What's the thoughts on the DD hammock with the pocket for a sleeping mat? Looks like less faff and will keep the hammock spread out a bit... That's the one and only way I've ever done winter hammocking....and I found it fine. In fact, reading all this makes me fancy a night out in a hammock very so...

So, I did the Moonrakers and Sunseekers 300km audax at the weekend, and here's just a few bits of my experience, a few photos and my own reflections and things learned/ to be learned. There's obviously loads of stuff online about it, but basically, this one is a night ride, starting in 4 waves from ...

You passed less than a mile from my house so I was keeping an eye out for you all. Ahh, I see! So was it you who was standing outside a pub along the route yelling "W@ankers!!" at us as we passed? Or was that just a random Friday night reveller? :wink: Must be quite an impressive light if...

Nice clear night for it good luck. I'll keep an eye out for you in the morning. Thank you - did you mean keeping an eye out here on the forum, or were you actually there there? So, I've done it, it was brilliant, and yes it was just perfect weather, clear night with a full moon, followed by wall to...

Wasn't sure whether to say this here, on the audax thread, or the yay it's cheery Friday one... My feelings right this moment are probably most accurately reflected here... Currently en route to the Moonrakers and Sunseekers audax, starting at 22.40 and riding through the night... Exciting of course...

Ah, but did you make it out of the pub??

boxelder wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:13 pm
We used to occasionally bivi under the viaduct in Ingleton to go climbing. Wasn't comfortable - orange plastic bivi bag, not flat, not very sheltered and too young for a decent 'beer blanket' to add a layer of comfort.

Beer blanket

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Thu Nov 16, 2023 11:34 pm
Looks a fab trip that. Plus some other good stuff going on too

in all that weather, in them there wilds, brilliant

Canal bridge doss has been done before by myself. I thought as much, sure it must have been done before... I did wonder about just how level it would be, and how wide, i.e. what would be the chances of rolling into the water in my sleep... :o ? This spot was generously wide and very flat, and I onl...

sean_iow wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 4:30 pm

whitestone wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:31 am *Where* did you get cold? On top? From underneath? Head end, feet?

I'll start a new thread in General to avoid bogging this down with hammock talk, I know how we like to stay on-topic around these parts

Bearlegged wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:31 pm Carefully scheduled to align with full moons and other celestial phenomena?

Absolutely!

Will read on and pick my favourite legend....

Megaliths of Wales, by Chris Barber. Not really on purpose, but it appeared on the dining table recently, as Mr Z has recently rediscovered his interest in archaeology. Well I picked it up out of boredom more than anything, and before I knew, various oooh and ahhh and wow that's interesting, oh look...

November BAM last night, yay! As we all know by now, it's not easy to get out of the door this time of year.... It helped that I had already packed my things last weekend, and I already had my bike in the back of the car, ready to just take out and ride into the night... Weather was stormy and rainy...

I had a real treat this weekend, popped down to Pembrokeshire on Friday lunchtime, to catch up with the lady who deserves a mention here, as it was with her that I did my first ever bivvy with - we were riding route 8 together, had prebooked campsites every night, but confessed to each other that we...

Taken yesterday. I don't often go black and white, but I think this one works well... and it was a rather bleak day anyway...

IMG_20231118_131501 by Verena Zimmer, on Flickr

received_827574765780386 by Verena Zimmer, on Flickr

meant to post this a while ago, taken at the start of October.

Bonnie Raitt

Looks gorgeous!

Not sure what I'm more impressed with, November in Scotland with no tarp; or 8 hours solid sleep?!?!?

Errr....Stravinsky's Firebird suite on R3, followed by slayer. Ah, another eclectic music taste... The other night on the turbo ( oh yes I now have one, a very old one, set up in a tent thing outside, with purple fairly lights and all, love it!) I went from that Sisters of Mercy track, to Tony de V...

NeilA wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:31 pm Fanf***ingtastic

Amen to that

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:25 pm Ho hum, Reg wins everything this month (again...)
I may say that he has far more opportunities for such sillyness than I do - all I have is load of bloody mountains...

Boohoohoo, you poor thing

RIP wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:41 am

Bearlegged wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 10:23 pm Are you going for the "Woke up somewhere different to where you went to sleep" award?

Yeah, different county . More later...

Was that "country" ?!?

Feeling ridiculously cheery this Friday morning, for no particular reason, which surely is the best way.... Head swirling with happy thoughts about possible weekend plans (involving a BAM hopefully), about the winter event, ideas for next year... Just really enjoyed a drive over to Llangattock and b...

And today hopefully: "I'm still standing"?

(I'm probably going to get some stick for this...) With a set of aero / TT bars for the Straggler - I'm not needing to go any faster but have taken to resting my forearms on the bars on longer rides to give my wrists and hands a rest, despite the bars being higher than the seat, so it would be nice...