I've just seen a badger, on the way back from the pub .

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPqRU5zT-oArjwlO6RQzngm8bCUUYi3dwXvD7RbISse10EWkr3fMSS78h3DUHKuTrEJ0yetEMj4o6EdGmgUah2KZJ0yJMeDtFsxzQruMvQ8GbmedrrRtpjLJRMI_u8jG5fG4SORczDYlB_AXuzJPww3_w=w1080-h1080-s-no-gm?authuser=0 Is that a "Rate My Bivi" app on your watch? :geek: Bivi qualit...

We need a special triplicate form to fill in. Pink copy sent to BB Towers for approval, blue copy to Phil for the files, yellow copy retained by the prospective BaMee and to be made available for perusal upon request by the BaM Inspectors during said iffy bivvy. Some of the more remote spots would ...

Here's one for the BaM lawyers... Was pondering last night, as I'm about to go on call on Wednesday and am feeling a bit rubbish; it'll be last chance saloon when I get off. Can I ride my bike on the rollers, pitch the tent outside my garden, on someone else's land (paddocks), then ride my bike on ...

RIP wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:37 pm "I've been brave" panda stickers

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sean_iow wrote: ↑Fri Feb 16, 2024 1:08 pm

Wot? No Ralph?

voodoo_simon wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:48 pm ... I live close to an oil refinery, car plant, aircraft manufacturer and a nuclear storage plant to name a few...

Wow! The Holy Grail of urban bivi spots .

It reads like the author no longer enjoys long-distance events, so should just give them up. It doesn't really matter and nobody really cares :lol: . Perhaps it's time for a different type of challenge :wink: . https://bikepacking.com/plog/fantastically-plastic-free/ https://bikepacking.com/plan/gui...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3Q8A92IKjF ... hnaTU5aA==

Not an "official" ford, but it was 30m wide, more than axle deep and had a thick silty bottom, so that's good enough for me .

Quickly followed some by Quality Urban Singletrack. Nice

I used the Exped mat with my Cloudcover and it was very comfy indeed. Was good to sit in comfort and get the heat from the fire https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ABLVV84BAuWMUNDC7W8swQa8g2dfF6DpG5bClkYtEegUP5_gGdzcISmuKdTCgrHvq-3iDpd8Q4DTf4NpWOrO1oxrmXzqnsWltnWyA3iAuj9fXr_XW2Fpa7Sd=w1500-h750 Su...

He'd probably want to amend 3 & 4, but the rest are still relevant .

Charming photos, thanks for digging them out HUX.
I note the practice of photographing one's bicycle leaning against something is not a new thing (John O'Groats hotel)

Feb 2024 BaM: windy!
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2023 - Oct, Nov, Dec.
2024 - Jan, Feb.

Will there be a dogpacking group?

Well done Ben. We're you still awake by tea-time?

RIP wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:40 pm

First time tarpist, by the look of it. They can be confusing .
Are those poles carbon?

Bah, not sure I can make it work this year. Two days later I'm supposed to be in Spain riding with Duncan and (Sweary) Dave. Not sure it would be sensible to take my last minute panic weekend and schedule to be away. Surely the answer is to pack before the WRT and don't unpack until you return from...

I'm in .

Lazarus wrote: ↑Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:58 am Will do a proper rude report tonight

What? With naughty words, an' all?

I wouldn't mind if I'd done a massive ride,but the riding total was less than 5 miles out & back! Did a lot of resting but not much sleeping, it's all good tho, I personally use the very local one's too experiment with different bivvying techniques. Bailing home making it less risky...I've not ...

...and have felt spaced out all day. I won't be making a habit of School night BaMs but glad I'm in again for 2024 :-bd Same here: by 3pm I'm usually I-) when I bivi Thursday nights. Fortunately we have a flexible working policy so most of management don't work Fridays, which co-incides with one of...

And again, from the 2024 WE.
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Fording action from the 2024 WE at Badger's Ford, shortly before we got really cold and wet in the mine.
Thanks to Kev for the photo.

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We're all expert practitioners Here of the noble art of the Second Breakfast, and indeed Third Breakfast. I'm not sure how this suggestion would go down with Boners: https://amp.theguardian.com/food/2024/jan/26/english-breakfast-society-recommends-swapping-tomato-for-pineapple Swap the fried toms f...

...and here too, from Alistair Humphreys. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/jan/17/ive-made-secret-discoveries-on-my-doorstep-a-year-long-journey-across-my-local-os-map Reminds me of the "Doorstep Adventure" article in Singletrack issue 27 . Inspiring stuff! And not a mention of &quo...