Hyppy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:34 am Have there ever been Bear Bones stickers?

Uh-oh. Yeah, loads. How many do you want? .

Just a few of the many plastered over my iron horse:

Arthur was a fable (I never actually knew that 😆) Eh??? 'Course it was all true! Just ask Glastonbury! Or, er, obviously Tintagel. Or Winchester. Oh, and Caerleon because obviously Arthur was, er, Welsh. And Camelford/Camelot. Or even Eamont Bridge in Cumbria. Or Monty Python. Of course it was true...

We need BB username badges! [EDIT: oh sorry, Bob, just retrospectively seen your post above so I've inadvertently repeated the front/back problems you pointed out :wink: ] I sometimes think that too. Of course some of the older versions of BBB jerseys had the option of putting names on the back. Th...

Thanks for that. Mmm, people tend to think 'North Wales' when it comes to slate, but of course it's mined/quarried in other, er, countries, too. Even if they don't count :wink: . Talking of Tintagel, I'm pretty sure Arthur's round table was hewn from a single block of slate, but admittedly I wasn't ...

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:55 pm February done (and NOT at the last minute!)

About 8 out of 33 done so far in February then, so maybe there will be a nice crop of 'Last Minuters' .

I'd've been tempted to cook up a nice BB breakfast with that propane cylinder!

Good work gents.

Cycling in the Netherlands is a joyous experience. Helen and I used to go gigpacking to see the Toy Dolls every year in the Netherlands. Must get back on it I'm planning the same thing. Pick an appealing gig in Amsterdam, head to Harwich, cycle to Amsterdam, have a couple of days cycling around the...

5 of us are now getting the ferry to Amsterdam, on bikes, and doing a leisurely 250Km loop using eco rated hostels and BnB's. We'll buy local etc :-bd If I was a kid (still am) I know which adventure I'd prefer. Not the flying one :wink: . Generally kids love it if they're active, totally involved ...

Saturwedthursday I think?

Very pleased for you Stu. A weight off the mind. Onwards and upwards!

It's on all of us. We can make a case for blame-shifting like this but until we vote and spend with these considerations as a priority you can be 100% sure nothing will change. Politics and capitalism would love us all to do nothing or wait for top-down influence, it suits them fine. Agree entirely...

The rain Gods may often be against you but the other deities seem to be on your side, like the God of being offered dry places to sleep and the God of unexpected breakfasts. After all this time I've got a finely honed way of saying my prayers. Oh, and the sacrificial offerings probably help as well...

I had originally decided to travel to Ruabon (the nearest station to Llangollen, to meet Lu/FrogAtTheFarriers) via Birmingham because I could take a “local” train ("for local people") from here to Birmingham International then one more direct to Ruabon via Shrewsbury, making it just one ch...

Heeelp. Live (half dead?) BaM In Progress with Frog. Turned up 24 hours too soon (long story). Pub. Beer. Stagger out. Pontcysyllte aqueduct again! Wind. Rain. Tarp. Rubbish photo below. Tomorrow? Who knows. Heeelllpp. Don't mention Sarah's panda slippers. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5352605...

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:56 pm I think selective eradication is what is needed not total annihilation

I've got a list ready here if you need a starting point

All over the place that was :smile: . Is he for or against? For or against the flying bit or the whole concept of far-away mega-events? Personally I'll just hang on to his final phrase: "Will taking all the time and the expense and the environmental concerns into consideration encourage more pe...

I like the slate plate. Quite the trendy bistro .

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:11 pm Reginald always uses peoples Sunday names...

aaand another one. 53!

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:11 pm Reginald always uses peoples Sunday names...

Yeah and only my mum calls me Reginald . And only when I've been naughty. Which is most of the time.

I have thought about it, as I agree, it's a bit mad we haven't met in the middle somewhere yet. Would love to do a bit more riding in The Chiltern Hills, as I've pretty much just been on the Icknield Way and would like to explore them a bit more. Not adverse to a slower couple of days, assuming I r...

A quick "Happy Birthday" to that stalwart Bammer - James G :-bd . I think it's your "Granite" birthday - a bivvy in Aberdeen to celebrate perhaps? :smile: 'Bammer' has a slightly different meaning up here :grin: But still rather applicable in present company methinks :grin: . I ...

A quick "Happy Birthday" to that stalwart Bammer - James G .

I think it's your "Granite" birthday - a bivvy in Aberdeen to celebrate perhaps?

For a change, I know exactly where that is, having cycled passed it on a few occasions now. It's always looked a bit too busy to pitch up at, but just where you hang a right to head back to the visitor centre, and tap, I've thought about going straight on, and kipping there, on the edge. :smile: Yo...

Bit breezy out there. With our usual sense of skill and daring... oh alright, sense of tomfoolery and harebrainery... we chose one of the windiest days of the year to go via the highest point in Bedfordshire. Yes I know it's not Scafell Pike but there's not much between us and the Black Mountains. B...

Well putting the Gatewood up in 40mph winds is a good game. Sleep well all .