 2021 11:21 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Riding round the Trossachs
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3259
Re: Riding round the Trossachs
Not as jealous as I am of everyone doing it this week! Though the weather did take the mickey that year.
- Mon May 17, 2021 3:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Gloves for wet and windy weather
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3067
Re: Gloves for wet and windy weather
Agree they are not as loose fitting as some. For reference, My hands are a definite large and I can fit the XL over woollen gloves or my Endura MT500s without an issue. Will depend on how chunky your fingers are really and how thick your normal gloves are?
- Mon May 17, 2021 3:20 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Riding round the Trossachs
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3259
Re: Riding round the Trossachs
Really enjoyed that - always a good sign when I feel the need to have OS Maps open in another window as I read!
- Mon May 17, 2021 1:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Gloves for wet and windy weather
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3067
Re: Gloves for wet and windy weather
I got myself some of these as a backup to wear over normal gloves in case of apocalyptic weather. Unfortunately I haven't needed to use them yet to comment on effectiveness! https://media.screwfix.com/is/image//ae235?src=ae235/23872_P&$prodImageMedium$ https://www.screwfix.com/p/showa-281-temres...
- Tue May 11, 2021 2:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2021
- Replies: 637
- Views: 70133
Re: HT550 2021
All the best people finish in 5 1/2 days :wink: https://highlanddrifter.com/highland-trail-550-2018 I'd put myself at the unfit end of the HT550 scale, but got through by just plodding on regardless, even when I was going nowhere fast. I did a lot more night riding than I expected to, but it helped ...
- Thu Apr 29, 2021 3:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winter boots and gloves
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4605
Re: Winter boots and gloves
Really what I’m after is a waterproof/insulated ankle heigh pair of Five Tens with enough tread for the odd muddy/icy path. Weren't Adidas doing something in conjunction with 5/10? I think they don’t currently make a waterproof option in either mid or high top. They nearly exist, but I've been wait...
- Thu Apr 29, 2021 9:45 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winter boots and gloves
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4605
Re: Winter boots and gloves
If someone wants to buy some of these and report back once they're on sale cheap it would be much appreciated
https://www.salomon.com/en-gb/shop-emea ... olor=42975
https://www.salomon.com/en-gb/shop-emea ... olor=42975
- Thu Mar 11, 2021 1:59 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: The Aire Watershed
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3227
Re: The Aire Watershed
That's a great ride and now has me trying to find similarly helpful watershed mapping in Scotland! I suppose the Deeside Trail kind of follows that theme...
- Tue Mar 09, 2021 1:37 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Pete & Reg's State Of The Nation Tour - Part 4
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2308
Re: Pete & Reg's State Of The Nation Tour - Part 4
Perfectly bonkers nonsense, which apparently is a spot in a forest 1000 miles east of Moscow...
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 4:51 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: The 7 Mile Itch (another Strictly Local ride)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1482
Re: The 7 Mile Itch (another Strictly Local ride)
Enjoyed that - much more interesting than my pictures of "here's another path in the dark" approach!
- Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:50 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
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Re: Wildlife
Not sure what these birds were. Looked like finches but I get confused with colours and names. The were mainly white with hints of black and there was hundreds of em in the courtyard (of the hospital) that could be seen from the ward I was working on today. There seemed to be one massive nest share...
- Mon Feb 22, 2021 10:16 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Strictly Local
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10342
Re: Strictly Local
I'm loving this - it's amazing how much the miles rack up even in modestly sized areas. Who would have thought a sewage treatment plant would be so welcoming?
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 12:14 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Strictly Local
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10342
Re: Strictly Local
Yes we're pretty lucky in this area to have an extensive network of small roads and tracks criss-crossing all over the place. Happily, no beatings were applied on this journey, though I did get grief on Strava for not heading out to sea to fully follow the eastern boundary!
- Thu Feb 18, 2021 8:52 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Strictly Local
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10342
Re: Strictly Local
Happy to have planted a few seeds, though I'm beginning to feel lucky I didn't have too big an area to cover! Aberdeenshire would have been no chance, though once lockdown is over... Bars are On-One OG bars and I have them on a couple of bikes as they're just the right balance of sweep and width for...