Anyone done the whole route on the walkers version, it’s dry now but if the rains come the mud will be an issue. Me, I've just ridden it.Though I should clarify that I was on Camino, so turned off the VDLP after Salamanca and followed the Camino Sanabres into SdC. As I understand it, the weather wa...

A G 'n' tonic, to celebrate completing my adventure-before -dementia ride up the Via de la Plata and Camino Sanabres today.

Cheers!

KernowSteve wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:36 pm , just the usual stepping in Sheep s#@t whilst peeing at 2am and then bringing lumps of it back

Ah the joys of camping - waking up with sheep-currants between yer toes in the morning.

I've had 5 September BaMs but there's no point without the photos, so they'll have to wait (well 4 of them) until I get back; or find out how to get images from Goole photos.

Same is true for October BaMs.

Buen Camino. Thanks. It's going ok, but not without self-inflicted problems. I've lost a pair of cycling glasses, sun glasses, reading glasses, two eye masks and particularly testing this, a down hoodie. Testing because I thought I'd left it at a bivvy and cycled back 26 miles to get it to not find...

PS> There's hardly anybody in the BBB Pub this evening. I'm sat here in the corner with my flat cap on and a pint of mild talking to the pub dog. Is there some sporting event going on or summat? I'm here, though in foreign parts. Day 14 of my Camino, found a lovely spot albeit a bit noisy from the ...

The Plaça Major is Salamanca is a must see, one of the finest in Spain. You're telling me! I stood in the middle, absolutely gobsmacked. I'm staying in Salamanca today, for a rest and to do some sightseeing. Fair play, Spain has some beautiful places to see. It seems to have suddenly gone chilly in...

A new one for me - I've just had to learn how to use an automatic launderette in Salamanca. hope my T-shirt doesn't end up like the merino one Mrs Frog shrunk down to kiddy size

RIP wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 9:47 pm And I thought I'd weigh everything before departure. Yes.... we've not had one for a while... it's...... gratuitous kit list time :-

Total: 82945

83kg i weigh more than that in my birthday suit, never mind the kit...

the intention to start tomorrow. Thinkin' about ya Lu. That's quite a project you've taken on there. Hope you've had a satisfactory start. Reckon you'll end up with some good stories. So now I've done day three , and got as far as Merida.ive done in three days what I'd meant to do on four. Here's w...

pistonbroke wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 7:10 pm So it's the Via del Plata then?

Yup. Got it in one. I hope my Arris hold out for the three weeks I've allowed. I bought some bum cream, but airport security bagged it. I had to get some "anti friction" cream from Decathlon. Haven't needed to try it yet. Tomorrow!

Now it's cheery but the week since Wednesday has been a bit sub-optimal. It started on the plane to Seville when I couldn't buy a G n T 'cause I'd left my cash card at home. The next day was spent trying to get my banks to let me get some cash out. They both kept blocking me and then I'd have to go...

Took it to bits and put it into a box...

And incidentally, I’ve managed to post a photo without going through Flickr.

PaulB2 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:11 pm A few miles later we needed another break from the heat so spent an hour wandering around the gardens of the Sledmere estate. I now need to find out what plant looks like a 30’ tall rubarb

Sounds like a Gunnera, but I don’t know about 30ft tall…

This is a placeholder for September's BaM in case I don't manage to find out how to post pictures from my phone. So, a BaM not far from home, and at a place I've been to several times now, but still... I'd kicked around doing jobs around the house all day, with no intention to bivvy until I started ...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:56 am Should do it and not too heavy / bulky.

Aaahh Ha Ha Ha! Thanks for that - it’s given me a right good laugh. Thanks for that…

I’m off for a three week bike ride in Spain in a couple of weeks. I’m confident I can ride the 35 miles a day I need to average, but not sure how my botty will hold out. To this end, (see what I did there :grin: ) I’ve bought some bum cream. I have a question:- I’m hoping to bivvy some of the time, ...

Ha, I had a CT scan 7 weeks ago, I finally find out the results on the 4th. Not sure if that’s an oblique way of telling me that it’s nothing serious. 5 months in and no concrete diagnosis. Double Ha! When I’d had my heart attack back in May 2020, they sent me to Bangor hospital for an MRI scan, (e...

RIP wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 9:02 pm
Did you carry the traffic cone all the way on the train?

Nah! I was surprised to find how heavy they are though. Heavy enough to hold the side out without falling over. Respect to the road guys who seem to be able to throw them around like matchsticks.

August BaM - Done! A two nighter from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Machynlleth. So 12:09 train from Wrexham to Blaenau then pedal south as far as comfortable, bivvy, pedal more, bivvy then finish at Mach to catch a train home. That was the plan, but the train was cancelled.Options were to get the next trai...

I dunno - since going singlespeed it has crossed my mind that having some kind of 2 speed high and low range (concealed cunningly in the BB so people don't realise you are a wuss) would actually be very good - will still have a low maintenance drivetrain, no dangly thing and a nice light back end. ...

Ben98 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:11 am

frogatthefarriers wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 9:03 pm I can’t hear the ultrasonic cat repellers either. ‘S a shame for anyone that has to sleep nearby though.

Why are you sleeping with an ultrasonic cat repeller?

yourguitarhero wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:24 am

A person's sexual preferences are their own business!

Umm…

My old neoair (now called xlite?) is still going strong. I don't notice the noise but then I'm asleep. They always sound louder to the user as your ear is right next to the mat :grin: I don’t hear it either. My (unintentional) solution to the crisp packet noise was to get older and deafer. My ears ...

Took it apart into large lumps. I’m off to Spain in September for an “adventure before dementia” ride from Seville to Santiago de Compostela. I agonised for a few weeks about renting a bike there (easy but expensive) or taking my own bike and having to find out how to get it there and back again. We...

Looks like a nice ride with spectacularly good weather. Nice video too. Thanks for sharing.